Asia-Pacific short on pilots says Boeing
Hong Kong: Asia-Pacific’s booming aviation sector is facing a serious pilot shortfall with some carriers forced to cut flights and ground new planes because of the gap, US aviation giant Boeing said on Monday.
The region will need more than 180,000 in extra pilots and almost 250,000 new technicians over the next two decades to meet demand, with China facing the most pressing shortfalls, it said.
Currently there are about 60,000 pilots and 46,000 technicians in Asia-Pacific.
“The question is where will (airlines) get all of these people and how?” Roei Ganzarski, chief customer officer of Boeing’s Flight Services unit, told reporters in Hong Kong.
“Some airlines have grounded flights or reduced flights (due to the shortage)…(carriers) have had to ground brand new airplanes.”
He did not name any carriers but said countries affected by the shortfall included India, the Philippines and Indonesia.
Shortages were also happening in other regions, and the global aviation sector needed more than one million pilots and technicians by 2030, but tight supply was most acute in Asia, Ganzarski added.
19/09/11 AFP/Economic Times
Which airlines have shortage? Countless jobless pilots are willing to fly at one go. But seems airlines in Asia do not want to hire and train pilots. Seriously.
Thousands in India are waiting for almost three years to get jobs.. but what these airlines wants is trained pilots with thousands of hours.. how do beginners get those hours until and unless you give them jobs…
its just fake… there s no shortage at all…. alll freshers are waiting for a single vacancies… thy working in cal center now…..reallyy better to go for engineering
people in airlines are too intelligent they have started taking money by name of non refundable security deposit…figure comes to 22 lakhs
for type rating …n then too no job surity ..
njoy ur fucked up pilot career
The above statement is totally wrong sir.because there are around 6000 Indian CPL holders are here without job for 4 years.but in the website and newspaper they simply put ” Hiring Pilots”.They are just spoiling coming young aspirants.If you do self rating no job guarantee.For written examination itself airline is charging 20000,350$ like that.The status is really worst.My advice is don’t choose this career for some years.Let all this problems get solved.
Totally fake news…..in india already thousands of technician r searching job..airlines r juss want less menpower n work more….aviation f***k many ppl in india dn’t post such news for misguide young generation this news only to promote the private colleges n flying club……fake
I don’t know why this media pass wrong information . Because of the hype created by media in 2006 & 2007 , thousands of pilots are unemployed despite spending lakhs for their training.
i don’t have any idea why this website post this kind of fake news!nobody will believe unless people didn’t know about job airlines!
please admin of this site dn’t copy paste old n fake news n wrong info. this news already post in march 2011 july11 n nw in sept. n in 2008 too.
Kingfisher Red is folding up in Four Months!! No Airline is hiring CPL Holders. And, they say that they have vacancies?? We suggest Young CPL holders to go for Indian Coastguard Jobs as Assistant Commandant. They will have vacancies for CPL Holders soon.
Rather than spending on Type Ratings, CPL holders who cannot afford to pay the amount may go for Indian Coast Guard Jobs. They hire CPL holders on a short service commission.
And, candidates who are willing to pay have various options for Line Training in Europe, U.K etc.
these westerner are born liars. airlines are canciling flights due to lack of passengers; not due to shortage of pilots or technicians. airlines are having over capacity, because of so many aircraft in the market. so they are flying half empty. that’s why they cancil the flight instead of making loss.
85% pilots are unemployed in australia. thousands in india and china. airlines ask for lots of experience, because they have lots to choose from. pilots works for free in australia.
This is the way the industry beats down salaries by creating a surplus of aspirants with such articles and subsequently these aspirants having spent lakhs will take jobs at any price to keep licences current.BEWARE
I cant believe this article and the matter contained in it.please STOP MISGUIDING YOUTH.there are plenty pilots in India and if the airliners expect to pay for our ratings that is completely unjust. the minimum requirement for obtaining a cpl in India is 200 hours.we all have that apart from this if we are made to pay for our ratings by humongous profit making airliners that is EXPLOITATION.
as far as coast guard go they can relax a bit their medical standards so that the pilots desperate to fly for them with eye sight issues or corrected eyesights can go in.