Small aviation businesses say pilot shortage could drive industry into the ground - The Washington Post

Small aviation businesses say pilot shortage could drive industry into the ground - The Washington Post:

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"In the past several decades, the number of private and recreational pilots across the country has plummeted, as has the number of small aircraft being manufactured — trends that some say have been accelerated by increasingly strict federal regulations.

If the decline continues, it will spell trouble for entrepreneurs such as Austin Heffernan, who runs an aircraft maintenance and repair company in Hagerstown, Md. He was one of several small-business owners asked to testify last week during a congressional hearing on the state of the general aviation industry."

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