Can anyone explain to me how a rollback to something known is MORE confusing than a rollforward to something unknown.
I don't believe price is the issue either. When I learned to fly I had to work 12 1/2 Hours to pay for 1 hour flying. Today, if I still was in the same trade, I would have to work only 8 hours to pay for 1 hour flying. Then I had no television, a small transistor radio and no car, but I spend my money on flying. Today we have become so used to having all the 'mod cons' that there is no money 'left over' for flying. Aviation has been a political football for so long, it is not 'fashionable' anymore. People can 'feel good' and 'look good' doing sooooooooooo many other things with less hassles and less negative stories on the telly.
We need to start something like the 'buy Australia' campaign. If all Aviation products and services were labelled as such, then Mr/s citizen would start thinking that Aviation had a purpose and was not just a nuisance making noise.