Workforce Symposium Spotlights Urgency of Pilot Shortage
The number of private pilots has dropped by 27 percent in the last 10 years, says FAA acting administrator Dan Elwell.

Top government leaders painted a “sobering picture” of the future of the aviation workforce, with a need for thousands of new pilots in the next couple of decades at a time when interest in the industry appears to have ebbed. In prepared remarks at the Aviation Workforce Symposium last week, FAA acting administrator Dan Elwell cited the Boeing pilot outlook, which predicts a need for 117,000 pilots in North America alone as traffic is projected to double by 2036.


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