An interesting discussion thread would be; “what are the factors that tend to discourage pilots from getting more recurrent training”? 

Rick,

Here are some possible answers:

 

a) pilots are cheap bastards

b) recurrent training is not available

c) most pilot's don't think they need it

 

ans (a and c)

 

My expereince teaching in the American Bonanza Society program was that less than 10% of the member pilots availed themselves of reasonably priced recurrent training.

Jeff,

 

Hmmmmmmm.........  What percentage of recurrently trained pilots with outstanding panel equipment and safety devices (O2, parachutes, etc.) think their risk is reduced and recovery is possible from anything and so enter more dangerous situations than those of us less confident and willing to interrupt trip-finish-itus for some remote Holiday Inn Express and the lobby bar?

 

Or, is the crash rate higher for those cheap confident SOBs than the smaller population of well trained private pilots?  Why won't my insurance company reduce my rate for my bi-annual ritual at High Performance Training (Sebring is nice in January)?  Do they think my gobs of time-in-type overcome the deficiencies of advanced age (weight too high, can't see, can't hear, reflexes gone to hell, can't breath so well anymore, gave up challenging Mutha Nature, etc)? Huh? Huh?

 

I still like the virtual "Duh" training here on the LML.  It keeps my mind away from the Devil's work better than Sudoku puzzles.

 

Grayhawk

 

Think I'll go flying tomorrow and see if I can still keep altitude loss less than 24.6 feet on a 60 degree banked 360 degree steep turn to the left.  Drat, the nudist colony is closed for the winter.