Boeing Runs Numbers on Asia-Pacific Personnel Shortage
Boeing sees a need for 185,600 new pilots in the Asia-Pacific region over the next 20 years.
Boeing sees a need for 185,600 new pilots in the Asia-Pacific region over the next 20 years.

Boeing set an ominous tone for the start of the August 28 to 29 Asia Pacific Airline Travel Symposium (Apats) in Singapore with a warning that the region risks perhaps the most serious shortage of pilots and aviation technicians in the world over the next 20 years. Already suffering from a relative paucity of recruits, Asia-Pacific airlines cannot exercise their growth ambitions to the extent they would like, and some have even found themselves forced to cancel service and ground airplanes. The situation only stands to worsen if the demand for air travel grows as quickly as Boeing expects over the next two decades.