Originally Posted by SkyHigh

Had I not been laid off I believe that I could have stayed away from General Aviation and never looked back. Two summers ago I bought a Cessna 150 to be able to build the minimum of 50 hours a year to stay current in the eyes of most airlines. And, to my surprise I am having a blast with it.

I must admit that by the time I bought it 14 years had passed since I flew a 150 and I was a bit nervous about the prospect of getting into small GA planes again. It seems that airline pilots crash an awful lot in small planes. My sense of security had become dependent upon thrust, glass and the system.

To go back to packing five gallon cans of gas and relying on what basically is a lawn mower engine attached to a leaf was not all that reassuring. However I have flown it more than 100 hours and love the heck out of it. Now I can not imagine going back to procedural automation.

My instructing career is even kindling back to life a bit. Students seem to be coming out of the wood work. I just turned away another one last week.

Skyhigh