Hey … YARS … don’t forget me, too. I have my red hat ready. 
Can I be the Sergeant-at-Arms (aka, the Enforcer)?
Good article … you made me laugh, Paul. I, too, no longer fly when it’s dark or in those big white things. Funny how gettin’ older makes you wiser. And, I once almost ate the weenie in – of all airplanes – a C150 doing one of your low show off passes. As my life flashed before me, I actually thought … “Of all the airplanes to die in!” Fortunately, I got it climbing before I met the pine trees.
Seriously, though, if only two things happened, there’d be substantial growth in GA. Raising the MGTW of Light Sport would not only attract (and re-attract) many but it would alleviate the need for all that FAR23 testing and TSO’s which the rewrite didn’t fix. 3600 lbs would be awesome! Also, if they’d institute the “Primary-non Commercial” airworthiness category from the FAR Part 23 rewrite recommendation Appendix G-4, existing GA airplanes would see some relief, too. Is it OK if I don’t hold my breath waiting ?? But hey … if you appoint a GA pilot as Administrator, maybe it would happen before we all are wearing bibs or pushing up grass. I’d promise not to call him, “Mikey.” (inside joke for those with a long memory).
– LARRY