Originally Posted by
PA28181
. (w)hat the majority want, which is get in start up take off go where you want land and come back again with other pilots/friends/family
Urgh how boring! That's not flying, that's driving a bus, and I'd query your assertion that it's what the majority want to do. The £200 bacon roll is one reason so many new ppl holders give up so soon.
But fair enough, if that's what the OP wants, then I'd agree that gliding won't miss him.
And you are wrong about transferrable skills - gliding skills make good power pilots, but it doesn't work as well the other way round.