Cirrus attracting pilots with 'The Wrong Stuff'?

Right on Dave.

Composites and Glass C/P's are only new in GA (if almost ten years is
new). Been proven by the military, NASA, and commercial aviation for 30
years. Can't figure why most of these folks won't accept the new
technology. We gave up "points" for "electronic ignitions", and
"carburetors" for "fuel injectors". Lets try some other new stuff now.

Mike $$$

Several lives have been saved in the last two or three weeks due to the
BRS system, and those people would've almost certainly've died in any
other airplane.


I think that's what's in dispute. Whether or not the situation would have even
occured in another airplane.

Jose

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On Sun, 25 Apr 2004 09:49:22 -0700, "C J Campbell"

Realistically, though, I think the Klapmeiers may be the worst thing
to happen to general aviation since Jim Bede. They took new and
promising technology and made it disreputable, probably setting general
aviation back more than 20 years. I think that is unforgivable.

No, the worst thing to happen in the century of flight was Elizabeth "I
want to be the Safety Secretary" Dole as Secretary of Transportation.
She was the only person to successfully unite all the aviation
interests for a common cause... her ouster!

"blave" says...
I am certain that there are SR pilots and/or owners
that have more money than brains. It reminds me of the so-called
"doctor killer" Bonanza high-performance aircraft that were the Thing To
Own back in the day...

I have a friend who's frequently outspoken on the topic of people with more
money than brains, and how they'll buy airplanes they're not skilled or current
enough to fly, giving the planes a bad image when they drill 'em in. Since you
can't exactly pick up an old Cirrus for cheap from an old farmer's barn, does
the fact that most buyers will be reasonably well-off (statistically) make it
likely that some impatient owners will Mooney the Cirrus, to coin a verb?