I agree; it may have been an hour ago when I saw that same banner flashing at the top of the page and too felt the same way you do. This is why I chose to be an instructor (club designated and AMA intro pilot) I also informed my LHS of this and gave them my number to give to people interested in instruction. My current student told me he was about to just go to the local school and fly his Alpha 40 on his own. I invited him over to the house and we went over his plane and I helped him epoxy his wing halves together. I then brought him in the house and sat him down with my G3.5 simulator and turned him loose with the Nexstar... He soon thanked me for showing him the simulator and was grateful that he did not try to go it alone.