Helihead Posted July 19, 2008 Posted July 19, 2008 I was wondering how many actual Pilots have an FAA Certificate for rotocraft helicopter I think I was able to find it one time on the internet. I thought it had the break down private# commerrcial# and atp#'s, anyone know a link or where I could find that info, I will keep looking as well. Quote
Goldy Posted July 20, 2008 Posted July 20, 2008 AOPA reports it every year. I think last year it was 35,000 helicopter. But since you hold the certificate for life, you really dont know how many have retired, have active medicals, etc....obviously there are a lot fewer actually flying. Goldy Quote
Goldy Posted July 22, 2008 Posted July 22, 2008 Pilfered from Wikepedia As of the end of 2006, there were 597,109 active certificated pilots, according to the AOPA Jan. 12, 07 newsletter which cites the FAA's estimates. This number has been declining slowly over the long term, down from a high of over 827,000 pilots in 1980. The numbers include: 84,866 student pilots 242 recreational pilots 939 sport pilots 236,148 private pilots 130,234 commercial pilots 144,681 airline transport pilots Within those groups, there were: 37,837 glider pilots 10,511 balloon pilots 41,306 rotor (helicopter) pilots An active pilot is defined as one who holds both a pilot certificate and a valid medical certificate, so this value omits pilots who do not have a medical certificate (particularly glider, balloon, and sport pilots). Goldy Quote
spw1177 Posted July 23, 2008 Posted July 23, 2008 Link to the FAA's statistics webpage: http://www.faa.gov/data_statistics/aviatio...tatistics/2007/ download Table 7 -S Quote
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