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US frets over lack of pilots
Ramon Lopez - IHS Jane's Airport Review
26 November 2014
A shortage of pilots is damaging essential US air services, industry groups warn. Source: PA
Large and small airports in the United States have suffered major cuts in service, ranging from 10% to nearly 81% in the past year, after air carriers were forced to cancel flights in part due to a growing pilot shortage.
Earlier in 2014, for example, Republic Airways had to ground 27 of its 243 aircraft because it could not find enough qualified pilots.
Take Flight Tomorrow, an industry group working to replenish the pilot workforce and prevent additional airline service losses, recently released a list of 86 US communities spread across 33 states and two US territories that have lost scheduled airline departures.
The economic impact felt across US communities is only beginning to be measured, as another independent study identified 239 communities at risk of losing domestic services worth USD2.1 billion to airlines.
"The pilot pipeline has been severed, millions of this nation's airline passengers and shippers have been disconnected from the global economy, and it's expected to only get worse this winter and into 2015," said Regional Airline Association (RAA) president Roger Cohen. "But there is a fix at hand, and the FAA [Federal Aviation Administration] has the authority to grant appropriate credit for the high-quality training that will encourage future aviators [and] embrace our best training programmes."
Take Flight Tomorrow wants the FAA to grant additional academic credit for high-quality structured aviation training and military experience.
Although long-haul carriers in the United States are showing renewed profitability, regional airlines are less fortunate. Lower profits mean they cannot attract pilots - average annual pay for first officers at regional airlines is about USD22,000.
The regional carriers blame the pilot shortage on new federal rules requiring shorter workdays and more rest for pilots, as well as a minimum of 1,500 training hours to qualify.
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