Commission rings alarm over aging aerospace workforce
As the Commission on the Future of the U.S.

As the Commission on the Future of the U.S. Aerospace Industry reached the halfway point in its study leading up to a final report to President Bush and Congress in November, the group called on the nation’s chief executive to create an interagency task force to address industry workforce and training needs.

More than 600,000 aerospace workers lost their jobs between the peak industry employment level in December 1989 and last March, while at the same time the average age of aerospace defense workers is more than 50 years old.