We're getting old, folks...

Here's the average age of pilots, comparing 1993 to 2003:

.....................1993 -- 2003
Student ........ 33.7 - 34.0
Rec ..............45.5 - 51.3
Private ..........42.7 - 46.5
Commercial ...41.9 - 45.6
ATP ..............44.1 - 47.0

Here are the number of private certificates issued:

1971-49,000
1976-55,000
1981-45,000
1986-34,000
1991-49,000
1996-24,000
2001-25,000
2004-23,000

Both of these are a one-way trips, ladies and gentlemen. What the heck
kind of GA are we going to have in 25 years, at this rate? What can
we do to arrest this rate of decline?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Force our kids to learn to fly and insist that they solo before they can
take their drivers test.
Insist that they pass their PPL before they graduate high school and their
CPL before you pay their first college tuition.

Just kidding.

On the flip side... just think how many extra airplanes will be available!!
2 airplanes in every hanger!

Jim

Jay Honeck wrote:
Here's the average age of pilots, comparing 1993 to 2003:

....................1993 -- 2003
Student ........ 33.7 - 34.0
Rec ..............45.5 - 51.3
Private ..........42.7 - 46.5
Commercial ...41.9 - 45.6
ATP ..............44.1 - 47.0

Wow, I'm almost exactly average. What an exciting thought... :-)


Matt

Matt Whiting wrote:
Jay Honeck wrote:
Here's the average age of pilots, comparing 1993 to 2003:

....................1993 -- 2003
Student ........ 33.7 - 34.0
Rec ..............45.5 - 51.3
Private ..........42.7 - 46.5
Commercial ...41.9 - 45.6
ATP ..............44.1 - 47.0

Wow, I'm almost exactly average. What an exciting thought... :-)


Good God. There were pteradactyls in the pattern when I soloed.



--
Mortimer Schnerd, RN

VE

The biggest problem is cost. The future of GA is homebuilding.

Mike
MU-2


"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
oups.com...
Here's the average age of pilots, comparing 1993 to 2003:

....................1993 -- 2003
Student ........ 33.7 - 34.0
Rec ..............45.5 - 51.3
Private ..........42.7 - 46.5
Commercial ...41.9 - 45.6
ATP ..............44.1 - 47.0

Here are the number of private certificates issued:

1971-49,000
1976-55,000
1981-45,000
1986-34,000
1991-49,000
1996-24,000
2001-25,000
2004-23,000

Both of these are a one-way trips, ladies and gentlemen. What the heck
kind of GA are we going to have in 25 years, at this rate? What can
we do to arrest this rate of decline?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Here's the average age of pilots, comparing 1993 to 2003:

The numbers are meaningless (though influential) without a comparison to
non-pilot actuarial data. The entire country is getting old, for the
same reason the social security system is broken. Baby boomers didn't
put enough babies into the pot.

Do the pilot certificate numbers merely reflect this national trend, or
is there a decline on top of it, or does it buck the trend (but not
sufficiently to cause an increase? I don't know, but that's where a
good part of the solution would lie.

Jose
--
You can choose whom to befriend, but you cannot choose whom to love.
for Email, make the obvious change in the address.

Jay Honeck wrote:
Here's the average age of pilots, comparing 1993 to 2003:

another way to look at it is that it could be a sign of
improved safety (greater survival rate)

--Sylvain (optimist)

On 12/20/05 6:04 PM, in article
, "Jay Honeck"
wrote:

Here's the average age of pilots, comparing 1993 to 2003:

....................1993 -- 2003
Student ........ 33.7 - 34.0
Rec ..............45.5 - 51.3
Private ..........42.7 - 46.5
Commercial ...41.9 - 45.6
ATP ..............44.1 - 47.0

Here are the number of private certificates issued:

1971-49,000
1976-55,000
1981-45,000
1986-34,000
1991-49,000
1996-24,000
2001-25,000
2004-23,000

Both of these are a one-way trips, ladies and gentlemen. What the heck
kind of GA are we going to have in 25 years, at this rate? What can
we do to arrest this rate of decline?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"


Ol' Billy was right. Kill all the lawyers.
--
Jeff 'The Wizard of Draws' Bucchino

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http://www.wizardofdraws.com

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Well... I guess I can look forward to being average then!
Jim

"Matt Whiting" wrote in message
...
Jay Honeck wrote:
Here's the average age of pilots, comparing 1993 to 2003:

....................1993 -- 2003
Student ........ 33.7 - 34.0
Rec ..............45.5 - 51.3
Private ..........42.7 - 46.5
Commercial ...41.9 - 45.6
ATP ..............44.1 - 47.0

Wow, I'm almost exactly average. What an exciting thought... :-)


Matt

Jay Honeck wrote:
Here's the average age of pilots, comparing 1993 to 2003:

....................1993 -- 2003
Student ........ 33.7 - 34.0
Rec ..............45.5 - 51.3
Private ..........42.7 - 46.5
Commercial ...41.9 - 45.6
ATP ..............44.1 - 47.0
..................
Boy, am glad to know that for the first time in my life I'm actually
above average. I've been trying to tell my wife that for years. Thanks
for brightening my day, Jay.

Arnold Sten