Excellent TV Piece on GA

Mxsmanic wrote in

Keep in mind that business and private expenditures are orders of
magnitude apart. General aviation that might be booming for business
could still be hopelessly beyond the reach of pilots flying for
leisure. That's why you don't see too many people flying Learjets for
leisure, and you don't see too many CEOs flying in Piper Cubs or
ultralights.

You couldn't be more wrong if you tried.

People who have the means don't generally fly airplanes like Learjets and
Barons for leisure because they are not particularly fun airplanes to fly if
what you're after is the sheer joy of flying.

Sure, they're all fun to fly initially when you're learning a new aircraft,
and larger, faster, and more complex is always a bonus. But after the
honeymoon is over all the pilots I know would chose the smaller, simpler
aircraft to fly for fun every time.

I'm sure you're suprised to learn this and I'm sure it doesn't fit into what
you'd suppose to be true. That doesn't make it any less true however.

BDS