IO540,
Not sure how you concluded
"You don't have to agree with someone's point of view to understand and respect it. Does yet another thread have to turn into "there are those who do my sort of flying, and the stupid ignorant fools who'll probably give up anyway". from what I wrote.
Not sure I can explain....but I'll try.
Firstly, it wasn't aimed just at you. I felt like quite a few people were saying that their sort of flying was the only one that counted.
However, I guess I'm just a bit tired of your constant refrain - people give up flying because school aircraft are crap and the people in flying clubs are all anoraks. How many more times are you going to post something to that effect? We all heard you the first time...and the tenth...and the hundredth. And I for one am sick of being called an anorak, even if only by implication. I disagree with you, I've rarely seen any evidence that you're right, but frankly, I'm tired of the whole argument. As you said,
But we have done this one to death before...
Yes, we have, so please give it a rest.