Fine words POBJOY, with which I agree 100%.
Like many, I soloed in a Mk 3 at 16, which gave me the "bug" which led to many decades as an RAF pilot.
Although I was originally CCF(RAF), I've spent the last decade or so involved with the ATC, and have seen what happened (or what didn't..........)
It will be a "big ask" (as they say these days) to get back to anything like it was. Fingers crossed, new brooms and all that.......