sorrygottarunway
Well-Known Member
Nobody seems to care?
Really?
I think a lot of people care, but these same people are huge supporters of the free market theory.
Nothing one, or two, or a large collective of grumbling poor pilots who are being priced out of the industry can do to change it.
Stuff costs money, and things are only getting more expensive. When the return on the investment of your flight training is ridiculously small, what motivation is there for anyone to want to make a concerted effort to improve the affordability of flight training / General aviation?
I personally feel that an effort should be made at protecting the ability of professional aviators to earn a livable wage is much more important than trying to make sure flight training is cheap.
Well, we could do what europe (i.e. GERMANY) has been doing for years now, and embrace gliding. I can't even count on two hands the amount of gliders up on a weekend afternoon in Freiburg. Then again, they're used to the high gas prices and have an infrastructure that can handle it.