I think the most important thing is that people are still flying and enjoying model airplanes. Yeah, I'm one of those who have been doing this a long time. I used to build my aircraft from kits and really enjoyed it. As time went on I started to buy a few ARF's because there were types of airplanes available that I could get into the air quickly. I did this for a while, but within the past few years I have pretty much gone back to "old school". Now I'm building again and enjoying it more than ever. I like the fact that ARF's are drawing more people into our hobby and in turn they get a chance to see what kit built aircraft can look like and how well they can fly. Believe me, out of the masses of people who are being introduced to this great hobby/sport, there will be those who will see and admire kit and scratch built planes. These will be the builders of the future. So if it takes ARF's to get them interested, it's ok, because I know some of them will become fine builders.