Training and Workforce
NBAA: Mentoring, Networking Gateway to Future Workforce
NBAA officials highlight mentoring and networking as applicants for key aviation jobs diminish.

NBAA is emphasizing the need to develop mentorship programs and foster networking to develop the next generation of aviation professionals as workforce demand looks increasingly difficult to meet. During Bombardier’s 23rd annual Safety Standdown, Brian Koester, NBAA’s senior manager of flight operations and regulations, and Sierra Grimes, NBAA’s senior manager of registration, highlighted the growing needs as the average age of aviation mechanics reaches 51 and the average age of pilots is now 53. Meanwhile, they pointed out, Boeing this year has updated—and increased—its estimates of workforce needs, including for 769,000 new mechanics and 804,000 new pilots by 2038. This projects that the demand for aviation workers is going to continue to grow, Koester said.


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