Anurag Kotoky, Bloomberg
The U.S. hospitality and food service industries had an estimated 900,000 unfilled jobs in 2018. Indigo and Asia, actually, need more pilots — badly.
6 months ago
Brian Sumers, Skift
U.S. bankruptcy law is funny, right? Less than a decade ago, Mesa Air Group filed for bankruptcy and investors lost out. But now the airline, with the same CEO, wants investors to give it another chance. Will they bite? Or do they have long memories?
1 year ago
Angus Whitley, Kyunghee Park and Anurag Kotoky, Bloomberg
As the International Air Transport Association gathers for a conference in Sydney, industry executives worry about jet fuel prices, among other looming challenges. But fret not. Most carriers have the financial wherewithal to cope with what's likely ahead.
1 year ago
Richard Weiss, Bloomberg
To be clear, Emirates isn't unusual here. The entire airline industry is forecast to need more than 25,000 new pilots a year for the next couple of decades to keep up with demand and a workforce that is retiring. One way to address the shortfall would be to (cough, cough) pay pilots more.
1 year ago
Brian Sumers, Skift
Great Lakes Airlines is essentially going out of business. The Regional Airline Association is using this as a chance to lobby politicians to relax requirements on pilot training. But that's probably not necessary. There's reason to believe the Great Lakes situation was unique.
1 year ago
Allan Leibowitz, Skift
Qantas' new pilot academy may address the airline’s needs, but won’t solve an imbalance which has already seen regional Australian airlines cancel and reschedule services. Meanwhile, the government has bowed to pressure and will again grant temporary visas to pilots after scrapping them last year.
1 year ago
Angus Whitley , Bloomberg
Airlines are finally realizing that to cope with the global pilot shortage they are going to have to do more training themselves.
1 year ago
Kyunghee Park, Bloomberg
Airlines really need to step up their training programs if they are to avert the looming crisis.
2 years ago
Michael Sasso, Bloomberg
United's the only one of the three major U.S. global network airlines that does not own at least one regional airline. That sometimes puts United at a disadvantage. Investing in ExpressJet may help United improve its position, though in recent years, ExpressJet has been among the least profitable regional operators.
2 years ago
Joan Lowy, Associated Press
Executives at regional airlines — such as United Express, American Eagle and Delta Connection — tend to dislike newish rules requiring first officers to have 1,500 flight hours before they can fly for a larger commericial airline. But let's not forget this rule was implemented for a reason. We need experienced pilots.
2 years ago