I have been buying PILOT here in Canada for many years.
The Good News. It is still better than any North American aviation magazine
The Bad News. I agree with the general tone of this thread, the quality is definitely slipping. At $10(Cdn) per issue I am not sure I am getting my moneys worth
IMHO the best aviation jounalism ever was in the Flying magazine of the early to mid 1970's. I especially appreciated the three great G's ( Gilbert, Gann, and Garrison )