It almost invariably starts out simply. A half dozen or so pilots who are connected in some fashion—work, school, neighborhood, FBO customers—get to talking, and complaining, about their desire to fly more and the barriers to doing so. Most often the barrier is cost, sometimes it's difficulty scheduling at the local flight school, others it's simply a lack of airplanes to rent on the only convenient airport. As one grouses about the condition of the Warrior she rented last week and another complains that the flight school won't let him rent an airplane so he can take a weeklong trip with his family, someone else peers into his coffee cup and says, "Why don't we set up a flying club and run it the way we want?"
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.avweb.com/ownership/flying-clubs-keeping-them-viable