OK, this may stick in some throats but.....
Like many, I miss the good old days chasing gliders all over the airfield (RAF Catterick), frosty mornings, winches that struggled with the Barge (even worse when the first plastic-fantastics came along), hands torn to shreds having repaired cables, wet feet, washing gliders with cold water in the dark, the cold, more cold, and the absolute euphoria brought about by a single 5-6 minute circuit. I ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT and would return to those days at an instant. But, that just isn't going to happen. Let's get over it and do the best we can, with what we have, for our cadets. If the best you can do is reminisce about the past and bitch about the various heads that should roll, then perhaps it is time to move-on. Aren't those of us in the 'front-line' in the business of setting an example to the kids?