Wanted: Pilots to Fly Looming $5.6 Trillion Jet-Order Surge
A pilot uses a smartphone to take a photograph from the cockpit of an Airbus A350 aircraft, operated by Qatar Airways Ltd., as it is manoeuvred into position after landing during preparations ahead of opening at the 51st International Paris Air Show in Paris, on June 14.
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Airlines across the globe will need to hire 558,000 new pilots over the next two decades to keep pace with surging travel demand and a $5.6 trillion jet shopping spree, according to a Boeing Co. forecast.
That works out to about 28,000 new aviators a year, Boeing Flight Services Vice President Sherry Carbary said.