Originally Posted by
The Juice
They were drafty and cold and older than all of us. But we did, it is called paying your dues.
Don't forget leaky! Fly in the rain and you'll get wet!
Originally Posted by MobiusOne
Yes it's expensive, but they are training is glass cockpit aircraft and the planes won't kill you.
Two more things about this: 1) Glass in a training aircraft shouldn't be that big of a deal. Anybody with good instrument skills can transition to a glass flight deck with relative ease when the time is right. 2)
Any plane can kill you. I know you're referring to old aircraft being less reliable. (Which probably depends more on the operator than the age of the airplane.) But let me say this: in almost 1,400 hours of flying in light GA aircraft (aircraft older than myself, for the most part), I've never had a life threatening mechanical problem. I'll bet there are plenty of similar testimonials around here.