NBAA Study Examines Bizav Workforce Issues
Flight departments will need to open their wallets to maintain and attract qualified pilots and maintenance technicians.

Compensation is now the top motivating factor, surpassing quality-of-life issues, among pilots who have left the business aviation industry for airline slots, according to a recent workforce study by NBAA. In a survey sent to flight departments, 63 percent of the respondents reported that they had experienced pilot turnover since 2015. Of those, 43 percent indicated that the pilots left business aviation for the airlines, while nearly 50 percent left for another business aviation position.