{"id":5381,"date":"2015-07-21T22:15:10","date_gmt":"2015-07-21T21:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/?p=5381"},"modified":"2015-07-21T22:45:52","modified_gmt":"2015-07-21T21:45:52","slug":"airlines-need-558000-new-pilots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/airlines-need-558000-new-pilots\/","title":{"rendered":"Airlines need 558,000 new pilots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Pilot.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5382\" src=\"http:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Pilot.jpg\" alt=\"Pilot\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" \/><\/a>Commercial airlines will need to recruit and train 558,000 new pilots over the next 20 years to meet rising travel demand, according to a Boeing forecast released recently.<br \/>\nAbout 40 percent of the new commercial pilots, or 226,000, will be needed in the Asia Pacific region, according to the report.<br \/>\nThe demand is similar for airplane maintenance technicians, where there will be a need for 609,000 new hires. Asia Pacific is again home to the biggest portion with 238,000, or 39 percent.<br \/>\nThe additional staff will be needed to run a projected 38,000 new aircraft added to the global fleet over the next 20 years, the US aerospace giant said. Boeing has 17 training campuses worldwide.<br \/>\n\u201cThe challenge of meeting the global demand for airline professionals will not be solved by one company alone,\u201d said Sherry Carbary, vice president of Boeing Flight Services.<br \/>\n\u201cAircraft manufacturers, airlines, training equipment manufacturers, training delivery organizations, regulatory agencies and educational institutions are all stepping up to meet the increasing need to train and certify pilots and technicians.\u201d<br \/>\nCompared with the company\u2019s 2014 outlook, pilot demand was up more than four percent and demand for technicians rose about five percent.<br \/>\nAfter Asia Pacific, North America and Europe were tied for second place in Boeing\u2019s latest forecast for pilots, with 95,000 new hires projected over the next 20 years.<br \/>\nThey were followed by Middle East (60,000 new pilots), Latin America (+47,000), Africa (+18,000) and Russia\/CIS (+17,000).<br \/>\nNorth America was second as far as new technician staff needed with 113,000, followed by Europe (+101,000), Middle East (+66,000), Latin America (+47,000) and Africa and Russia\/CIS (both +22,000).<\/p>\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\r\n<script>(function(d, s, id) {\r\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\r\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\r\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\r\n  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/all.js#xfbml=1\";\r\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\r\n}(document, \"script\", \"facebook-jssdk\"));<\/script>\r\n <fb:comments href=\"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/airlines-need-558000-new-pilots\/\" font=\"arial\" num_posts=\"\" width=\"\" height=\"\" colorscheme=\"light\"  style=\"background:#FFFFFF;padding-top:0px;\r\npadding-right:0px;\r\npadding-bottom:0px;\r\npadding-left:0px;\r\nmargin-top:0px;\r\nmargin-right:0px;\r\nmargin-bottom:0px;\r\nmargin-left:0px;\r\n\"><\/fb:comments>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Commercial airlines will need to recruit and train 558,000 new pilots over the next 20 years to meet rising travel demand, according to a Boeing forecast released recently. About 40 percent of the new commercial pilots, or 226,000, will be needed in the Asia Pacific region, according to the report. 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