The Airport Fence

EridanMan writes:

Fwiw, and I've only been flying a year and a half now, but if
anything, I've been watching the Bay Area GA community growing
stronger since I started. The other day I got talking with the San
Carlos (SQL) Manager, and he mentioned that they are now on track to
break 200k operations this year, well above the 170k they saw last
year, in fact, they're now well past the threshold where their
contract tower is supposed to be replaced with an official FAA tower
here shortly (not entirely sure what that means, I'm just quoting).

Among my social circle (young, bay area tech dorks), there has been a
_sharp_ upswing of interest in GA in the past year. When I first
started flight training, my co-workers and friends could hardly
comprehend that was something a person could even do. Now, a year and
a half later, I'm giving two or so bay tours a week to various friends
and acquaintances, and I know at least three others who are actively
working towards their PPL, and when the topic comes up at social
gatherings, you here lots of "Oh yeah! I have a friend who does that!
I've been thinking about getting started myself.", a sentiment that I
never heard when I started flying.

So yeah, take it for what its worth... but to say the GA worlds news
is _ALL_ bleak is certainly an over-generalization.

How much do you make per year?