Who has an instrument rating?

On 4 Mar 2004 00:32:33 GMT, (No Such User) wrote:

One thing I find remarkable is that "sunny" Florida and California each
have a higher percentage of instrument flyers than "rainy" Oregon and
Washington.

I don't find that particularly remarkable. A lot of people who get the
IR get it for (at least perceived) increased proficiency.

I'd bet that the numbers of people who =use= their rating and maintain
real proficiency in the rainy climates are much higher than the sunny
ones.

"No Such User" wrote:
One thing I find remarkable is that "sunny" Florida and
California each have a higher percentage of instrument
flyers than "rainy" Oregon and Washington.

Every time I've flown in Florida, I've encountered IMC at some point in
the trip.

Also, note the lower percentages in the mountain west states, MT, ID,
etc. Evidently the limited utility of the rating out there is a factor,
as we have been told by Newps and others who live there.
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Dan
C172RG at BFM
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California and Florida both have lots of shoreline, and therefore lots
of fog and low clouds. Plenty of IMC and not as much ice in the lower
altitudes as colder just-as-wet areas, like Michigan.

I live on the coast in northern California. I plan to get an instrument
rating simply for proficiency, but it will come in handy on those days
when the ceiling is 400 feet but you can see sunshine looking straight
up, because the layer is only 100 feet thick. It is particularly
pernicious in the summertime.


One thing I find remarkable is that "sunny" Florida and
California each have a higher percentage of instrument
flyers than "rainy" Oregon and Washington.

No Such User wrote:

One thing I find remarkable is that "sunny" Florida and California each
have a higher percentage of instrument flyers than "rainy" Oregon and
Washington.

Dunno about California, but Florida has a lot of retirees. Bet many of those
guys'n gals with instrument tickets got the rating before moving there. In
fact, I know a few who got the rating to allow them to come back to New Jersey
for the summer whenever they want.

George Patterson
A diplomat is a person who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that
you look forward to the trip.

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No Such User wrote:

One thing I find remarkable is that "sunny" Florida and California each
have a higher percentage of instrument flyers than "rainy" Oregon and
Washington.

Dunno about California, but Florida has a lot of retirees. Bet many of
those
guys'n gals with instrument tickets got the rating before moving there. In
fact, I know a few who got the rating to allow them to come back to New
Jersey
for the summer whenever they want.

Actually it is because of the number of flight schools located in Florida
and California. People from all over the world go there to become airline
pilots. They all get instrument ratings.

The listing was based on the pilot's home address. Not the location the
license was issued.

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Travis
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No Such User wrote:

One thing I find remarkable is that "sunny" Florida and California
each
have a higher percentage of instrument flyers than "rainy" Oregon and
Washington.

Dunno about California, but Florida has a lot of retirees. Bet many of
those
guys'n gals with instrument tickets got the rating before moving there.
In
fact, I know a few who got the rating to allow them to come back to New
Jersey
for the summer whenever they want.

Actually it is because of the number of flight schools located in Florida
and California. People from all over the world go there to become airline
pilots. They all get instrument ratings.

Hmm.. Arizona has plenty of flight schools, yet their number is only
19%. I'm guessing that even those who attend flight schools in sunny
areas still maintain their home addresses on their FAA paperwork, I know
I probably would.

Actually it is because of the number of flight schools located in Florida
and California. People from all over the world go there to become airline
pilots. They all get instrument ratings.

"No Such User" wrote in message
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Since IR's for private pilots seems to be a hot topic lately, I thought
I'd toss out this bit of trivia for all of you to gnaw on. I took a
copy of the FAA database and ran some (admittedly naive) queries. Below
you may peruse the results of a list of the number of US Private ASEL,
Private IR, and the percent of IR holders, broken out by state.

I make no claims of accuracy of this data. It comes from an old copy
of the database. It counts only private tickets. There are commercial
ticket holders who have private IR's for whatever reason, so they may
skew the data a bit.

There is no such thing as a "private" or "commercial" instrument rating.

In article , C J Campbell wrote:

There is no such thing as a "private" or "commercial" instrument rating.

That's what I thought, but the database has separate identifiers for
private, commercial, flight instructor, and various foreign ratings.
I counted only the ones marked private.

Well jeez, there are private parts, unless you are certain female
entertainers where upon they become commercial parts...
Why not the same for instrument ratings?

denny

"C J Campbell" There is no such thing as a "private" or "commercial"
instrument rating.