http://www.aeroclix.com/2009/09/20/nbaa-usa-today-story-on-ga-airports-biased/ For the People Working in the Aeronautical Sector Sat, 08 Jan 2011 11:08:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.aeroclix.com/2009/09/20/nbaa-usa-today-story-on-ga-airports-biased/comment-page-1/#comment-167 stwilson Sat, 19 Sep 2009 23:08:24 +0000 http://www.aeroclix.com/2009/09/20/nbaa-usa-today-story-on-ga-airports-biased/#comment-167 Flight training, is at it's lowest point in 44 years of such record keeping. Marketing efforts are practically non-existent at small aviation businesses that serve and would be the promoters of the value of general aviation to local communities. AOPA's extraordinary efforts and industry partnerships, like GA Team 2000 (Be A Pilot.com) in the late '90s fizzled out as the economy turned south. Unless flight training becomes more attractive a business and more affordable for students, and soon, we can predict the end of public access to light general aviation in our lifetime. Pilots and planes are already old. An affordable Cessna's 162 Skycatcher with new enticing learn-to-fly promotions cannot come soon enough. http://stevewilsonblog.com/2009/09/17/the-162-cant-get-here-soon-enough.aspx Flight training, is at it’s lowest point in 44 years of such record keeping. Marketing efforts are practically non-existent at small aviation businesses that serve and would be the promoters of the value of general aviation to local communities. AOPA’s extraordinary efforts and industry partnerships, like GA Team 2000 (Be A Pilot.com) in the late ’90s fizzled out as the economy turned south. Unless flight training becomes more attractive a business and more affordable for students, and soon, we can predict the end of public access to light general aviation in our lifetime. Pilots and planes are already old. An affordable Cessna’s 162 Skycatcher with new enticing learn-to-fly promotions cannot come soon enough. http://stevewilsonblog.com/2009/09/17/the-162-cant-get-here-soon-enough.aspx

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