In my experience, the weather has definitely gotten worse . . . or is going through a (very long) bad patch. I did my PPL in 2005/6, and can only recall missing a couple of lessons though weather, despite only flying at weekends. Since I got my licence . . . . the weather has been unbelievably crap. I suspect my flown v cancelled ratio due to weather is probably running at about 40:60 over the last 4 years. And a few times I have flown, it's been pretty marginal due to visibility or cross winds.
I'd endorse the deity face-punching coping strategy if I was a believer.
Last edited by Hamish 123; 23rd June 2011 at 15:17.