Pilot shortage... Again!
06-29-2010 | 07:27 AM
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Great Depression?
After reading the news this morning it appears that we are entering into a second great depression. If that is the case then I don't think that we have much to discuss in regards to a pilot shortage.
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06-30-2010 | 08:55 PM
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Given time, the market will make its own corrections. If you look at the cost of just getting a PPL, what does it run nowadays? Is it still a 60 hour average for getting your PPL? I know at Bowman Field here in SDF that a 172 wet plus CFI runs around $150/hour. Someone help with the math. Is it really 9K to get a PPL?
07-01-2010 | 06:41 AM
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Costs
Given time, the market will make its own corrections. If you look at the cost of just getting a PPL, what does it run nowadays? Is it still a 60 hour average for getting your PPL? I know at Bowman Field here in SDF that a 172 wet plus CFI runs around $150/hour. Someone help with the math. Is it really 9K to get a PPL?
The increasing costs actually serves to flood the market with more professional wannabes.
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07-02-2010 | 08:10 AM
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I believe that when an interested hobby pilots see how much it costs to become a pilot and then to fly on a regular basis their logic naturally leads them to doing it professionally.
The increasing costs actually serves to flood the market with more professional wannabes.
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The increasing costs actually serves to flood the market with more professional wannabes.
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07-02-2010 | 07:05 PM
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Given time, the market will make its own corrections. If you look at the cost of just getting a PPL, what does it run nowadays? Is it still a 60 hour average for getting your PPL? I know at Bowman Field here in SDF that a 172 wet plus CFI runs around $150/hour. Someone help with the math. Is it really 9K to get a PPL?
Plenty of other entertainment avenues available for $9K.
Last edited by MD11; 07-03-2010 at 04:58 AM. Reason: numbers entry.....
07-03-2010 | 08:01 AM
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I teach at KLOU... the hourly rate in a relatively new 172 is $174 wet/dual. Yes I tell students it's about 8-9k to get the ticket. Most wince. Back in 1990 I paid almost 3.5k,, acounting for inflation, it's really about the same. My feeling is that if 9k is too much, don't do it. Why spend a small fortune to climb into a cramped, hot aluminum capsule that could probably kill you if you make the slightest mistake?
Plenty of other entertainment avenues available for $9K.
Plenty of other entertainment avenues available for $9K.
There are still ways to obtain your tickets on the cheap, but they're getting skosh. Where there's a will, there's a way around that 9K...
07-03-2010 | 02:38 PM
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