Originally Posted by
Gipsy Queen
Sorry, that doesn't advance the discussion much, does it?
It definitely adds to it. If we are unsure, why the good old days are gone, maybe it's worth to check what was not working so well those days.
Perhaps the shoestring operations were forced to industrialize in order to "tame" the GA training/traffic and make room for the explosive growth of commercial air traffic (and the collateral increase of pilot training needs). The aeroplane design and production techniques advanced because they offer less laborous flying (Garmin 1000 vs. VFR charts?), lower maintenance costs, longer life cycle.
Same as the black vinyl records. Those were great in their times, with unparellelled sound quality, but everyone moved onto CD and nowadays MP3 because of the ease of access, ease of use. Inferior in quality and music experience, but the new inventions offered so much more (e.g., freedom of location for listening), that the shift was unstoppable. Life moved on, that's all
