If more £5k's went inot our club's coffers might we all benefit from better hardware and therefore a more flourishing industry??
I doubt it, because 5k is only the start if you want to fly in the UK. I have learnt to fly in the US where I have been living for the past few years. But I have no intention of flying in the UK when I get back. I can't bring myself to spend so much hard earned on rotten old planes, under a regulatory regime that clearly doesn't want me there, flying into airports which charge me the earth for the privilege. You need a sea change of regulation and financing (hypothecation of taxes: you spend the tax money, you get it back in direct state spending) in the UK, which is never going to happen. I fear GA in Europe will eventually be only for the super rich.