Derek Laffey came to Air Ventures last summer after moving back to New England from California with his family. He finished his Private Pilot Certificate last August and has been renting from time to time since. During the past year Derek, like so many other newly minted pilots, has experienced the scheduling headaches that come with being a renter pilot. Limited by aircraft availability and weather events, he wasn't flying as much as he (or we) would have liked. After a few