Jay Honeck wrote:
Isn't there a known psychological dysfunction where the prisoners actually
start to *love* their prison guards? I believe this bizarre phenomenon was
documented with concentration camp victims during World War II.

Sometimes I think we pilots are just as self-delusional...

Hehe. Have to admit, when I was writing the check I couldn't help but
think the airplane had become possessed at some point and it was working
its magic on me....spend...spend...spend. :-) Reminds me of Stephen
King's "Christine". :-) And, for the record, I was happy with the
RESULTS...not the price or the length of time it took to get everything
done. :-)

Seriously though, the way my partnership works, I pay in lump sums like
this, and another partner I fly with pays for the direct operating
expenses most of the time, so I wind up flying on a regular basis for
"free". The net result is a reasonable airplane habit (at least when
viewed on an annualized basis). It's a pretty sweet deal, actually, and
I'm going to miss it when we inevitably dissolve the arrangement.

-Doug

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Doug Vetter, CFIMEIA

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