GA pilot decline

[brien23]

From the high of 300,000 pilots in 1980 a steady 10,000 pilot decline in GA a year, and the FAA takes credit for the record low fatal Accident rate?

 

[PeterNSteinmetz]

kicks ***, but I do believe it's the costs primarily

An over-regulated industry always has prices go up and up above inflation. Kills innovation and competition.

 

[PeterNSteinmetz]

The reason is greed in GA. The conglomerates that make the planes refuse to streamline their processes to become more efficient, and the FAA refuses to do anything that would make their precious airlines have to compete for airspace - namely by approving and certifying more easily and cheaply.

Classic effects of regulation. It favors large established players in the industry and drives out competition.