On Thursday, August 21, 2014 6:01:36 AM UTC-6, Squeaky wrote:

The product is not the planes, or the facilities. Yes they need to be

adquate, but it's not the main issue.

That's what we think but it's probably not what a student's family thinks since they have no other way to judge a glider operation than by appearances - and they likely have a say in funding a student's training.

We don't see those who fail to show up so we form distorted opinions. If all the discouraged would-be glider pilots appeared at once, there would be an enormous mob leaning on the airport fence.

Equipment and facilities do matter - bigtime.