US AOPA - why pilots drop out
"Flight training summit addresses dropout rate"
Lack of educational quality, customer focus, community, and information sharing are the four key reasons student pilots drop out of flight training. That’s the conclusion of Mark Benson, chairman of world renowned market research firm APCO Insight. Benson presented his findings at the AOPA Flight Training Summit Nov. 10 in Long Beach, Calif., where more than 100 industry leaders came together in an effort to stop the alarming student dropout rate. Benson and AOPA President Craig Fuller will discuss the research on AOPA Live Nov. 11 at 9:10 a.m. Pacific Standard Time. ...
However, from their last magazine, they don't think this is the cause of the post-PPL attrition rate, which has always been high, and simply getting more pilots to start training doesn't do much because most give up anyway.