Comment Re:Whatever ... (Score 2) 141
I'm thankful for that. The failure mode of most mechanical problems with an average car is that it gently rolls to the side of the road. The failure mode of most mechanical problems with an average light aircraft is plummeting to death, and likely destroying something below you in the process.
Think of all the nitwits you see on the freeway, and then imagine them with hands on stick in a Cessna. No, thanks.