tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post5079213295782740492..comments2024-03-17T06:13:15.256-07:00Comments on SearchReSearch: Wednesday Search Challenge (6/20/12): What kind of pilot doubled in number over the past decade?Dan Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13603209997260423532noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-66894903247889046492012-06-21T10:57:17.312-07:002012-06-21T10:57:17.312-07:00Starting with the suggestion to research types of ...Starting with the suggestion to research types of pilot licenses took me to Wikipedia and from there to the article specific to the United States (Pilot certification in the United States - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilot_certification_in_the_United_States)<br /><br />Footnote 13 led to the FAA statistics for pilots at http://www.faa.gov/data_research/aviation_data_statistics/civil_airmen_statistics/2009/, though that was only for 2000 through 2009. The area that *more* than doubled was commercial glider pilots (per table 1 and compared with table 8), so I did a second Google search to find statistics for commercial Glider pilots which took me to the same set of statistics, but for 2002-2011. This second set of statistics http://www.faa.gov/data_research/aviation_data_statistics/civil_airmen_statistics/2011/media/Air08-2011.xls shows the second number needed to confirm the change over the time range specified.<br /><br />In 2001, there were 1,101 commercial glider pilots. In 2011, that number was 4,260. Note that this also jibes with the master table showing the number growth in category Commercial, Other.<br /><br />I spent about ten minutes in order to check these figures and to confirm see if the language (as noted by others between "licenses" and "certificates") and the categories made sense.<br /><br />If I'd simply guessed, I would have said gyrocopter, based on some recollection that licenses for those pilots was increasing among hobbyists.D Bennetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00803742368268513914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-59509583777589885002012-06-21T07:47:34.138-07:002012-06-21T07:47:34.138-07:00Sport pilot. I Googled "fastest-growing pilot...Sport pilot. I Googled "fastest-growing pilot's license" and the first hit was aviationschoolsonline.com; the description said "light sport pilot" was the fastest-growing type. A few of the hits farther down the results screen confirmed it.<br /><br />I would guess it took me about 20 seconds.Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05775224719230389364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-78197879270048643252012-06-21T06:17:29.215-07:002012-06-21T06:17:29.215-07:00Took me longer to figure out how to post the comme...Took me longer to figure out how to post the comment than to find the answer.<br /><br />According to FAA data (here: http://www.faa.gov/data_research/aviation_data_statistics/civil_airmen_statistics/2011/) <br /><br />Helicopter, Commercial Gyroplane 288.9%<br />Commercial Glider 128.6%<br />Airline Transport Helicopter 102.0% <br /><br />have all doubled since 2002 (not 2001 - data doesn't go back that far).<br /><br />There are 4 other (of 37) categories that fell between 90 and 100% growth, although they haven't strictly "more than doubled."<br /><br />Total time commitment for this project - prior to the inevitable problems posting - is 18 minutes.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18357304473382845892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-41831039021392159682012-06-21T05:28:16.281-07:002012-06-21T05:28:16.281-07:00I'm not sure that based ont these numbers that...I'm not sure that based ont these numbers that it <br />has more than DOUBLED between 2001 and 2011. <br />2002 = 7,770 & 2011 - 15,220 <br />it doesn't give a statistic for 2001. 7,770 X 2 = 15,540. So the 2011 statistic of 15,220 falls a little short of that 2002 statistic doubled.2 cents worth (yet, more to come)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17901722259482563440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-52489193060377318932012-06-20T17:42:15.090-07:002012-06-20T17:42:15.090-07:00There are two types. The first is Sport pilot, whi...There are two types. The first is Sport pilot, which didn't exist until 2005. As of the end of 2011, 4,350 Pilots held this certificate. In addition, The number of pilots who hold only a rotorcraft rating has nearly doubled from 7,727 to 15,220.<br /><br />I went to the FAA's website and looked at their Civil Airmen Stats (http://www.faa.gov/data_research/aviation_data_statistics/civil_airmen_statistics/).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-12295154268120014652012-06-20T17:38:14.522-07:002012-06-20T17:38:14.522-07:00Drone pilotDrone pilotAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03869543492472723554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-58752162340524062552012-06-20T17:34:20.631-07:002012-06-20T17:34:20.631-07:00I'm going to guess the drone pilots for the mi...I'm going to guess the drone pilots for the military.<br />That is the only thought that came to me.<br />I did not spend any time researching.macformehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08650489885596259913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-89950838796351223652012-06-20T16:36:51.964-07:002012-06-20T16:36:51.964-07:00I'm just gonna guess and say Sport Pilot. Took...I'm just gonna guess and say Sport Pilot. Took me 5 seconds to confirm the designation on wikipedia.gbknoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17609572719784177268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-60027398361556384822012-06-20T16:35:51.474-07:002012-06-20T16:35:51.474-07:00Rotorcraft Only
Google search on faa pilot statis...Rotorcraft Only<br /><br />Google search on faa pilot statistics led met to this page: http://www.faa.gov/data_research/aviation_data_statistics/civil_airmen_statistics/2010/<br /><br />Opened table 4 and found category which doubled.<br /><br />~5 Minutesroywblackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04614902533964531451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-65054368935790014292012-06-20T16:21:18.143-07:002012-06-20T16:21:18.143-07:00Random guess, but my gut says it's Drone pilot...Random guess, but my gut says it's Drone pilotsAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04856798197714859709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-12554700729368010612012-06-20T16:15:56.742-07:002012-06-20T16:15:56.742-07:00UAV pilot. 10 seconds.UAV pilot. 10 seconds.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05709920658760005461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-58084353331784136972012-06-20T15:25:55.813-07:002012-06-20T15:25:55.813-07:00Rotorcraft (helicopter) pilots
FAA data and stati...Rotorcraft (helicopter) pilots<br /><br />FAA data and statisticsBoiken Lekahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01876538004735729222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-14847109488529972742012-06-20T15:19:22.176-07:002012-06-20T15:19:22.176-07:00Glider certificates have more than doubled.
I fir...Glider certificates have more than doubled.<br /><br />I first searched for "2001 2011 pilot license doubled" and went to the 4th link for the wikipedia article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilot_certification_in_the_United_States#Pilot_certificates . I was interested in the sources that the article used to find more concrete numbers.<br /><br />In the article, there was a section for the number of active pilots that sourced to faa.gov.<br /><br />I clicked to the source (#13 on wikipedia) and went to http://www.faa.gov/data_research/aviation_data_statistics/civil_airmen_statistics/2009/ . The FAA page had statisitics for 2000-2009. Table 4 was for the "Estimated Active Pilot Certificates Held by Class of Certificate." I downloaded this file and then divided the 2009 number of certificates by the 2009 number of certificates for each class and found that the only class that had more than a 100% increase in certificates was the Glider class(+127%) while total certificates decreased by 5%. Rotorcraft class licenses almost doubled, but only increased 97% during this period.<br /><br />Since the first place I looked linked straight to the FAA, this challenge only took about 5 minutes.Robbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04808073123792765684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-53847971609210924012012-06-20T15:14:04.929-07:002012-06-20T15:14:04.929-07:00"other" meaning helicopter only and glid..."other" meaning helicopter only and glider only. Took less than 5 minutes. First googled types of pilot licenses for general info and found the main site, of which this is a section: http://www.aopa.org/whatsnew/stats/pilots.html Reviewed the chart: FAA Certificated Pilots 1929-2011. Slower than it might have been because I used an iPad.hocahehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11040113423048850462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-30727252262094288742012-06-20T15:09:38.370-07:002012-06-20T15:09:38.370-07:00Seriously its not rec. Its sport pilots, heard it ...Seriously its not rec. Its sport pilots, heard it on aviatorsAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09296712994481135430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-47382457649420322382012-06-20T15:02:19.417-07:002012-06-20T15:02:19.417-07:00RecreationalRecreationalAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09296712994481135430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-10978934787835532932012-06-20T14:56:32.774-07:002012-06-20T14:56:32.774-07:00UAV Pilots?UAV Pilots?Fernandohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01401708745834299165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-46689405025545682142012-06-20T14:47:56.115-07:002012-06-20T14:47:56.115-07:00Maybe it was me, but this one seemed pretty easy.
...Maybe it was me, but this one seemed pretty easy.<br /><br />Like you suggested, I first did a search for "US Pilot's License" which took me to wikipedia. It listed 6 different certifications one could hold, but also said you are rated based on aircraft. So it's hard to say how many different "types" of pilots there are.<br /><br />Farther down, it listed the active number of pilots according to the FAA for 2009. This lead me to the FAA site with stats you could download. I simply looked for the ones for 2011 and it gave me a spreadsheet showing pilot types (student, sport, etc) for each year. Just a simple comparison shows that most have stayed relatively the same since 2002 except Rotorcraft only pilots. In 2002, there were approximately 7700. In 2011, there were approximately 15,200.<br /><br />Long story short, helicopter only pilots have more than doubled since 2001.Kyle Warnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17263307720248969541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-5033808341292397062012-06-20T14:43:52.307-07:002012-06-20T14:43:52.307-07:00The answer I beleive you are looking for is Recrea...The answer I beleive you are looking for is Recreational / Sport certificate. The Sport certification was created in 2004 and has largely replaced the Recreational certificate.<br /><br />Although the recreational statistics have dropped over the last 10 years if you combine the stats with Sport class the numbers have increased over 10 times. (from 316 in 2001 to 4,293 in 2011)<br /><br />Beyond that the only other category of pilot that saw dramatic increases are the Rotocraft Only certificates. Which includes Gyroplanes and helicopters. The Helicoptor section has seen the greatest gains. The Private/Commercial/Airline Transport Helicopter<br />class have all seen increases near double.<br /><br />All of this was obtained with a google search of 'pilot statistics'. Which yeilded http://www.faa.gov/data_statistics/aviation_data_statistics/civil_airmen_statistics/Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16406514107729336758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-81196924320878796862012-06-20T14:32:10.511-07:002012-06-20T14:32:10.511-07:00sport pilotsport pilotAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01968243877291960104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-6364361052239172202012-06-20T14:31:23.394-07:002012-06-20T14:31:23.394-07:00Glider pilots?
Googled "What kind of pilot d...Glider pilots?<br /><br />Googled "What kind of pilot doubled in number over the past decade?" Found Wikipedia article for "Pilot certification in the United States", which lists different types of pilot certificates. Citation links to FAA.gov page of US Civil Airmen Statistics. Table 1 contains Estimated Active Airmen Certificates Held 2000-2009. Comparing the 2000 to the 2009 column shows glider pilots went from 9,387 to 21,268. <br /><br />Question asks for 2001-2011, but I figured it can't be that different, right?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05640970512214684594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-5582107896233021722012-06-20T14:30:16.325-07:002012-06-20T14:30:16.325-07:00drone.drone.wghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10510569389626832809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-88618311432763327452012-06-20T14:23:17.852-07:002012-06-20T14:23:17.852-07:00I started with a search for "increase in pilo...I started with a search for "increase in pilot's licenses 2011" <br />First hit was http://www.jetwhine.com/2011/03/2010-updates-pilot-population-highs-lows/<br /><br />This page linked to the General Aviation Manufacturers Association’s annual Statistical Databook<br />http://www.gama.aero/media-center/industry-facts-and-statistics/statistical-databook-and-industry-outlook<br /><br />From here I found the 2011 General Aviation Statistical Databook & Industry Outlook <br />http://www.gama.aero/files/GAMA_DATABOOK_2011_web_0.pdf<br /><br />In this PDF, on page 41, in a chart labeled "Active FAA Certificated Pilots and Non-Pilot Certificates Held (1990-2011)" I found that rotorcraft licenses increased from 7,727 in 2001 to 15,220, which is roughly 7,727 doubled. <br /><br />So I'm saying the answer is a rotorcraft license.<br /><br />Took about 12 minutes.rraattbbooyyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07983362223227750466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-59099134224675299222012-06-20T14:18:59.231-07:002012-06-20T14:18:59.231-07:00Sorry, forgot to mention. Took about 10 mins.Sorry, forgot to mention. Took about 10 mins.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02667028297308057399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-74517955710850043182012-06-20T14:18:26.399-07:002012-06-20T14:18:26.399-07:00I first thought it might be the new Sport Pilot li...I first thought it might be the new Sport Pilot license, so I searched on "Sport Pilot License Rates". That just gave me a bunch of links to how much it would cost to get a Sport Pilot license.<br /><br />Next I tried searching for "Sport Pilot Numbers". The first return for that was for the Wikipedia entry for Pilot Certifications in the US. In their "Number of active pilots" section, it contained a link to the FAA. On the FAA site, the first link was to a nice Excel spreadsheet with all the data.<br /><br />Answer: Rotorcraft.<br /><br />--Billbigbill25https://www.blogger.com/profile/04247943135917026578noreply@blogger.com