Originally Posted by
NuName
All start with a PPL. Now I am ATPL and fly biz jets. I never worked as hard as when I flew pistons. As you go up the aircraft ladder it gets easier and easier with reference to good kit and stable a/c. FL350 is much more relaxing than 3000 ft. If you have a PPL be proud of it, I would hesitate to jump in a 172 and fly away today. I need instruction, from a PPL.
I am in a syndicate of six, and one of our members is an ATPL who flys an A320 out of Heathrow.
I once asked him why, when he flies for a living, in his spare time he comes along and potters around in our little Jodel.
With a wry smile he replied "Ah yes, but this is REAL flying!"
