Mxsmanic wrote in
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Jay Honeck writes:

Because people are often poor estimators of time. In the case of
partners/flying club members in aircraft, pilots are often
high-achieving, hard-working folks who lead busy lives. I call them
"doers".

Doers *think* they're gonna fly every other day, just like they think
they can (and often do) accomplish anything, so they get involved in
owning an airplane -- only to discover that their lives are already
full. So, flying becomes something they can only do as time permits
-- and there isn't a lot of unused time in a doers life.

So, the planes tend to sit a lot. It's a sweet deal if you have more
available time than the other partners.

It certainly sounds like it would be great for someone who has
reasonable money _and_ some free time on their hands.

It's true that many people who have lots of money also have almost no
free time, and vice versa. Having both money and time is a hard
problem. I know that it's very easy to make millions of dollars, if
one is willing to sacrifice all waking hours to the task, but I don't
see the point in having millions if you spend 16 hours at work, seven
days a week.

Being born into money gets around this issue, but unfortunately that
is the luck of the draw, not something one can arrange. Sometimes one
can make lots of money, invest it, and live off the proceeds without
having to work, but even where this is possible, it often occurs so
late in life that health concerns limit its utility. There's not much
advantage in being able to buy your own aircraft if you're confined to
a wheelchair by the time you've accumulated the money.


You're both idiots



Bertie