Yes it does, rumours of our demise are much over egged. These days if I need one of the last few of a fleet, I don't need to "nip down to the drome on my bike" in all weathers, I check ACARS and see if it's the one I need. THEN I head out. This saves a lot of the frustration and needless getting soaked in winter.
Lots of us migrated to Nikons and big lenses, so we haven't gone away, just evolved into a slightly different type of obsessive.
As to some moron asking what runway is in use? Look out of the window or buy a scanner is beyond them , but that's not the majority.
As for :
But considering there's hardly any 'BLOODY AIRLINES LEFT' I don't think the 2009/10 issue would have more than 15 pages!!
By any metric there is MASSIVE amount more than there were in the 1990s, 1980s, 1970s and 1960s. Take the rose tinted glasses off?
"I remember when this was all fields you know....." mmmm fields........