I like the idea. So few guys I fly with at the airline are even interested in GA. I find it refreshing to fly with one who loves to talk GA as much as I do. After 15 years of professional flying with no GA flying, I was ready to get back into it. So glad I have, some great friends and communities out there that are a blast.
Sure makes the long flights go by faster talking GA with some of the guys.
I got back from a trip and had to pick my airplane up from the shop after some work. Dropped off my car at the airport and was going to have to get a Lyft ride out to the airport where the plane was at. Saw one of the guys that I had met earlier, offered him $100.00 to take me to my plane. Cheaper and faster than Lyft. Flew in his 17,000 hour 172.
Picked up my airplane, brought it back. While cleaning the bugs off, met some more guys at the airport since I am very new there.
One of those guys starts prepping his Piper Vagabond for flight. No electrical system so he has to prop it. I offer to help him un-chock the airplane and he just tells me that he's got a system and not to worry. He then offers me a flight, cool. Jump into that putt putt with the mighty A-65, it was great fun, I was jealous, made me think that I should have got one of those. He's a geologist and gave me a geology lesson over the terrain we were flying. I look forward to giving him a ride in my airplane - quid pro quo.
So, three flights in three different airplanes on an absolutely sublime day. It was fantastic!