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Touchdown! Greaser!
As the airspace becomes more crowded, passing more of expenses of the system to the ticket purchasing public and the general tax payer is not sustainable.So last night I did night currency work. I hadn't flown at night in many months (I resisted the urge to say since last year) and wanted a second pilot, so I paid a friend who is a CFI to go along with me in the right seat while I flew off some landings. I have also hired friends who are commercial rated to fly as safety pilots for me to do practice approaches. By definition, I hired a commercial pilot. Were we no longer general aviation in these circumstances?
You flying a night training flight with a CFI in Class E isn’t the issue. High speed aircraft is the busiest airspace is and the airlines are doing their due diligence in pointing out their paying their customers are paying the majority of the taxes and being delayed by flights that are paying considerable less. It really makes no difference if a plane has 1 passenger or 500. ATC has apply the same separation.
The per gallon jet fuel tax is less than $200 on a typical business jet flight vs what the airline customers are paying.