{"id":5425,"date":"2023-04-20T10:01:22","date_gmt":"2023-04-20T10:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviation-news.info\/?p=5425"},"modified":"2023-04-20T10:01:22","modified_gmt":"2023-04-20T10:01:22","slug":"airlines-pilots-disagree-on-pilot-shortage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviation-news.info\/?p=5425","title":{"rendered":"Airlines, Pilots Disagree on Pilot Shortage"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"field-name-body\">\n<p>The state of pilot supply came under scrutiny in the House Aviation Subcommittee on Wednesday\u00a0as industry stakeholders\u00a0who testified\u00a0disagreed\u00a0about whether a shortage exists and whether measures such as raising the mandatory retirement age for airlines would help.<\/p>\n<p>Regional Airline Association president and CEO Faye Malarkey Black in testimony called the situation \u201cdevastating\u201d and said that despite soaring passenger demand, the shortage is decimating small community air service. She said the shortage has been growing for decades, with a chief issue stemming from the FAA\u2019s slow action on advancing pilot training standards.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe impacts of the pilot shortage are real,\u201d she said. \u201cCurrently, more than 500 regional aircraft are parked, and those aircraft remaining in service are underutilized. The impact has been felt by 308 airports or almost 72 percent of all U.S. airports.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Calling the situation particularly acute among airline captains, she said the fact that 50 percent of the pilot workforce would be forced to retire in the next 15 years will exacerbate the problem.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThousands of willing, healthy, and skilled pilots\u00a0who would like to continue working\u00a0are being forced out of the profession at age 65, to the detriment of air service across the country,\u201d said Black. Despite the increase in pilot certificates, there\u00a0still are not enough qualified and interested people to hire, she added.<\/p>\n<p>Last year marked a record for new pilots qualified\u20149,491\u2014but the number &#8220;fell far short of the 13,128 hired by just one subset of the airline industry last year,\u201d she stressed. \u201cIt is vitally important that pilot production in 2022 be put in the proper context.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) released data in advance of Wednesday\u2019s hearing showing that the FAA has certified 2,658 new airline pilots in just the first three months of this year and 63,932 since 2013, when stricter qualification rules took effect (the so-called\u00a01,500-hour rule).\u00a0The airlines filled about 40,000 positions at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver the past 10 years, the United States has not only reduced airline passenger fatalities but also produced more than enough pilots to meet airline hiring demand,\u201d said ALPA president Jason Ambrosi. \u201cThe groups that continue the flood of misinformation and misleading data are only interested in one thing: manufacturing a crisis to lower aviation safety standards and increase their bottom line.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>ALPA blames the decision of the airlines to bump to smaller equipment, park aircraft, and furlough pilots during the pandemic for creating the current situation. When demand returned and airlines rehired pilots,\u00a0they needed retraining, creating a backlog. Ambrosi told lawmakers he believed enough supply exists to satisfy demand and cautioned against raising the pilot age on the grounds that it would put the U.S. out of sync with international standards.<\/p>\n<p>Heather Krause, director of physical infrastructure for the Government Accountability Office (GAO), noted that the number of individuals qualified to become airline pilots increased between 2017 and 2022 and enrollments in training schools likewise increased. Forecasters project an increase in\u00a0pilot supply, she testified, but \u201cthe extent to which projected supply would exceed or fall short of industry\u2019s demand for pilots is unknown, given uncertainties surrounding future demand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hiring and wage data indicate a strong demand for pilots, and regional airlines in particular have faced difficulties meeting that demand. 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