"K4YZ" wrote

I hang glide. I can attest that the number of qualified hang
glider pilots is less than a fifth of the numbers of licensed
Amateurs...active pilots less than that....And NO licensure, let alone
Morse Code test is required!

The analogy does not take into account that the Amateur Radio hobby occupies a
significantly valuable public resource to the exclusion of other potential
beneficial uses. If/when the public (through its appointed regulators) no
longer sees value in our occupancy, we will be toast.

Beep beep
de Hans, K0HB