There have been so many flight delays and cancellations this summer —https://twitter.com/kylebrussell/status/921144638844502016 …
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There's much to be unhappy with about the current state of air travel —https://twitter.com/BenedictEvans/status/918229346279505920 …
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Yet I see very little discussion about global pilot shortages
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Airlines are canceling flights (and going bankrupt!) — for lack of pilots.http://money.cnn.com/2017/07/27/news/companies/pilot-shortage-figures/index.html …
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Half of the current pilot workforce is required to retire in the next 10 years (age limits) and we aren't making many new ones (eg military)
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Fuel is expensive and feeds into the cost of getting a pilot's license, a major financial commitment — we have fewer commercial pilots.
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A typical pipeline pathway would once have been ~ Air Force -> regional airline -> main line passenger air carrier
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We additionally increased the requirements for being an officer in a regional airliner in 2013 from 250 hours to 1,500. That's 6x more time!
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Markets are responding accordingly but demand does not necessarily drive supply (in time) —pic.twitter.com/H9BKrWJom1
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That's it. Just some thoughts next time you see a flight delay or cancellation. This is wild.
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Oh, and an epilogue, because I get into learning statistics like this — around under 5% of pilots are womenhttps://www.womenofaviationweek.org/five-decades-of-women-pilots-in-the-united-states-how-did-we-do/ …
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The first ever flight by a crew of all black women didn't happen until very recently — 2009! (it's a cool story)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3EuN_TbXmM …
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