Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Re: the Blame Game

R:
IMO: you have missed the mark.
NOTHING in part 103 was removed or changed with the exception of the training exemption. You have a 103 compliant plane go fly it all you want. Trouble is there are next to none around. And that is the way it has been for years. What are around are illegal unregistered, UL-Like planes. You got one,go fly it. But now the FAA isn't looking the other way. I have a Flightstar IISC. If someone wanted to learn how to fly I would teach them the same way I taught when I was a BFI. The plane is stupid. It doesn't know it isn't flying under the exemption any longer and it doesn't know it has N-numbers stuck to it's ass.

All this boils down to is a bunch of whiners crying over nothing.
Jimmy

--- In Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com, "Richard Williams" <rkwill@...> wrote:
>
> tade,
>
> IMO: you have missed the mark.
>
> The base line for flying expense is NOT GA/private pilot
> The base line for flying expense is UL/no license.
> A UL often cost less than $5000.
> A license was not required nor needed.
> Training was highly recommended.
> Training was ~50hr, including the UL (wet) and instructor.
>
> Those numbers ($5000 and $50) are what you need to be comparing against.
>
> R. Williams
>
>
> ---------- Original Message -----------
> From: "tadel001" <tadel001@...>
> To: Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 13:51:33 -0000
> Subject: Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group the Blame Game
>
> > I often hear the argument that SP did not make flying cheaper because
> > the planes cost over $100K. People seem to be upset with the fact
> > that aircraft cost over $100K and therefore, SP failed to deliver.
> > First, if the dollar and euro were at the same 2004 levels, there
> > would be many aircraft under $100K. To simply look at the dollar as
> > the valuation mark is short sighted. Many of these LSAs listed in
> > Euro are less than $100K.
> >
> > SP actually has made it a lot cheaper to fly. The numbers are
> > actually about 50-60% cheaper. The average private pilot license cost
> > $8,000 to $12,000. Our school can produce pilots between $3,500 and
> > $5,000. So the person that couldn't afford a $12,000 license can now
> > get a license for under $5,000. I would say that is a huge savings.
> > That person can now rent an airplane. At a $7,000 savings on the
> > license and an average rental rate across the country of $100/hour,
> > that is 70 additional hours of flying (which is a lot for the average
> > pilot in a year). Now if you own the aircraft, you need to think
> > about insurance, storage, maintenance, etc... on a $60,000 aircraft
> > that could be another $5K-$7K a year. So, that is renting a plane for
> > 50-70 hours a year. I would say that SP has made flying a lot cheaper.
> >
> > I don't think the advertisement was "Sport Pilot Rule will make owning
> > an aircraft cheaper for all." I think the advertisemetn was "Sport
> > Pilot Rule will make flying more affordable." At 50-60% less cost to
> > fly, I would say it did that.
> ------- End of Original Message -------
>

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