Corporate Pilot Shortage ?

[bafanguy]

Any truth to this ? Will corp seats actually go unfilled ?


http://www.unionleader.com/article/20171118/NEWS02/171119241/-1/mobile

 

[bafanguy]

FWIW, the small sampling of my corporate sources tells me they are seeing people leave corp to go Part 121...and corp flight depts increasing compensation in response.

 

[bafanguy]

Kind of interesting:

https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-...leaders-seeing-shortages-qualified-pilot-pool

 

[pilotyip]

The pilot shortage continues to grow, and the college degree becomes less and less important in the hiring decisions. I see every one except DAL has moved it to the preferred option. But even DAL is taking pilots without degree with their flown through programs

 

[bafanguy]

Seats WILL be filled. All those peripheral non-regulatory requirements are just ink spots on paper. The same people who put them there can change them.

 

[bafanguy]

So, how bad is the corporate pilot deficit ? Any companies hurting to the point they can't operate their airplanes ?

https://www.flyingmag.com/pilot-shortage-business-aviation

 

[SouthernpilotII]

I'm Houston based and as far as I can tell, all pilot positions are filled in Southeast Texas.
SP

 

[Blues604]

I think more and more corporate flight departments will continue to be farmed out to fractionals.

 

[bafanguy]

NBAA is trying to recruit young people:

https://nbaa.org/for-students/

 

[bafanguy]

They're still thinking about it:

At HPN Forum, NBAA Chief Urges Industry Outreach | AIN

With the current labor shortage, NBAA's president and CEO invited all business aviation industry members to engage in workforce recruitment.

www.ainonline.com

 

[bafanguy]

Interview with the head of a corporate pilot headhunter, API:

Quickly to the subject at hand, she confirms the shortage is real, causing major disruptions within business-aviation flight departments, altering careers and “is the No. 1 topic in every pilot lounge.”

Ultimately, she would like to see a national pilot training academy established with rigorous standards and financed by the aviation industry.

Pilot Shortage Is Real And Worrisome Long-Term, Recruiter Barden Says - Aviation Personnel International

An interview on the pilot shortage with Sheryl Barden by William Garvey. This article was originally published in Aviation Week & Space Technology.

www.apiaviation.com

 

[sleepy]

We all suddenly got $10K pay raises out of the blue a few months ago in our flight department. Right about the time I think Delta pilots got maybe a 25% pay raise? But it is not enough to keep people here, we all still lost money compared to last years earning because the bonus payed much less this year due to inflation and the recession.

If I was a young person I would leave corporate for the airlines if I could. I am too old for the major airlines but I am thinking about leaving for a managed aircraft, there are a lot of openings right now, some are commutable.

 

[bafanguy]

Interesting article on the subject:

Airline demands squeezing bizav pilot supply | AIN

It's a good time to be a pilot but a tough time to be a business aircraft owner looking for one.

www.ainonline.com