I wanted to see what the doom for flight training in GA was going to look like. So I plotted out the stats for GA flight hours I could get a hold of. Quite frankly I don't see 'DOOM'.
In early 2000s our dollar was quite weak and we see a stable period that increases until the period of the GFC.
After that our dollar increased in strength, even exceeding the US dollar. In that post GFC period we see a decline.
In the last few years our dollar has been weakening and, guess what, the flight training hours seem to pick up again.
If anything is driving GA activity it seems to be our dollar, and probably, the number of foreign students we can attract.
