It should also be considered that the aircraft types we operate today are considerately more complex than they were 20 years ago. The ultra simple low powered, fixed pitch, fixed prop low performance VP1 and Luton Minor, great little aeroplanes though they are, have been replaced by sophisticated 150mph plus retractable, ultra lightweight construction, constant speed prop turning, glass panel equipped sportsters that actually do demand a higher level of maintenance management.
True. So remind me how that happened.
Complex aircraft with great performance and higher maintenance management are allowed to be on Permit, but a simple Super Cub or Stampe or tailwheel Robin can't be.
Are the LAA, in their regulatory mode, doing anything to even out this illogical situation? Or is it something that is outside their brief.