Training and Workforce
Problems in the Pilot Pipeline
The long-promised shortage is not of pilots in general, but of pilots qualified to meet the industry's needs.

Whether your discussions come in the lobby of a well established FBO, en route to the fuel farm, or in the cockpit, the words “pilot shortage” are bound to be featured in your conversation. Those words have become synonymous with “epidemic” in the aviation industry. Business aviation is certainly not immune, as corporate pilots are beckoned to join the airlines, leading their flight departments to devote increasing funds and creativity to developing retention packages. Blockages in the pipeline appear to come from three elements: increasing competition in corporate flight department hiring and retention strategies; a growing deficit of flight instructors and qualified pilots; and the constant need to attract the next generation of aviators and maintainers.


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