I had an interesting conversation with the guy that runs the training program at our club. This club has between 200 and 250 members, and a very popular (no extra charge) training program. What he said was that about 50 members each year are just from the training program, and pretty much stay for just one year, and another 50 come next year. Of the 50 newbies who start each year, just a few go on to become long-time members (or even regular fliers I guess).

My question for you old-timers: Has this changed over the years? 20 years ago, if you trained 50 people, would you get more or less than a hand-full of longtime members?