Question of the Week

This Week’s Question |Previous Week’s Answers PREVIOUS RESULTS *** Last week, we asked AVweb readers if they would still recommend a job in the airline industry to young people shopping around for a career. As it turns out, the airlines have lost a bit of their luster – at least in the eyes of our […]

This Week’s Question |Previous Week’s Answers PREVIOUS RESULTS *** Your answers to last week’s poll question left us with seriously long faces. We asked if flying has become too much of a hassle (what with the badges and the passenger manifests and the customs check horror stories), and an incredible 65% of those who took […]

This Week’s Question |Previous Week’s Answers PREVIOUS RESULTS *** Last week, we asked AVweb readers to rate the health of their local airport and its perceived value in the community at large. We were happy to see so many of you (17% of the total number who took our informal poll) say your airport is […]

This Week’s Question |Previous Week’s Answers PREVIOUS RESULTS *** Last week, we asked about “personal aerial vehicles” and whether they will cause trouble for the GA community. From the looks of our unscientific survey, AVweb readers are ready for them. A sizable portion of you (38% of those who answered our poll) said We need […]

This Week’s Question |Previous Week’s Answers PREVIOUS RESULTS *** Last week, we asked how the TSA’s proposal for security badges at GA airports might affect our readers. We could have predicted that the most popular response would be it’s nonsense and is another nail in the coffin of GA – but we have to admit, […]

This Week’s Question |Previous Week’s Answers PREVIOUS RESULTS *** Last week, we asked AVweb readers if they’d ever faced the same situation as air show performer Sean Tucker: running out of fuel. While the majority of our readers (56% of those who took time to respond) said they’d never even come close, the other 44% […]

This Week’s Question |Previous Week’s Answers PREVIOUS RESULTS *** Last week, we asked AVweb readers if they had upgraded to 406 MHz ELTs. The biggest single group of responses (accounting for 21% of participants) said I don’t think I’ll bother, while the second largest segment (19%) said I’ll use something else, like SPOT. For a […]

This Week’s Question |Previous Week’s Answers PREVIOUS RESULTS *** Everyone’s watching the budget these days, including many AVweb readers who are foregoing new airplane purchases to spruce up their existing planes. So what was the most popular category of purchases? Routine items to just stay safe, according to 31% of those who participated in last […]

This Week’s Question |Previous Week’s Answers PREVIOUS RESULTS *** Wayyy back in the days before Sun ‘n Fun, we ran a couple of stories that promised improvement on the economic horizon and asked AVweb readers if they really believed there were brighter days ahead for GA. The largest segment of you (41%) said things haven’t […]

This Week’s Question |Previous Week’s Answers PREVIOUS RESULTS *** Last week, we asked how tightly airplanes should be locked down at flight schools. Perhaps in response to the theft of a Cessna 172 from a Thunder Bay flight school, 46% of AVweb readers who participated in our poll said they should be locked at all […]