Originally Posted by
Chuck Ellsworth
Well the reality is there are still thousands of tail wheel airplanes still flying, which means they are not exactly rare.
Yes but they are extremely rare at fight schools thus ensuring that it is unlikely any new pilots will be exposed to them. Furthermore the chance of a new commercial pilot getting a job actually flying a taildragger is getting pretty remote. Ag flying is much diminished pretty much everywhere and the Cessna 206 and Caravan is now the mainstay of Bush flying in the Northern areas of North America and Africa.
Flight schools follow the market demand and unfortunately tailwheel flying is not in demand.
Sad to say but tailwheel time is becoming like round engine time, a great experience but now very much the exception not the rule.......