A Concrete Step To Address Pilot Shortage

The airline industry offers tremendous opportunity and job security for pilots, especially with such robust growth in air travel projected over the next twenty years

- John Slattery

A SHORTAGE OF PILOTS IS a real threat to the airline industry, but the Air Carrier Training Rulemaking Committee (ACT ARC) of the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA) is finally proposing concrete steps to address the issue. Read more in my latest blog post. Last month, the FAA’s ACT ARC issued its recommendations to provide an alternative pathway to the famous “1,500-hour rule.” This does ot solve the entire pilot shortage issue, but it is the biggest development in many years that goes a long way to help the situation.

A shortage of pilots is a real threat to the airline industry and it is already an issue in some world regions. Despite the US carriers being the most vocal, Chinese, European and Asian airlines are also working hard to staff their cockpits.