>Over the holiday weekend, please take a moment and listen to the recording of our conference call with Dan MacDonald.
So I started to listen to the presentation... in it, near the 15:00 mark, Dan talked about statistics, to prove the decline in aviation training.
He talks about 2002 statistics. In 2002, he says there were 67,000 student pilot certificates issued, and 29,000 private pilot certificates issued. Doing the math, he determined that this equated to a "50% dropout rate".
He then quote 2010 statistics. In 2010, he says there were 60,000 student pilot certificates issued, and 15,000 private pilot certificates issued. Again, doing the math, he claims this indicates a whopping 75% dropout rate.
Seems a little flawed to me. Do his numbers include sport pilot student pilot certificates? Do the numbers include sport and recreational pilot certificates issued. The numbers presented appear to be rounded, and not exact.
Exact numbers:
http://www.faa.gov/data_research/aviation_data_statistics/civil_airmen_statistics/2010/media/Air22-2010.xls
http://www.faa.gov/data_research/aviation_data_statistics/civil_airmen_statistics/2010/media/Air17-2010.xls
Ok, even when you add in the other statistics to do a proper comparison, the numbers are still "worse than 2002", so I agree there are problems. I don't think "sport pilot" or "light sport aircraft" was mentioned once in the entire presentation. That in itself is ok, but since this is a "sport aircraft" group, I guess I would have expected some discussion about it. I'm just sayin'.
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Bob Comperini
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