The figure of 400000 for the US doesn't sound that bad, it has a population of 300,000,000 (so just over 0.1%), andaircraft and flying are much more affordable over here. A chap I work with owns 3 aircraft out right (Pitts, bonanza and mooney) and has another three that he has a mortgage on, he is just a guy who gets on with his work not in any position of responsibility. I could only imagine the well off in the UK being able to do that.
Just had a quick look on the web, apparently in the 70's there were around 700,000 pilots in the US (4.3% being women) nowadays there are 6% female pilots but it didn't give a figure that the 6% was from.
Last edited by Cool_Hand; 15th February 2006 at 00:37.