Point well taken, Think of this though. I maintain roughly 45 or so airplanes through my business, out of those 45 airplanes maybe two are flown on a regular basis. The others are used primarily for recreation and hours flown are few and far between. The biggest problem (excluding fuel prices) are that most airplanes are not flown on a regular basis. If airplanes were flown as often as your Caravan was driven, maintenance problems would be drastically reduced. I have a customer that fly's around 50 hours a month and he has very few problems. Folks always ask me why I do not own an airplane, Simple I know better. These are expensive to own and operate and your average person has a hard time affording one. Maintenance, Hangar rent, Insurance and on and on and on... Sorry to hear about your woes with airplane ownership, I deal with this everyday as there are many mechanics out there out to screw folks. You should see some of the sorry stuff that comes through my shop that was either just repaired or freshly out of inspection. I could go on and on. If there were not regulations to mandate inspections and maintenance, there would be a lot more airplanes falling out of the sky everyday...
-Tom