Just thinking outside the box again, When people decide to not renue there membership with the GFA, is there anything in place to ask the departing member WHY they have decided to pull the pin.
Eg : Medical reasons Age reasons Too steep learning curve Learning cure not steep enough Not compatible with the club members Cost Not what the thought gliding was Lack of post solo training. CFI is a dick Lack of 2 seater club aircraft to take your guests flying due to abinito requirements Club politics Stuipd paper hurdles to get into the next higher performance aircraft i'd rather be a "turn-key" powered pilot mentality airspace restrictions Distance to the airfield from home ( measured in hours of driving ) can't over come the need to barf every flight No level 2 instructors to be seen anywhere on a public holiday to run the ops so junior pilots drive 150 KMS home with another Zero hrs in the log book. and so on....... Collecting this data should answer the question , " Why cant we retain members" Simple to me.................. Then the answers sould provide direction for changes to be made at the club level or GFA level. Confusus say " Man who askes questions gets some answers, Man who asks no questions gets no answers" Ben West Oz
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