[Dantilla]

People assume anybody with an airplane is incredibly wealthy.

While flying is expensive, it is not that different from having a cabin cruiser moored at a marina, or having a vacation cabin on a lake somewhere, or even boarding a couple horses. Or goofing off with Porsches at the race track.

For some reason, having a boat is normal, but having an airplane is extravagant.

As a weekend warrior type that makes Embraer nervous, I avoid large airports that have any commercial traffic. Land at Podunkville for gas, and it's usually a friendly mom & pop place where I taxi right up to the gas pump, and they offer a loaner car if I want to go get lunch in town. Far more enjoyable than mixing it up with jet traffic just to be part of the ground control rat race, waiting for the gas truck to get to little 'ol me.