When you're a good
B.S.er, you *know* that there are no people devoid of B.S.

Oh, that's just BS.

(sorry, couldn't resist

There's one other thing to consider - one of the reasons people have for
flying is going places. You, who own the perfect plane for your
situation (family of four), can do this. Most pilots don't own =any=
kind of plane, nor do they belong to a club or partnership. They rent.

Find me a place that will rent a plane for a week at Block Island (a one
hour trip from here) and be happy with the two hours of tach time they
will be able to bill. More likely, there is a four hour per day
minimum. At a hundred dollars an hour, this brings the tab to almost
three thousand dollars for two hours of flying. A plane doesn't begin
to become useful for travel until one is at least a club member (of the
right club). There is a lot of overhead to flying, and I don't think
you realize how much that really means, since you've already done the
overhead.

Pretend for a moment that you didn't own a plane, and could not (for any
number of reasons), so that each flight was governed by the four hour
per day minimum, and whenever you wanted to schedule it, you rolled a
die every day to see if somebody else already booked it. Figure on it
being available for a week long flight maybe once or twice a year,
booked a month in advance. Figure also that you worked 9-5 M-F as an
employee, with one two-week vacation.

What would your flying be like?

Jose
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