In my time instructing at flying clubs I had always taken the view that Genghis takes and have given anyone who wants to fly a warm welcome as a fellow aviator.
I started aviating in ATC gliders and would have liked to return to gliding, Unfortunatly the attitude shown to me has put me off the idea.
Gliding in the UK is slowly dying with club memberships falling and no new blood getting into the sport, from my experience I can see why people are put off.