Maybe the new more modern airplanes are easier to fly but the training is of a lower quality?
You got it!.....today's litigious society and the refusal to take responsibility for one's own actions are the drivers.
@Pace..... Dead right! I progressed from a 98cc James, (2-speed, hand gear change) through to the latest BSA Unit-construction A65 (650cc)
pulling a Watsonian Avon single-seater and boasting an Avonaire-Deluxe full fairing.
On winter snow, it was great fun. we used to park either side of the works drive....bat up the drive, slap everything on,tweak the bars, big broudside skida rapid dab/release of front brake, to bounce front suspension and release,so the remaining energy from the rebound would see me trickle backwards into my parking- spot...very satisfying , that,
Similarly, when a Reliant followed, then a car and a Company car (at 22 years old) I had difficulty explaining 2 sets of tyres in under 10,000 miles, to the MD, but I sure knew how to handle motor vehicles!