IA in Alaska has limited usefulness. Few instrument approaches. Few Navaids.
Lots of bush planes that would be limited by ice in clouds for a good
portion of the year.

Florida, on the other hand, lots of flyable IMC. Never been to Florida yet
without excercising my IA.

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Travis
"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:7uv1c.470542$na.1113633@attbi_s04...
One thing I find remarkable is that "sunny" Florida and California each
have a higher percentage of instrument flyers than "rainy" Oregon and
Washington.

It's really interesting that Alaska, with arguably the worst weather, has
one of the lowest percentages of instrument ratings.

Of course, I've also heard that they have a lot of "pilots" flying around
who don't appear on any FAA database!
;-)

Overall, this chart seems to match what I've read, which is that around
21%
of pilots have their Instrument Rating -- and a far lower percentage is
actually instrument current.
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Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
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