However, to have pilots that can fly aeroplanes, controllers that can sequence, engineers that can fix, you need trained, experienced people.
There are other industries that compete for talent. If aviation looks like a dinosaur industry with shrinking benefits the young kids entering will dwindle away. So there will be demand for our skills.
Damn right!
I have a 15 year old son about to enter year 11 and making choices about his future career now. He's a bright, amiable young man who would do well in most fields in aviation. What careers are he and his friends looking at;
- merchent banking,
- stockbroking,
- law,
- a trade.
Aviation isn't high on the list if at all.