A continued significant demand for aviation personnel over the next 20 years, as the global commercial airplane fleet continues to expand. (Photo: Boeing)
The Boeing Pilot and Technician Outlook (PTO) in 2024 disclosed that by 2043, the aviation industry requires approximately 2.4 million key personnel in an embrace of expanding commercial fleets and surging air travel demand. The urgent need for an agile workforce is categorized into 674,000 pilots, 716,000 maintenance technicians, and 980,000 cabin crew members.
Vice President of Commercial Training Solutions at Boeing Global Services, Chris Broom underlined the key driver of this demand: “Driven by aviation traffic trending above pre-pandemic levels, personnel attrition, and commercial fleet growth, the demand for aviation personnel continues to rise”. In advocating for aviation safety and efficiency, Boeing concentrates on its competency-based practice and assessment program to forge standardized flight training, and commercial operations through both immersive and virtual applications.
Varied fleet features are noticed by PTO that the majority of key personnel will take part in Africa for single-aisle aircraft while the Middle East facilitates widebody options. As calculated by researchers, two-thirds of new hires will replace the retiring workforce, and the remaining will support fleet expansion. Distinct in regions, Eurasia, China, and North America will account for over half of the demand, and the promising flourish in Southeast Asia and Africa will triple the labor pool within two decades
In June 2024, air travel claimed a record level, adjusting the previous prediction of year-end airline revenue to nearly $1 trillion which generated a profit of $30.5 billion, up from 2023’s altered $27.4 billion, ascribed to effective cost management despite rising labor expense.
