Old 03-12-2011, 03:43 AM
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I have a feeling it has something to do with the fact that fewer people are getting pilot certificates for fun. I think getting a private pilot's cert and instrument rating has become financially unattainable for a lot of people looking to fly as a hobby. This lowers the student pilot population significantly, then there is probably a much higher percentage of people in pilot training looking for a career in aviation rather than flying for the fun of it. The 'career students' are likely going to be picking up their CFI. I know at least a handful of people that 2-3 years ago would have said there was no way they'd get their CFI or instruct, but ended up getting their CFI to find work in this recession.

Also, as others have already said, there are a bunch of people out there that don't actively instruct but are still renewing their CFI cert. Since the number of student pilots keeps dropping, these numbers were bound to cross somewhere.
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