Michel Talon wrote:
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Now here in France, clubs make an effort and tarifs are
cheaper for youngs. Still you need a fair amount of income to afford
paying these tarifs for all your children, plus yourself, etc!
The net result is that many people come to soaring when they are close
to retirement, hence have more income and more free time. This is not
good, in my opinion.


This is necessary in order to keep cheaper fees for youngs. It doesn't
make any sense to have e.g. 75% of normal costs for youngs under 25
if everybody is under 25. And retired people in many clubs, including
mine, are contributing to lower the costs by spending a lot of time
working on various things in the clubs for free.