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In this TAC Analysis, we revisit the potential re-arrival of a pilot shortage, and how it may quickly become the limiting factor in the recovery. Crucially, while regional airlines were a welcome source of strength during the COVID pandemic, the lack of pilots in the United States could quickly turn the strongest regional jet market on its head. At play are both the near-term effects of staffing flight decks affecting the world, as well as the long-term challenges unique to the United States -- where pilot supply issues have already exposed an acute operational strain on the system.
Log-in here if you’re already a subscriber Release DateApril 21, 2020Airbus and Boeing hustle to keep airplanes flowing to a...
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While such deals across the rising eVTOL industry seemingly represent a new aerospace business model in which customers have a stake in the overall success of the product, a detailed review of securities filings and other fine print by The Air Current reveals a far more transactional arrangement. Airlines are lending their branding and credibility in exchange for a possibly lucrative piece of a buzzy market, regardless of whether or not an aircraft will be delivered or even formally ordered.
There are three steps to an airline industry recovery. First, airlines have to return capacity to the sky. Second, passengers need to fill those airplanes. Lastly, the fares those passengers pay must be economically sustainable. The industry has not yet reached the first step.
The abundance of aircraft parked around the world brings another, very human and more personal abundance - pilots. Without passengers to fly, aircraft will remain parked. With aircraft parked, some pilots find themselves the subject of a furlough. Yet, even as the industry stares down a potential sharp reduction in the overall pilot workforce, the massive change could simultaneously spark a major new wave of retraining that would overwhelm the global simulator infrastructure.
Log-in here if you’re already a subscriber Release DateSeptember 30, 2023Alaska Airlines, finally all-Boeing, ventures beyond the recoveryPurchase a PDF...
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Log-in here if you’re already a subscriber Release DateDecember 4, 2023Alaska's fleet chief breaks down the strategy behind Hawaiian dealPurchase...
Log-in here if you’re already a subscriber Release DateNovember 3, 2022Boeing officially passes the long-haul narrowbody torch to AirbusPurchase a...
Log-in here if you’re already a subscriber Release DateAugust 10, 2022Boeing resumes 787 deliveries, but another lull loomsPurchase a PDF...
