ORIGINAL: geneh-RCU
I have been flying for 28 years and have flow just about every type of plane from patter to jets. From what I have seen at my flying site it's not the 3D pilots or the Jet or heli pilots that I have to worry about! In the last two years I have been afraid for my safety because of the new pilots that are turned loose after 1 good solo flight! Most have never been put in an emergency situation before they are turned loose. Last weekend I saw several crash and one almost fly into the pits and hit me! One thing that bothers me is that after learning to fly, some new pilots go right from a trainer to a full blown war bird (ARF) and then wonder why they have problems! Stop Trying to regulate planes just because they are big or fly fast and work on solving the real problem! Poor training for new pilots.......
That's funny- because I watch for the beginners and expect them to be a bit wild. What I hate is the "I know what I'm doing-I've been doing this since 1985!" jerk who has no concept of where he is with respect to the pits, spectators, and other planes-and who jumps salty when anybody suggests that he might want to start that turn a little farther out...
It is the 200-500 hour pilot who generally gets into trouble. The recently soloed are cautious, and the ones who survive the 500 hours have been there...
Roger