Couple of questions come to mind, perhaps frontlefthamster can answer....
How many hours are required nowadays for a PPL to remain current?
Is an annual check ride required ?or is it every 2 years?
How many hours do PPL's actually do above and beyond the bare minimum?
With the cost of fuel where it is, only the wealthy will be able to keep it up.
The thing that worries me most about spam cans, Tobagos and the odd BRS Cirrus is that the man (are any at all owned by women, I wonder?) who has earned enough money to buy one probably doesn't have enough time to stay current or to enjoy it. And if you think you can use a SELP for your business travel, sooner or later you will discover the shortcomings.
No, seriously, we find in the gliding world that men (usually men, alas) don't find the time or the money to take up the sport in a serious cross country glider until they are approaching an age when the learning curve has about flattened out completely; yet being ex captains of industry, it is not easy sometimes to make these latecomers sensible of their limitations.....