Originally Posted by
Varsity
I doubt it. My old flight school in AZ trains 900 pilots a year. One single flight school.
According to the FAA stats, the average age of ATPs has increased continuously for the last 15 years and is currently 51 years. The average age of CFIs has done the same and is now 48.2 years.
https://www.faa.gov/data_research/av...men-stats.xlsx
2017 and 2018 are the first years that we have seen an increase in pilot training after 14 continuous years of decreases.
https://www.faa.gov/data_research/av...men-stats.xlsx
We have dug a hole we’ll be 5-10 years getting out of.