At 09:35 PM 7/07/2011, you wrote:
On 07/07/2011, Grant Davies <gr...@davies.id.au> wrote:
> Being only new to Gliding and seeing and hearing about membership issues my
> two bobs worth is the if Gliding isn't in people's faces how do
we expect it
> to flourish. I look at magazines on flying while in the
newsagency and think
> if I saw one about Gliding I might have joined Gliding earlier.
I thought that the numbers showed the GFA didn't have a recruiting
problem, it had a retention problem.
Cheers,
Al
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As it ever has been Al. Meanwhile in other parts of sport aviation
the RAAus membership is headed for 10,000 but you can get a pilot
certificate in as little as 20 hours, buy your own aircraft (and
maintain it!) and operate independently. I don't think 20 hours is
enough but that is what is happening and it seems to be working.
200 hours is nothing short of ridiculous. There are people making a
living from teaching both gliding and RAAus who think this is
ridiculous too. So instead of buying a motor glider these people buy
ultralights instead.
Those of you figuring on selling your expensive new or near new
glider when you get too decrepit to fly it (sooner rather than later
based on the age profile of glider pilots) may be severely
disappointed when you do. The comments about classified ads being in
or out of the magazine are irrelevant (one at least seemed to be that
they should be in the magazine for the entertainment of tyre
kickers). The best way to sell anything is to have more keen buyers
which simply isn't going to happen. Sad really.
Mike
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