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What fraction of current SSA members still fly?



 
 
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Old July 7th 12, 09:16 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Bill D
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Default What fraction of current SSA members still fly?

On Jul 7, 12:45*pm, son_of_flubber wrote:
Do many retired pilots maintain their membership to charitably support the sport, keep in touch with something they used to participate in, and keep the magazine coming every month?

How many SSA members are purely armchair pilots?


Excellent question but difficult to answer. What exactly constitutes
a retired pilot?

Some of the wiser old pilots restrict their flying to two-seaters with
a younger, qualified pilot in the other seat. They are no longer PIC
but they still fly.

Then there are young pilots who, in the Great Recession, can no longer
afford to fly. Are they "retired"?
 




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