When I was a young cadet the ratio of powered flying scholarship's and glider training must have been at least two hundred to one, on top of this the gliding schools were located all over the country, indeed I rode my bike to Kenley, on top of this the involvement in the total operation and the physical activity from sun up to sun down was extreme, I for one slept like a log at the end of each day and as a distance runner I was in pretty fair shape to begin with. Also this the powered courses seemed to go to those from rather elite schools rather than us from les well healed part of the population, probably not so today methinks? Regardless of these factors, for crying out load get rid of the dead wood and get the kids back in the air!