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Hope & Cynicism for EAA’s Learn-to-Fly Day

For more than two decades the GA industry and the companies that make a living from it have launched a handful of programs designed to get people who look up to act on their aviation interests. When Flight Training magazine was launched in 1989, it luckily...

Published Mon, Apr 12 2010 3:52 AM by Jetwhine

Filed under: Airports, FAA, General, Blogging, Flight Training, flight training magazine, Aviation Marketing, Light sport aircraft, sport aviation, Flight School, Sport Pilot, AOPA, EAA, EAA Chapters, International Learn to Fly Day, aviation community

NPRM Points to Flight Training’s Future

In the August 31, 2009 Federal Register, the FAA published Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 09-08, Pilot in Command Proficiency Check and Other Changes to the Pilot and Pilot School Certification Rules . Its seemingly disparate proposals regarding flight...

Published Wed, Sep 16 2009 4:45 AM by Jetwhine

Filed under: Airlines, FAA, Business Aviation, General, Blogging, Flight Training, Aviation Marketing, Light sport aircraft, VLJ, Flight School, Private Pilot, Pilot Training, very light jets, instrument rating, PIC proficiency checks, FAA NPRM, pilot checkrides

EASA Taking Aim on U.S. Flight Schools

Measuring the health of U.S. flight schools is easy. Grab the latest General Aviation Manufacturers Association Statistical Databook and see how many student pilot certificates the FAA issued last year. The most recent number is for for 2007: 66,793....

Published Thu, Mar 19 2009 12:13 PM by Jetwhine

Filed under: The Buzz, Airports, FAA, Business Aviation, General, Blogging, Flight Training, Aviation Marketing, Flight School, Pilot Training, aviation user fees, EASA, pilot licenses, bilateral aviation agreements

Is the Sport Pilot NPRM Too Late?

When the FAA issued the sport pilot rules in September 2004, it was clear that the new certificate was a stepchild to the FAA family of “real” pilots, you know, the private, commercial, and ATP certificates. The clues? “Real” pilots...

Published Thu, May 29 2008 3:30 PM by Jetwhine

Filed under: The Buzz, FAA, Blogging, Aviation Marketing, Light sport aircraft, sport aviation, Flight School, Sport Pilot, Private Pilot, New Pilots, Pilot Certificates, Recreational Pilot

General Aviation Won’t Find Future Pilots in Rear View Mirror

Pilots are a population in decline. We are getting old and resting our wings, and it saddens me no end to watch the industry trawl yesterday’s fishing grounds for tomorrow’s pilots, most of whom have moved on to places unknown. It’s...

Published Thu, May 15 2008 1:36 PM by Jetwhine

Filed under: The Buzz, General, Blogging, Flight Training, Aviation Marketing, sport aviation, Pilot Population, Flight School, Learn to Fly, Pilot Recruiting, Student Starts, CFIs, Be A Pilot

LSA Trainers Can Cut Flight School Fuel Costs, Increase Student Pool

On the ground and in the air, ever increasing fuel costs are eviscerating the disposable income of wannabe pilots and the profit margins of flight schools who teach them to fly. Looking forward, many schools are wringing their hands and searching for...

Published Thu, May 8 2008 3:50 PM by Jetwhine

Filed under: The Buzz, Airports, General, Blogging, Flight Training, Aviation Marketing, Light sport aircraft, sport aviation, LSA, Flight School, Sport Pilot, Private Pilot, Avgas, Fuel Costs

Flight Instructors: What is in short supply is a reason to teach

When the airlines start hiring, it doesn’t take long for flight schools large and small to start wailing about the shortage of certificated flight instructors. As FAA airmen certificate data proves, this is utter nonsense. More pilots hold current...

Published Wed, Mar 5 2008 2:41 PM by Jetwhine

Filed under: The Buzz, Airlines, FAA, Business Aviation, General, Blogging, Flight Training, Aviation Marketing, CFI Shortage, Airline Job, Aviation 2.0, NAFI Master Instructor, Aviation Career, Flight Instructor, Flight School

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