{"id":459388,"date":"2000-12-01T17:00:02","date_gmt":"2000-12-02T01:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=121410"},"modified":"2024-01-04T22:31:11","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T22:31:11","slug":"may-i-see-your-license","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/may-i-see-your-license\/","title":{"rendered":"May I\u2008See Your License"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Hold on a minute, let me just drag this over. Hrrrrmph. One more second while I climb on top. Ok, I\u2019m now firmly entrenched atop my soapbox and ready for this month\u2019s sermon\u2026 I mean column. We vintage racers have a problem that for one reason or another we\u2019ve chosen to overlook for a long time. Recent events have highlighted this problem to such a point that many are saying that it\u2019s finally time we address it. Before I tell you what the problem is though, let\u2019s look at an analogous situation that might make the problem more clear.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s say that your hobby \u2013 your passion in life \u2013 is flying. You\u2019ve loved airplanes since you were a kid, and now, as an adult you want to start flying. Great! But, how do you get started? You don\u2019t know anything about flying except that 1) it necessitates an airplane, 2) the airplane makes cool brrrrrrrrrr engine sounds, and 3) in order to make those cool engine sounds you need a crap load of cash. Well, like all other aspiring Lindberghs, you go to flight school. You take your classes, you put in your mandatory flight hours with an instructor and, if in the end you haven\u2019t killed yourself and your instructor you get your license\u2026 for small aircraft. So you have your license (maybe for a short period of time, maybe for many years) when suddenly, your stock options in \u201cMy-Belly-Lint.com\u201d go through the roof. With your newfound loot you run down to the airport and buy the biggest, baddest Gulfstream or Challenger jet you can find. The question that has to be asked at this point is, \u201cAre you a competent enough pilot to fly it?\u201d The FAA doesn\u2019t think so. Despite your many years in small aircraft, they want you to have some advanced training \u2013 put some time in behind the wheel \u2013 so that 1) You don\u2019t kill yourself, or perhaps more importantly, 2) You don\u2019t kill somebody else. Any of this starting to sound familiar?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n