Not to mention dangerous. Commercial aviation is exceedingly safe -- safer than riding a train by passenger-incidents/mile. But general aviation is about on par

Not to mention dangerous. Commercial aviation is exceedingly safe -- safer than riding a train by passenger-incidents/mile. But general aviation is about on par with motorcycle riding. There was a big push in 60s/70s/80s to market general aviation to the public as being the same as driving a car. But the reality is that most people cannot and will not ever be able to safely operate an aircraft without full automation.