Your statement would be a huge surprise to my 'commoner' UK friends
who own their own airplanes.

On Dec 29, 1:49*pm, Mxsmanic wrote:
Dallas writes:
That's the cost for your ticket in Europe.

In France, it's more like $20,000. *Add another $20,000 for an instrument
rating, if you want that.

I'm glad I'm on this side of the pond.

Europeans have a stronger sense of social stratification and inherited
entitlement, so only the nobles are expected or permitted privileges such as
flying their own aircraft.