ProfChrisReed
Where is your club? I could be your guinea pig if you like? Special price, obviously.......
As a powered pilot PPL I have had one gliding lesson (in Suffolk) and have since decided that I do want to at least achieve solo gliding. I am almost at the point of booking the Lasham course, so am definitely interested.
As has been suggested here, it's not so much the fixed price I'm bothered about, more the thought that I would want to focus on the flying training. Whilst I am sure you are all lovely people, I don't really want to spend a day chatting about gliding when I could be doing it for real. I accept that gliding entails mucking in and getting others launched, but at the risk of sounding very selfish, I am really looking for a focused training course, where I am the centre of attention
. (Or as part of a small group maybe). Half-days are not a problem, even whole days as long as there weren't too many of them!
Part of the appeal of the Lasham course is the thought that it can be done within two days (apparently). That timescale in itself is not the bit that is so important - I wouldn't want to cut corners - but rather the concentration of training, if that makes sense.
Once a trained solo glider pilot, that's when the real learning would start. I would hope and expect to go on to become a 'normal' club member, helping out and becoming involved, even enjoying a long chat or two without getting in the air!