The world’s aviation industry will need to train and deploy more than 600,000 new pilots over the next 20 years. Those are the seemingly contradictory outlooks described in separate reports by aerospace giant Boeing and Swiss banking powerhouse UBS. “New market opportunities are creating an increased demand for qualified, skilled, and experienced pilots,” the Boeing report said. “Perhaps surprisingly, half of the respondents said that they would not buy the pilotless flight ticket even if it was cheaper,” the UBS report said. ALSOChecking sports equipment on Alaska Airlines just got cheaperU.S. airlines are bumping passengers at historically low ratesWhat Trump effect?

Source: Los Angeles Times August 12, 2017 12:02 UTC