The weather is really not that bad. The 16/34 runway direction can be bad for crosswinds, but often within limits. Aberdeen is still a wonderful place to fly despite it's problems. The airport is busier now and with ATC doing the best they can to fit the traffic in, training is more difficult than it once was, but with proper planning it can be achieved. The handling agent who own the property and the ramp, are very 'pro GA' and helpful to light aircraft pilots, surely it's better now that the cost of running the property has been split 3 ways instead of the school trying to pay all the rent on their own.
Remember back to when the Dundee operator owned the place, there was in excess of 200+ members, bookings were at least two weeks in advance with new students coming along all the time plus plenty PPL's hiring aircraft. Over the years with the passing of several owners both good and not so good, the place has been run down with moral at an all time low. Take a look at HJS helicopters at Peterculter, they are out the door with students paying over £200 per hour to fly an R22, the interest in GA up here is still strong. It needs dedicated people, enthusiasts with a real passion who are more interested in getting flying than trying to turn a profit, those people are still around. It will come around again, just wait and see.
(P.S just received a real classy private message full of personal insults and slander, I can't imagine who that's from!)
