I dont think that Pilot is getting worse it is the rest of the pack getting better Flyer being the most improved.
Ten years ago an airtest in flyer slagged an aircrafts landing charicteristics , those of us who flew the type spotted that the aircraft was loaded out of the front of the C of G limit !.
This was the sort of error by the other mags made Pilot stand out from the crowd , but no more Flyer have got the act together and now produce a well writen mag without the silly errors.