Robert Moore said: "In the cadet gliding club about 70% but 4 out of 20 pilots attended Joey Glide 3 as competitors.
Most cadets just want the Solo Badge. In the ASC I think 60% of our trainees will have gone on some sort of X country before they leave the club" >3) Do members of this newsgroup think that we can lift the retention rate by > providing better pre-solo soaring training? "Possibly but you must realise that most pupils only have the goal of solo and only a few if shown the delights you mention will decide to stay." I find the above quite an amazing statement. While I can understand that someone in an "air cadet" or scouting type environment might be looking to "tick the boxes" to get a badge then move on to the next badge, is it really credible that when someone comes onto an airfield and joins a club that they are planning to stay to solo and then go away again? I can believe that people get dissillusioned or lose interest for any number of reasons (which we need to try and identify and address) but why would anyone go to the time and effort and expense to join a club intending just to go solo then walk away? Allan Armistead ph (02) 6249 6470, fax (02) 6249 6555, mobile 0413 013 911 PO Box 908, Dickson ACT 2602, Australia "When once you have tasted flight, you will always walk with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been and there you always will be." Leonardo da Vinci, 1452-1519 _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
