Post by sluf7 on Nov 7, 2016 12:28:04 GMT 12
It might be just me but lately have noted the general trend in GA aircraft handling and general operating of said aircraft as being a bit slack.
I suspect thisd comes down to Currency I mean 12 hours a year does in no way make one Current in any aircraft no matter how good you think you are.
I had an A-cat tell me a couple months back the degrading of flight currency as cost is really biting into GA as never before. He reckons you need at least a minimum of 25 Hours to be acceptable and plus 50 a year to be current. His determination was that GA is in trouble if Pilots can't maintain or are able to achieve these levels of hours per year.
Recreataional Aircraft on the other hand seem to be able to exceed 50 hours per year and most recreational Pilots I know are well exceeding this with some real keen ones doing well in excess of 100 to 150 plus hours a year. This comes down to them being cheaper to operate and maintain witrh more Modern fuel efficent engines with better comfort ,Range,speed.......
Yes the age old questrion is recreational aircraft can only carry pilot and passenger. I have just watched the Blacksands 2016 and most aircraft were either just pilot themselves and in the case of 4 place aircraft only pilot & Pax could be seen so not really an aggument there.
Looking at that video some of the landings were pretty average ( Raglan is a easy place to land but will bite if not on top of your game) I suspect this comes back to the Currency thing.
Anyhoo just an observation.
I suspect thisd comes down to Currency I mean 12 hours a year does in no way make one Current in any aircraft no matter how good you think you are.
I had an A-cat tell me a couple months back the degrading of flight currency as cost is really biting into GA as never before. He reckons you need at least a minimum of 25 Hours to be acceptable and plus 50 a year to be current. His determination was that GA is in trouble if Pilots can't maintain or are able to achieve these levels of hours per year.
Recreataional Aircraft on the other hand seem to be able to exceed 50 hours per year and most recreational Pilots I know are well exceeding this with some real keen ones doing well in excess of 100 to 150 plus hours a year. This comes down to them being cheaper to operate and maintain witrh more Modern fuel efficent engines with better comfort ,Range,speed.......
Yes the age old questrion is recreational aircraft can only carry pilot and passenger. I have just watched the Blacksands 2016 and most aircraft were either just pilot themselves and in the case of 4 place aircraft only pilot & Pax could be seen so not really an aggument there.
Looking at that video some of the landings were pretty average ( Raglan is a easy place to land but will bite if not on top of your game) I suspect this comes back to the Currency thing.
Anyhoo just an observation.
