The ALPA vs. SkyWest situation is interesting
ALPA vs. SkyWest - chatter about pilot shortages and safety
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How the Pilot Shortage Hurts the Environment
The global airline industry faces a pilot shortage in the post-Covid environment. Internationally, that shortage will be short-lived, as training a new pilot from an ab-initio program to flying in the right seat takes 250-500 hours. Several training initiatives are…
Insight: Year End Outlook and 2023 Predictions
The end of the year is nigh, and it is time to summarize where we are and where we are going as an industry. Here’s our viewpoint on the current situation and our forecast of where we are headed in…
Loft Dynamics enters US pilot training arena
Loft Dynamics (formerly VRMotion AG) replaces legacy flight simulators and makes training safer. Traditional full-motion flight simulators are expensive, giant apparatuses only available in limited training centers built specifically to house them. Students typically are forced to complete most training…
Insight – Solving the US Pilot Shortfall
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US Airline Traffic Remains Stalled
US airline traffic remained stalled through Labor Day, as demand for the second half of 2022 has not increased to pre-pandemic levels as once expected. The chart below, using TSA data, shows 2022 traffic in red, compared with 2019 traffic…