Need for pilots grows

Source: Flight International “Boeing’s projection of the totals for the next 20 years brings home the sheer size of the task: 448,000 pilots and more than 600,000 mechanics.”

According to the Wall Street Journal, U.S. airlines are on track to run out of pilots in the near future and are facing the most serious scarcity of trained aviators since the 1960s. 11/14/12

Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines, Inc. (NYSE: DAL) estimates it will need 3,500 new pilots over the next decade to maintain its ranks at 12,000, excluding growth, the WSJ reports. Bizjournal 11/12/12

FAA Reauthorization and Reform Act H.R. 5900 – New pilot hiring rules for the US Regional and Major Airlines

Pilot Shortage looms for airlines. USA Today 01/06/2013