Good points and comments there gentlemen.
The one i would like to reiterate upon is the coming use of diesel engines in the propellor end of the market.
In theory this should make everything from PPL to ATPL training about a third of the current cost; not an unreasonable assumption i feel as the main cost associated with training in the UK, i.e. fuel, will now be at a TENTH of the cost it previously was with the swith from AVGAS to A1.
So why dont i think it will hapen??
I get the feeling that this new fuel will end up branded as some "special GA diesel" ( thank-you President Blair and the spin mongerers) and the tax will be as high as before, sticking the price up to the £1 a litre mark schools pay now.
Again, the only laughter will come from the government, who claim it must be taxed so to help the envioroment, after all.
Utter bollocks, but it's what will happen. Its another easy revenue raiser for the robbing swines.
I would love the thought of having a Cessna Golden Eagle parked in my hangar, and its shiny new diesel engines burning 10p a litre fuel. But i KNOW it aint going to happen.
Really do think i'll move somewhere quite soon where the honest, hardworking man isn't taxed to death at every turn just for trying to have some fun, or in the case of those going for CPL/IR ATPL, just for having some ambition in life.