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

I've seen a significant change on this.  Only group of people I still here this from are inactive flight instructors.  The rest of the community has an attitude change going on slowly but surely.

Sue Gardiner is back in the game too folks.  I got a call from her at work out of the blue the other day.  She's on a mission to better educate the FAA flight instructors and others about light sport.  That is a VERY good thing IMHO.

Helen

On 4/18/2012 10:32 PM, medicbill@aol.com 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@bak.rr.com 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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