>From Rob Moore: "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."
From: Allan Armistead 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? ---------------------------------------- While I disagree with Rob's "most pupils" his sentiments are not entirely wrong and the statement is far from amazing. There is/has been/will be a certain percentage of pupils who do start gliding to go solo* . They are the sort of people who will also do a bit of parachuting/go kart racing/ sailing/mountain climbing/modelling/etc throughout their lives and reach a competent level before they move on. That's what THEY want to do and it isn't wrong or bad, it just is. * my experience also has been that that may do a little cross country once they have got into the sport and learnt more about it but after a couple of seasons have "done it" and move on in any case. Regards SWK PS. I even remember having this conversation with people on my first instructor course, 1983! All is new, all stays the same! _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
