[Porsche-O-Phile]

I like going flying precisely because the barriers to entry keep out a lot of the idiots. Yes there are some, but by-in-large when I'm in the air I'm in the company of professionals or at least people who take the activity seriously.

Opening the doors to the average idiot with a driver's license and a fat wallet would ruin this and make the overall aviation system CONSIDERABLY less safe and secure.

I'm far more secure-feeling in the air than on the ground for exactly this reason. I don't WANT the average person having the ability to get in the air. Not at all. Keep the standards for acting as a pilot high - it helps. People have a lot of skin in the game and it takes a substantial commitment. Contrast that with driver's licenses which are issued to any fool that can fog a mirror, mostly because of the financial motivations therewith (governments LOVE people to have driver's licenses - free money for them when they drive, buy cars, buy insurance, buy gas, etc.)