Originally Posted by
PoppaJo
My local Aeroclub produced 1 CPL last year and 3 PPLs. The figure when I joined it in 2007 was 10 and 20. They made 2 instructors redundant and sold a couple of aircraft last year to avoid going bankrupt.
Would I be correct in saying it will be easier getting jobs as a CPL going forward as next to nobody is learning to fly?
Nope, just most students are choosing the sausage factory flying schools with shiny G1000 equipped DA40s who are charged $100K for their training (deferred with fee help) rather than the solid grounding you get from a flying school/aero club with C172s & C182s that will cost you only $60K that you need to pay as you go.
Sad state of affairs....