Originally Posted by
421dog
Nope. Table 10, I believe, enumerates the number of Ppls who have instrument ratings. It doesn’t make any sense to look at all pilots, because more than half are cpl/atp types, who overwhelmingly are instrument rated.
my numbers are, I believe, correct, and extracted from the data supplied.
an instrument rating over here involves essentially as much training (hour wise) as a ppl. The vast majority of private pilots are not so rated.
I see the point you are making, but I still disagree with your conclusion.
You will see from the notes that the categorisation is by reference to the ‘highest’ qualification held, and therefore the holder of both commercial and private pilot certificates is counted in the statistics only as a commercial certificate holder. Those persons can (and do) still engage in private flying.