Originally Posted by
CE750
btw, I just visited a small flight school near where I live that was on the verge of BK and closing down 3 years ago... they are now over loaded with students and are getting $300/hr for instruction in single engine planes.... so long as kids are lining up for this, and mom and dad are willing to flip the bill.... there will never be a shortage, never.
Originally Posted by
fullflank
I was just in Daytona beach, ER planes every where, that place was jumping. Theres tons of people in the pipe line, despite what these flight schools and aopa analysts would have you believe. With regards to not preparing for a shortage, they know some thing we dont. Age 70 etc.
The real question you should be asking is how many of those students were US citizens who intend to work in the USA.