"Economy buffeting student pilots, flight schools"

"BT" wrote in message
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Our local flight school reported his business was down 40% this winter.
His variable expenses are down too, fuel, oil, maint, but his fixed
expenses for lease and insurance have not declined.

On the other hand, I have been flying a bit more because the drop in
traffic makes the experience so much more pleasant and fruitful and (yes)
safe. No more do I have watch the Hobbs continue to tick up the dollars why
I wait on the ground with up to five other little planes between me and the
runway threshold.

There are two sides to every story. If it has been a while since you
have been flying, now is the perfect time to go back.

Vaughn