Shoestring Flyer, there are significant numbers of Eurostars teaching UK pilots to fly, mostly from unlicensed strips. Please explain how the difference in syllabus has such a huge difference in airframe life? The Eurostars fly about the same number of hours per year, about the same number of circuits etc etc...
I would much rather fly a Eurostar than a 150 and the Eurostar is cheaper to operate. My own aircraft (MCR1) has an empty weight of 253 kg, it is now 8 years old and I have flown it all over Europe - number of weight related issues, ZERO.
Rod1