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Airdale · June 20th, 2007, 16:07

How about some aviation talk?

What are your thoughts on VLJ's and the impact they will have on
1.) Safety (both in the sky and on the ground)
2.) Insurance
3.) Flight Training
4.) Where will their place be in the market of GA?

Honestly, I'm not really sold on VLJ's. Even with technology as advanced as it has become, I think the speed and power that come with them will be dangerous for those pilots who they are targeted at. ATP plans on staffing their fleet with quite a few of the Diamond jets. While its a step in the future, I can't imagine what this will do to the cost of flight training in the D-Jets.

We all know that flying is much much more then just navigating and pushing buttons. I'm instantly reminded of the corporate jet that crashed out west (article was in an AOPA magazine "You can't move a mountain".) Where standard DP's were not followed. Will these faster jets, with longer range and heigher ceilings claim more lives?

June 20th, 2007, 16:07	#1
Airdale Old Skool Join Date: May 2005 Location: Dirty Jerzey Posts: 2,063	Personal Jets (VLJ's) How about some aviation talk? What are your thoughts on VLJ's and the impact they will have on 1.) Safety (both in the sky and on the ground) 2.) Insurance 3.) Flight Training 4.) Where will their place be in the market of GA? Honestly, I'm not really sold on VLJ's. Even with technology as advanced as it has become, I think the speed and power that come with them will be dangerous for those pilots who they are targeted at. ATP plans on staffing their fleet with quite a few of the Diamond jets. While its a step in the future, I can't imagine what this will do to the cost of flight training in the D-Jets. We all know that flying is much much more then just navigating and pushing buttons. I'm instantly reminded of the corporate jet that crashed out west (article was in an AOPA magazine "You can't move a mountain".) Where standard DP's were not followed. Will these faster jets, with longer range and heigher ceilings claim more lives? __________________ Just say NO to Teamsters