Boeing 20-year pilot outlook indicates 20-percent decline

Boeing Co.’s Pilot and Technician Outlook 2021–2040 lowered predicted pilot hiring numbers by 20 percent since 2020—down to 612,000 from 763,000 forecast in 2020—but the aerospace firm says long-term demand for pilots and aviation personnel “remains strong” despite an “uneven global recovery” from the coronavirus pandemic. Pre-pandemic forecasts in 2019 called for 804,000 flying jobs when the industry faced severe personnel shortages because of retirements and attrition.

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