Having purchased Pilot for the past 10 years or so off the shelf. I noticed a distinct change in the magazine apart from the paper but could not put my finger on what it was. After a couple of editions the penny dropped, too many pictures and superficial articles, similar to Flyer and Today's Pilot when they started. Too big or too many photographs IMHO are often a cover up for poor text content. You only have to look a look at some of the boy racer magazines on the shelf as a example. I used to see Pilot as the professionals choice, its old format may have been staid, even boring to the eye but is that not the case with most 'manuals' 'educational' or 'text' books. I believe that as was stated previously that the Pilot team have got hung up on updating the look and format to coincide with the other two magazines in the field and have taken their eye off the content ball. Flyer and Today's Pilot should be climbing to Pilots level, which is happening, Pilot should stick with a tried and tested format and not allow themselves to drop down to the competitions level.
PS I think Flyer and Today's Pilot content is acceptable but I always thought that Pilot was more in-depth.