On Feb 5, 4:14 pm, Mxsmanic wrote:
chris writes:
I have found since then, that for every dodgy pilot I meet there are
several good ones ...

Yeah, but it only takes one bad one to spoil your whole day (and mess
up the statistics).

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Thankfully our club has not lost an aircraft for a very long time..
Private owners I can't speak for, but I think the club environment is
good for keeping people's flying at a safe level, those outside the
club system can do whatever they like for the two years in between
flight reviews, and some of it can be downright shocking! I don't
have anything to back that up except a gut feeling, and knowing our
instructors I see the standard they require of club members.

There has been a couple of minor dings but I think the last crash of a
club plane was about 15 years ago.. And they all walked away from it.