Additional financial aid is available for students who incur flight costs. Flying is considered part of the tuition and fees that an aviation student must use for their education. Financial need is increased by the estimated additional costs a student will incur during the year. General aviation airplanes are built to rigid federal specifications, and they are constantly checked and rechecked to make sure they are mechanically and structurally safe. People who fly are safety conscious.
Safety is the most importnat word in the general aviation vocabulary.
Your flight instructor will emphasize training you to operate the airplane safely. An aircraft engine is a piece of finely built machinery that is designed to keep running. If the improbable should happen, however, you won't fall out of the sky. Your airplane descends slowly in a glide. You'll never be quite the same person you were before.