On 2006-05-26, Chris W wrote:
number is that high. I would bet 50% is more like it and there is no
way it is any higher than 75%. The to main reasons there aren't more
people involved in GA are 1)Financial cost (both real and perceived) and
2)the cost in time.

Non pilots I know all know that I will take them flying at the slightest
excuse. Almost no one takes it up even though it will cost them nothing
in money and perhaps 45 minutes of their time. My experience is hardly
unique. Most people I know tell me that they just don't enjoy flying -
they find flying in an airliner an experience that brings on anxiety,
let alone a light aircraft.

The ones who I do convince to go for a quick sightseeing flight show
signs of anxiety at the slightest bump.

Most people just do not want to be in the air. They only fly on the
airlines because it's the only practical way to go that sort of
distance. A significant minority of people I know won't even get on an
airliner and would rather spend 4 hours on the boat on rough seas than
45 minutes on an airliner to get off the island.

The majority of the population doesn't like flying - it's just the way
it is. If you love flying there are always ways to go flying for the
sake of it for very little money - but so few people love flying that
even the cheap ways of flying are not exactly mainstream.

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