Louis Smith of FltOps.com was quoted as saying that the next 10 years will be the longest and largest pilot hiring boom in the history of the airline industry. It is almost impossible to discredit this statement when you think about there are many other massive players in the airline industry also predicting the same. Nearly all articles, blog’s and news stories online are referencing figures based primarily on the quantity of pilot vacancies that’ll be required over the following ten to 20 years.
So what is it that is fuelling this boom? Right now we are seeing higher demand in air travel and a requirement for air cargo transportation on a global basis. Expansion is powerful not only for North America but also in the East Asia pacific market and the middle east. Also we are now seeing many pilots approaching the compulsory retirement age of sixty five which will leave a major insufficiency of pilots particularly in the Usa.
Figures published by Boeing confirm that worldwide there’ll be a need for at least 450,000 pilots worldwide by 2029. Curiously around 40 % of this number will be required for the Asia Pacific region. A spokesman from Boeing stated that we expect to have a deficiency in the number or needed airline pilots considering the quantity of orders and sales, both current and future. One only has to look at the orders taken by Airbus and Boeing at the last Paris Airshow to see why they have made such a statement.
So has the boom started, are Airlines Hiring now? In my judgment that answer to that is totally yes! The job vacancies for pilots in flight global for example have doubled in the previous few months. Leading the charge in the recruitment of pilots now is China. Chinese airlines are aggressively hiring and they’re continuously improving incomes and conditions to attract experienced Airline Pilots. Boeing have anticipated China will need around 180,000 pilots over the next twenty years.
Boeing have also stated the US will need around 100,000 pilots in the following fifteen to twenty years. Emirates have announced they want another 500 pilots by 2012 and British Airways will hire 800 pilots by 2016. With such aggressive recruiting worldwide taking place it is hard to argue that the boom has not yet started.
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