Dunno what your talking all talking about...
Getting my PPL was the best day of my life:
- No more pesky flight planning
- No more Weight and Balance & fuel calcs
and most importantly...
I'll never have to look at another map again!
In all seriousness, I think that there are a couple of factors that are negatively affecting the amount of flying that new PPL's are doing, which is directly affecting the amount of airmanship they are learning from their experiences, with the main one being the prohibitive cost of aviation. Not an excuse, just a reason!