granburyaircraftserv

Which is great…but…no one addresses the elephant in the room of the massive shortage of Aircraft Mechanics.

1 reply

davidbunin

Maybe read it again Ronnie. The shortage of Technicians is mentioned right there with the pilots in the text.

2 replies

jbmcnamee

The article mentions the projected demand, but is silent on where they will come from. Plus, I suspect that their numbers are only for commercial airline and charter company demand and does not include any for general aviation.

1 reply

rpogatchnik

When I was 17 I attended Spartan School of Aeronautics and got an A&P Certificate. The airlines would not hire me because I had no experience. So I became a corporate Pilot. Mechanics are short changed in this bisuness. Better to switch to automobile repair.

1 reply

granburyaircraftserv

I saw that but my point is there is nothing about what the industry is doing to attract new maintenance technicians its always about Pilots, pilots, pilots…the 600,000 plus maintenance hires sure sound good but the reality is there is less than 10 percent of that number industry wide coming in as new hires. That’s the elephant in the room.

When I go to the IA renewal seminars each year, 80% of us IA’s are over the age of 50 and there is 20% of us retiring annually, less than 5% coming in…that’s my point.

luckyfivetwo

They will import them from other countries by offering green cards.

luckyfivetwo

You got that right.More pay and no FAA breathing down your neck.