In article , tscottme wrote:
The adviocates of Rec Pilot thought it would produce a flood of new
students. If the big problem keeping the public from flocking to CFIs was
the difficulty in licensing, any lessening of that difficulty should produce
significant increases. It seems clear that Rec Pilot is producing almost no
results. It seems foolish to to keep making the process easier and easier,
when the public doesn't seem to be taking advantage of the previous efforts.

This is because the Recreational Pilot certificate is almost as hard to
get as the full private, but a lot more restricted. There is virtually
no savings in time, difficulty or cost in getting the Rec over the
Private. You have to take the same medical, and the only thing you
really save is a few hours cross country and night - it's barely above
being a newly-soloed student pilot when it's done privilege-wise, yet
takes almost as long as the full PPL to complete. In short, the Rec. is
nearly pointless.

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