On Nov 21, 11:04 pm, Mxsmanic wrote:
Jay Honeck writes:
$6K is what a cheap used car costs around here. It's also the price
of a single semester at our public university, which has 30,000
students. Clearly, money is not the over-riding issue keeping more
people out of the cockpit.

For a lot of people, $6000 is a great deal of money.


In France perhaps, but in the US even people on welfare drive $10-20k
cars.

The medical requirement is, quite frankly, a joke. The doc checks
your eyes, your heart, makes sure you can carry on a conversation, and
takes your check. Heck, you don't even have to "turn your head and
cough" to get signed off for a 3rd class medical.

Then why doesn't the FAA eliminate it? I'm sure there are many people with
minor but disqualifying conditions who would disagree with you, as well as
airline captains who have been forced into an early change of career.


No need to eliminate it, if you are physically able to drive a car,
you are physically able to fly a plane as a private pilot. The FEW
who are disqualified can apply for a variance or a waiver, if they are
deemed safe to fly, they will be permitted to fly. Professional
pilots are held to higher standards, and rightly so, as far as
physical capabilities are concerned.

Two things keep more people from flying: Ignorance and fear.

As well as a lack of money and/or robust health (as the FAA would define it).

See my answers above. Jay is correct ignorance and fear are the ONLY
reasons people aren't flying. Anyone can walk up to an FBO with a
$100 and be airborne and flying within 15 minutes. The $6,000 figure
is to get you thru your entire PPL training. Just think of it as a
'pay-as-you-fly' plan, no one said you have to have $6,000 up front
but that'd help.

I've refrained from responding to you until now because you just don't
seem to be able to comprehend or appreciate the answers when people
make a sincere and honest attempt to respond to you. You really
should give flying a try; you might really enjoy flying up in the open
air. I guaranty you it is a world of difference from flying on a
computer.

William Hung