WHAT’S BEHIND THE PILOT SHORTAGE?

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Pilot Shortage

⬜ The Government Accountability Office found

that 11 of 12 regional airlines had trouble

meeting pilot needs within the previous year.

⬜ Pilots have a low unemployment rate: 2.7%

Contributing Factors

❑ Strict Regulations◼ 2007 Fair Treatment for Experienced Pilots Act

raised the retirement age from 60 to 65

◼ Airline Safety and Federal Aviation Administration Extension Act of 2010 increased required flight hours from 250 to 1,500 before new pilots can find jobs

❑ Salary◼ Regional airlines share revenues with parent

companies and cannot always offer competitive salaries

What Airlines Can Do

⬜ Regional airlines can work with their national partners to re-negotiate revenue sharing, freeing up more money for signing bonuses or better salaries.

⬜ work with flight schools, creating partnerships that help pay for the cost of pilot training in exchange for a contract commitment◼ AKA Spartan College of Aeronautics and

Technology-  “Pilot Pipeline”, the program sees American Eagle offering up to $10,000 towards the cost of training to new hires who sign a two-year contract after graduation from Spartan

What Students Can Do

⬜ Get your ratings and certificates.

⬜ Get your degree. ◼ Earn your associate’s at the very least; for a major

aircraft carrier, get your bachelor’s, too

⬜ Make the grade◼  Spartan College American Eagle Pilot Pipeline, only

consider students who earned a GPA above 2.5