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Old 20th Aug 2007, 19:02
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IO540
 
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"I have a PPL/IR Turbine and I look down on him"

Not sure where that one comes from. IME, the resentment works mostly in the opposite direction. Owners of IFR tourers (whether turboprop or not) aren't in the least bothered about what happens lower down the GA food chain.

As the old joke goes:

When a poor American sees a rich American, he asks himself "what can I do to make even more money than he has"?

When a poor Brit sees a rich Brit, he asks himself "what can I do to bring him down to my level"?

What IFR capable pilots do not like is the "permit/kit/microlight/whatever it's called" people claiming that this is how everybody should fly. This doesn't go down well because IFR capable pilots have spent vast amounts of time, hassle, effort, money, etc to get the mission capability they have, and they have done it for a well calculated reason.
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