We're getting old, folks...

In counting old farts, how many are pilots because the Servicemens'
Readjustment Act paid for their primary flight training? When did
that end? 1970 sounds about right, but it might have been a little
later. I can't figure how to google up the information.

I trained at that time, but I wasn't eligible for the GI Bill. I did
see a lot of mom-and-pop flight schools go under when the program
ended.

I'd also like to see how the numbers of new pilots in Jay's lists
correllate with economic recessions and airline mergers and
bankruptcies.

Don

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
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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)

Except that the latest NTSB report makes that statement debatable. The folks
that learned before 25 were shown to have different results.

Marco Leon (not saying I agree with the conclusion)



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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)




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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.
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More Sport Pilots and a law to require all golf courses to
allow airplanes.

BTW, GOLF got its name from the signs at the
course...Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden


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wrote in message
news:BFCE1A5C.4E810%jeffbREMOVE@REMOVEwizardofdraw s.com...
| 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
|
| Cartoons with a Touch of Magic�
| http://www.wizardofdraws.com
|
| More Cartoons with a Touch of Magic�
| http://www.cartoonclipart.com
|

BTW, GOLF got its name from the signs at the
course...Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden

Cute, but false. Google is your friend.

http://www.snopes.com/language/acronyms/golf.htm

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

BTW, GOLF got its name from the signs at the
course...Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden

http://www.snopes.com/language/acronyms/golf.htm

It's a good thing it's false; I'd hate to think my friends who play it have
gay tendencies.

On 12/21/05 8:42 AM, in article , "JohnH"
wrote:


BTW, GOLF got its name from the signs at the
course...Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden

http://www.snopes.com/language/acronyms/golf.htm

It's a good thing it's false; I'd hate to think my friends who play it have
gay tendencies.


Not that there's anything wrong with that.
--
Jeff 'The Wizard of Draws' Bucchino

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Better yet, get rid of the whiney money-grubbing families who bring the
damned lawsuits in the first place, even AFTER they collect megabucks on the
life and accidental death policies.


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

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