"Hey Dad, Let's Learn to Fly Ultralights Together!"
Wouldn't it be great to have a way for fathers and teenage sons to learn to fly an ultralight TOGETHER.
With other fathers and sons!
How much easier would it be for a guy that has finally started making enough money to afford an ultralight to justify the expenditure because it's an activity that he does with his teenager?
How much demand would there be for ultralight instruction when a teen says to his peers, "Hey, my Dad & I are learning to fly ultralights together. It's really cool. You should talk to your dad about it."
What kind of activity would there be in the ultralight area at EAA when fathers and sons are coming to EAA because they BOTH fly ultralights.
When the first several hours of flying are spent over in some practice area under the dual instruction method, it's not exactly a "together" activity learning to fly an ultralight.
It becomes a "together" and class-based activity under the SSTM. Because of that, the SSTM approach could potentially infuse more participants into the ultralight community than was ever possible with dual instruction. [AOPA's research has shown a lack of a "social" component is one of the key people get turned off on learning to fly after they start lessons. There is a lack of peers.]
Wouldn't it be ironic if we looked back in 5-7 years and said the loss of the dual exemption and the return to SSTM actually increased the rate of people coming into the activity over the levels just before the loss of the exemption. That the loss of the dual exemption.