UN aviation agency warns of looming pilot shortage Hundreds of thousands of pilots will need to be trained to meet growing demand for air transport around the world by 2036, the UN aviation agency said Tuesday. International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) secretary general Fang Liu said in a speech in Montreal that the number of commercial flights and passengers are forecast to double in the next 15 years while the number of pilots and other airline workers is falling due to attrition. Liu pointed to “the inevitable demographics of aging populations, lowering birth rates, and other attrition factors” for the work force contraction. In addition, aviation is facing increased competition from other sectors “for up-and-coming talent,” she said. “Aviation has to do a much better job of both attracting and retaining the skilled workers and managers it requires in the decades ahead,” she concluded. The ICAO said at least 620,000 pilots will be needed by 2036 to fly commercial aircraft with 100 or more seats. Eighty percent of those pilots have yet to be trained, it added. “The story is the same with respect to the future air traffic controllers, maintenance personnel, and other technicians needed,” Liu said, adding that “these are just a few of (the) literally hundreds of direct and indirect aviation‐related career categories which will be impacted by attrition‐related trends.” Driving the increase in air transportation is an increase in tourism and booming online retailing that relies on the sector to deliver its wares. Some 4.1 billion… [Read full story]
Aviation sector suffers serious staff shortage (04-08-2007) Pacific Airlines hostesses serve passengers during a flight. Viet Nam's aviation industry is struggling with a lack of quality staff as well as a general shortage of workers. — VNS Photo Doan Tung HA NOI — There is a large shortage of human resources in the aviation industry in Viet Nam in both quality and quantity, according to a recent survey by the Air Service and Travel Company (TransViet). Every year, the aviation industry needs about 400 new staff to service its 20 per cent annual growth rate, according to Mai Trung Thanh,…... [read more]
The head of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) on Tuesday urged the European Union to delay rolling out a carbon tax on air travel next year, warning it could provoke trade wars. "That is easy enough to understand when European states essentially would be pocketing taxes for emissions by non-European carriers over the sovereign territory of non-European states," he explained. Tyler warned the tax could provoke a trade war. "No one wants a trade war. It seems to me states are clearly preparing for the possibility... but it is not inevitable," said the head of the UN aviation agency…... [read more]
Agency warns against frauds in Europe-bound bike exports By Thu Nguyet - The Saigon Times Daily HCMC - A senior official of Vietnam's Competition Administration Department has raised alert against the falsification of certificates of origins of bicycles bound for the European Union now that anti-dumping tariff against Vietnamese bikes has been lifted "Fraudsters from a third country may falsify origins of bicycles as being made in Vietnam to enjoy the low tariffs. If Vietnam has no effective mechanism to prevent the frauds, local bikes may be imposed anti-dumping tax again," he said. He highlighted the issue with bike makers…... [read more]
Experts warn of illegitimate aviation recruitment agencies as Vietnam faces a worsening shortage of pilots A VietJet Air aircraft at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City. Experts have forecast rising demand for foreign pilots in Vietnam. Vietnam is running short on qualified airplane pilots, but its airlines do not have enough money and resources to continuing hiring them from abroad. According to AviationCV, a Lithuania-based company that supplies pilots around the world, Vietnam's airline industry is poised for expansion in 2013. "[Due to Vietnam's] rising middle class, a greater share of the population now has the…... [read more]
VietNamNet Bridge - Eight years after the Vietnam-US aviation agreement was signed, paving the way for the airlines of the two countries to provide direct flights, the national flag air carrier Vietnam Airlines still cannot fly directly to the US. The problem does not lie in the air carrier, but in the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam CAAV. One year ago, Vietnam Airlines announced its plan to provide direct flights to the US would be implemented in October 2010, i.e. three years later than the initial plan. The airline then said that it was taking necessary steps to fly directly…... [read more]
