kontiki wrote:
Skylune wrote:

Just go to the AOPA website. They are happy to hook up suckers with
flight schools that will milk you for all you got. And then, you can
be a marginally competent (though fully legal!) pilot!


I have discovered that incompetent people are usually malcontents like yourself.
As a flight instructor I have discovered that these sorts of people are
the ones that expect to be spoon fed and are usually weeded out early on
in training.

Actually, I quit training (with several other "students" at a National
Chain due to being fed a bill of goods about cost, efficacy of VFR
flying, etc.) They sell it like anyone can do it (which is true).
But, in my mind, to be safe, you need to practice much more than most
people have time for. They don't tell you that part. Sure, you can
get your PPL, and fly a few hours a year, and be legal. That is wild.

Plus, as I mentioned previously, the CFI showed up one day distinctly
smelling of alcohol. That did it for me. Now, I fly in the right
seat, and regulary witness (and hear my pilot friend) stupid pilot
tricks. There are very many nonqualified, licensed, legal pilots
flying around, as you know.