Things were a lot different back in the day when I learned to fly. It took me three months to build a Falcon 56, so there was a real investment in time and money. I sure didn't want to see it end up in a bag after the first flight. I would have never flown without an instructor. 33 years later, people show up with their plug and play trainer, they don't know a glowplug from a nicad battery, and quite frankly, don't care to learn. They just "want to fly". And if they bag the plug and play after the first flight, they say, "hey, that was fun". Now let's go buy a _________. You fill in the blank. Our hobby has had "commitment" replaced by "convenient".