Broomstick
i would agree with you! An aircraft is a means of transport like any other and has to have a purpose. A dozen times around the local area after achieving a PPL and taking up family and friends and the holes appear both in practicality and cost.
You are then faced with the fact that to practically use an aircraft you need more! Better aircraft better ratings and that equals higher costs and commitments.
Time saving over a Car train etc? Unless you fly long distance? mission reliability? It is an expensive past time which most cannot justify. The wealthier ones maybe!
But this thread was on the training
Pace