[Pukin Dog]

I am a retired Navy pilot and instructor, and retired commercial pilot. I am not down on GA, I am down on GA pilots who are less than safe, and make it worse for those who are.

[Concho]

Fair enough.

I guess I'm spoiled, I fly high and straight and take all the extra proficiency. But then I am a search and rescue pilot, and I find those who dont.....

[CarryaBigStick]

Frankly, I know one or two retired military/commercial pilots who are scarier than hell in a GA airplane, it's not a domain exclusively reserved for low time private pilots.

I lost a very good friend who was a retired military pilot and a commercial pilot to an accident in a sailplane, and he was darn good at it and well respected among his peers...it happens.