On Tuesday, March 13, 2018 at 3:07:20 PM UTC-4, AS wrote:
Another issue is the geography of the US and life here in general. In Germany, a kid learns to fly and when leaving the area for college, he/she joins the local AKAFLIEG or soaring club - there are 900 clubs to pick from.

That is huge.

I do not think that the average US-teenager has the stamina to involve himself/herself in a 'German-style' club operation.

We have people in the USA that make gross generalizations about people of a certain age who're from certain countries. On average, those people are ignorant.

I share an airfield with young people who are active in soaring in the USA. Take my word for it. They are very high caliber individuals with great futures. And when they bring their friends to the airport to 'try soaring', I see that there are a lot of young people like that in the USA.