In the bad old days the PFA / LAA rally was a huge event and great fun (I attended every year from 1991 on). The Rally lost huge amounts of cash and threatened the future of the organisation. The sensible decision was taken to stop! A few years later some clever people came up with a way of running a rally with no financial threat to the LAA. The downside was it would be on a smaller scale. The “New LAA Rally” has been well received and has been considered a success by many, but it is not in the same ball game as in the bad old days. The good news is the LAA 's future is no longer threatened. As I need the LAA to keep my aircraft in the air I have no big issue with any of this.
Rod1