"Phil" wrote in message
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On Apr 26, 2:28 pm, Larry Dighera wrote:

Maybe one reason there are fewer pilots now is that the pilots who
learned to fly in World War II have been leaving us in the last 17
years. The war exposed a lot of men (and some women) to flying, and
many of them continued to fly after the war. In 1990 many of those
pilots would have been in their 60s.


I think that is a contributing factor, but I also think the whole world
turning to recreation through electronic gadgets is a big part of the pie as
well. I know several pilots that were very active 20 years ago, that now
spend those same dollars on home entertainment, and progressively larger
belts as well.