deafsound
Line Up and Wait
This is a total copy paste from the red board, but I thought it should be here too:
Here are the 2006 FAA stats from:
http://www.faa.gov/data_statistics/a...ia/air1-06.xls
Pilot--Total 597,109
Student 84,866
Recreational (only) 239
Sport 939
Airplane 1/
Private 219,233
Commercial 117,610
Airline Transport 141,935
Rotorcraft (only) 10,690
Glider (only ) 21,597
Lighter-than-air
Flight Instructor
Certificates 91,343
Instrument Ratings 309,333
Those numbers are down about 2% from 2005 (when the total was 609,737).
I am pretty amazed at how few pilots there are. I knew we were a rare breed, but I didn't realize just how rare.
Here are the 2006 FAA stats from:
http://www.faa.gov/data_statistics/a...ia/air1-06.xls
Pilot--Total 597,109
Student 84,866
Recreational (only) 239
Sport 939
Airplane 1/
Private 219,233
Commercial 117,610
Airline Transport 141,935
Rotorcraft (only) 10,690
Glider (only ) 21,597
Lighter-than-air
Flight Instructor
Certificates 91,343
Instrument Ratings 309,333
Those numbers are down about 2% from 2005 (when the total was 609,737).
I am pretty amazed at how few pilots there are. I knew we were a rare breed, but I didn't realize just how rare.