Posted for N301ES <lancair@ustek.com>:

 Dan,
 
 
 That was a lot of finger pointing - and all of it justified.  I get a little
concerned when I read that non-pilots are building a Lancair and then plan to
take their initial training in it.  That is like learning to ride a bicycle by
jumping onto a Harley.  But what concerns me more is that some pilots believe
that they could move from a C-182 into an ES with little transition training.
 If nothing untoward were to happen then the flights would go just fine.  But
if there would be a problem then the pilot who handles it successfully would
be the one who had spent a lot of time with a check pilot until flight in all
regimens became automatic.  A plane with a mechanical problem is a concern.  A
pilot with a fixation on that problem is a disaster.
 
 Robert M. Simon,  ES-P  N301ES  in progress
 (Be gentle, my skin is thinner than Dan's)