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Originally Posted by john70t
I've often wondered why new pilots/small planes can be mixed into the international airport heavy traffic and turbulence.
Wouldn't it make sense for them to be limited to recreational use only at regional strips for the first year or X hours, until a re-certification bumps them up to higher privileges?
I also think new car drivers should have tags or magnetic stickers to let others know to be careful.
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Most small aircraft try hard to stay away from the large commercial airports the airlines use. In Oklahoma City, I bet there are 10 smaller civil aviation airports some are privately owned. We keep our airplane at one such airport. They are known nation wide as a source of cheap fuel. Small corporate jets and all sorts of private aircraft land there on cross country trips for fuel. They have a lot of hangars that the rent out.
For most people, it is WAY WAY cheaper to just rent an aircraft to go play practice in, and learn to fly. We bought our airplane only because we are charging our customers for it's use everytime we start the engine. And we never ever take a passenger. We do aerial photography and mapping so we have the 182T as a work pickup. Just a really expensive work pickup.