Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Re: LSA for rent without renters, or renters...

We had that problem with Amateur Radio when they lifted the Morse Code requirement quite a few of us lost sight of the fact that this was helping to bring more people into the hobby and a lot of them resented the fact that they get to talk on the radio without having to learn Morse code like we did.what we had to do was accept the fact and just embrace the new members of the community and continue to pass along the skills we had learned.but it did take some time.
Paul (N9FCO)

--- In Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com, medicbill@... wrote:
>
> Well that is the problem. Refusing to recognize SPL as a real license is an
> attitude that will kill GA in this country. The attitude that I had to
> learn it that way so everyone should do the same is garbage.
>
> Bill B.
>
>
> In a message dated 4/18/2012 7:29:38 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
> garyo@... writes:
>
>
> -> -----Original Message-----
> -> From: Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com
> -> [mailto:Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of ron_d_hill
> -> Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2012 3:18 PM
> -> To: Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com
> -> Subject: Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group LSA for rent without
> renters, or
> -> renters...
> ->
> -> Well, one simple thing is a 150 can be bought for 20k and the current
> crop of
> -> LSA's are 80-100k.
> ->
> -> If I were looking to buy an aircraft and get ROI.... ROI is going to be
> better on
> -> the Cessna 150.
> ->
> -> Another issue with sport pilot is it is not seen as a 'real' license.
> The CFI's don't
> -> see it that way, the industry does not see it that way, the FAA sorta
> does not
> -> see it that way, and most pilots do not see it that way.
> ->
> ->
> ->
> -> --- In Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com, medicbill@ wrote:
> -> >
> -> > Yes, a lot of the LSA's out there are expensive. Mainly because most
> -> > come equipped with the high price glass cockpits that manufacturers
> -> > seem to think is what the market wants but you can find LSA's out
> -> > there that make good trainers for under 100k. Plus as more LSA's come
> -> > onto the used market the cost difference will start to even out. But
> -> > you forget the one big advantage that LSA's have over those cheap
> 152's
> -> and 172's is fuel burn.
> -> >
> -> > IMO the biggest problem with LSA having difficulty is the FBO's owners
> -> > not having any vision and CFI's not having any vision thinking that
> -> > they are going to get cheated out of money because they do not get
> -> > paid as many dual hours as a PPL. Instead of thinking about general
> -> > aviation and getting someone flying and then later on they come back
> -> > to upgrade to PPL and beyond they seem to have a bad attitude about
> LSA.
>
> Well apparently we now agree on the situation. The important thing here is
> what needs to be done to fix it. Does anyone want to fix it? Can it be
> fixed as imagined in the first place. Why do pilots feel that way about it?
>
> Gary
>
>
>
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