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Hmmm, sounds like more government interference with free enterprise or "regulation" to me. But seriously if this were mandated it would be ok by me. I am back there riding to from work probably more than any of you. I just wish they would extend it to the 737 jump seats as well !

Well, a couple points - if that CFI has an accident in his record it's very unlikely he'll get to my right seat, there's just too many to pick from that don't. As for the wet-behind-the-ears teaching the next group of students it's pretty much the way the military has been doing it forever...

Spirit Airlines - reminds me of a quote from a former Continental Airlines CEO Gordon Bethune "It's possible to make a pizza so cheaply no one would want to eat it" !

Sounds like you're just miffed that you can't make decent money as a CFI. A lot of that is all in the way a CFI decides to work. If you're going to work for somebody else like an FBO or a flight school than you probably aren't going to make too great of a living. But if you market yourself right...

Yeah, you don't really see us asking for any of their guys do you ? Wonder why that would be ?

I guess you just don't get it - all of that costs money. When you do NOT need to turn a profit you can spend crazy amounts of money on those items and you can put as much space between seats as you want. As for the flight attendant issue its the whole political correctness thing in this country...

Yeah, let's not forget the biggest subsidies of all - agricultural.

I would LOVE with all my heart to see one of the ME carriers CEO's come over here and take over one of our major carriers and see how they do for just one year with the same rules and challenges that our CEO's have.

But wait.....what if it's a tail plane stall ? Should you push forward or pull back ????

I heard the number is actually up to half a million now. I'm one of them. I'm not buying a Tesla because gas is too expensive or I want to save the planet. I'm buying it because it's actually a pretty nice car and it works for my situation. And because I like gadgets - of course.

Well considering that Delta alone hauled 179 million passengers that same year, over TEN TIMES as many - you do the math !!! I think you'll come out with something near 21BILLION ! So, ah yeah I think $118 bucks would do it. Oh, ok, so I guess all we need is one of their CEO's because our...

That's a great idea ! I personally would love that. 747-8's and A380s with twenty rows of seats removed for piano bars and showers. Now, how do we get the government to pay for it like they do ?

I liked the Lancair Mako. And of course every year there seems to be more and more engines to choose from but this one really impressed me ; http://www.adeptairmotive.com/Page.aspx?ID=1798

Despite being given a 1.7 billion dollar subsidie by its government ; https://aviationvoice.com/etihad-looses-2-billion-despite-receiving-1-4-billion-in-subsidies-201707271108/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=see_what_happened_in_the_aviation_world&utm_term=2017-07-29

Yes they did BUT NO FOUNDATION !!!!! If there's no foundation total time means very little.

Its pretty rare when it only takes a button push to fix a red light. Although it sure would be nice.

But the new Lancair Mako does - supposedly.

Well, the automatic braking has been around since at least the mid 90's. I remember even back then the 757 could fly an ILS, land on the center line and bring itself to a complete stop. It just couldn't lower the flaps or gear.

Until about 600' AFE aim for the biggest, softest, least expensive thing. After that it's back to the runway or if in a Cirrus "Flaps up,CAPS up".

Well that tax credit is about to go away. IIRC it was only supposed to be for the first 200,000 vehicles. Once they pass that mark no more federal tax credits for their vehicles.