Reading through some of the more inflammatory comments on this thread I have come to the realization that some of you think I am a 20 something kid that racked his certs and ratings up at ERAU and is dreaming of a career in the airlines. Sorry but that would be far from the truth. Actually I...
Rusty,
I wanted to tap into simmers as a potential pilot population for two reasons. One to determine why they had not pursued certification and two to determine if consumer flight simulation software is being perceived by younger generations as an adequate surrogate for actual flight.
Tim
Jim,
The question confused folks because it was not clearly worded. The response box would accept any number. Many folks entered the production year of the aircraft while others entered the calendar age. I will go back and clean up the results to determine the correct mean age.
thanks,
Tim
Survey results can be found at the following links:
Non-Pilots:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/yha0efl2b95lkj6/Non%20Pilot%20SurveySummary_02192013.pdf?m
Pilots:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/w7r9iw75o433ab4/Pilot%20SurveySummary_02192013.pdf?m
Many thanks to those who participated in the survey and...
Re: Survey – Decline of Personal General Aviation
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Originally Posted by Dav8or
.....Like a lot of surveys, this one was designed to get the desired answers the author wants to support his thesis, not to get at all possible answers to a problem. ....
Another GOOD reason to not trust...
Hello everyone, I am a fellow GA pilot and a graduate student at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University working on my capstone project (aka thesis). I am conducting a survey of US certificated pilots (sport/recreational and above) as part of my research into isolating the factors most responsible...