I am impressed; you have come a long way in the last 18 months…
Now thats not fair Rod, I have always supported the permit hotships and have often said if I could fly IFR I would swap in a heartbeat. I also support the work of the PFA and as a result became a Regional Coach.
The problem is that the gulf between the two ends is increasing rapidly and I have an uneasy feeling that we are being manipulated into a VFR box for private flying. I think the permit hot ship flyers gloating about the cheap costs and flexibility of private strips etc. are accelerating us into this box.