Lost Expertise

摘要

There's a truism that applies to owning machines like boats and airplanes: The two best days of your life are the day you buy it and the day you sell it. In between, so the story goes, your ownership will be a maelstrom of inspections, repairs and downtime, punctuated by frustrations and anxieties, along with a blizzard of paperwork and large quantities of cash. Yes, the aircraft ownership "experience" is all that. Welcome to aviation.