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SSA Membership Growing
Actual USA numbers ( GAMA from FAA ) show 2004 had 20,950 pilots with only a
glider rating. There are 481,507 total active pilots which include many with multiple ratings. "Nyal Williams" wrote in message ... I don't want to belittle the problems we have, but the figures ratings/membership must be interpreted properly. Three years ago our club was needing more instructors. A search of the FAA database for instructors in Indiana indicated there were 56 with CFIG ratings. I examined the list carefully and learned that most of those living in my area were old geezers like me and who had been 'ratings collectors' in their prime. I know some of these guys personally, and I know they haven't been in a glider since the 1940s and 1950s, that they did a quickie route to append the rating onto their CFI, ATP, etc. and that they know almost nothing about soaring. They flew 2-22s, focussing on the number of flights and hours required, and never got back in a glider again. Remember that there was no glider instructer certificate until the mid 60s and a commercial glider pilot allowed to instruct. Further, any commercial glider pilot who had given as many as 10 instructional flights was grandfathered. That's the way I got mine. I see some of these fellows at least monthly, they know I fly gliders, and they have never mentioned having the rating. They have all sorts of ratings and I won't comment further, except to say that they love aviation and have done lots of SEL/MEL flying. At 21:06 13 December 2005, wrote: Of those 1430 glider ratings, how many are actually getting used? I read somewhere there are something like 60,000 glider ratings in the US, but I'd bet 75% of them are dormant. |
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