The above statement makes the point for me. It does not matter if you are Chuck Yeager. We could teach a MONKEY to fly the airplane beautifully -- but the monkey will always lack the ability to participate in the inflight decision-making process. It's really not about how well you fly the airplane at the end of the day. It is about whether or not you have the experience to contribute on the cockpit and help the PIC to make the decisions he or she has to make on a day-to-day basis -- or if you're simply warming a seat as a glorified passenger with a yoke in your lap.

When it comes to flying skills, as i've mentioned, i'm happy if you just put it on the centerline. When it comes to being an active and participatory member of the cockpit crew whome I can rely on ... i'm going to need you to have a little experience in your bag of tricks.

That being said, I have no doubt that you would be a well qualified Seneca MEI and, once you get about 1200 TT, perhaps even a Seneca single-pilot night freight pilot.

Just not quite experienced enough for me to feel comfortable paying US Airways $800 to put my wife and child in the back of your airplane.