IN THE NEWS #RAISE THE AGE

Boeing forecasts the need for 660,000 new pilots

The StandardAero CEO’s recent comments on demand exceeding aircraft deliveries and pilot output are documented in their Q1 2025 earnings call transcript, where he underscores that strong, persistent demand for maintenance services continues to outpace the industry’s ability to deliver new aircraft and train new pilots

Bryan Bedford – who currently leads Republic Airways – didn’t mince words when discussing the mandatory airline pilot retirement age. Bedford was nominated as Federal Aviation Administration head by President Donald Trump in March.

So remember United’s “revolutionary” flight school The United Aviate Academy? Yeah well, it’s kind of an absolute dumpster fire.

According to Reuters, there are almost 1,000 unfilled captain positions at United Airlines

Finding pilots willing to take career upgrades is not just a United problem.

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NO! The pilot shortage is NOT over by a long shot.

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Ambrosi squashes legislation to Raise The Arbitrary Retirement Age while proudly representing Canadian pilots who fly past age 65.

Allied Pilots Association (APA) joins the Airline Pilots Association (ALPA) in perpetuating false and misleading information to their own membership as well as the Congress of the United States.