Company Predicts 460,000 New Pilots Needed By 2030
Boeing says 460,000 new commercial pilots will be needed by the
year 2030, at the same time the military is moving wholesale into
unmanned vehicles, pinching off a major traditional source of new
jet pilots. On Tuesday, a Boeing exec explained what he thinks will
be needed to close the gap.
In what it calls an effort to align with current market demand,
Bombardier has taken a measured step to reduce the production
output of its CRJ aircraft, effective January 2012. As a result of
mitigation actions, which include employee transfers to other
current and in development aircraft programs at Bombardier
Aerospace, no manpower impact is anticipated.
Prepaid Affinity MasterCard Earns Waiver Of Transaction
Fee
Ryanair will now generously allow you to bypass the £6 fee
for booking with a debit or credit card by using the new "Ryanair
Cash Passport," its specially branded MasterCard. But it's a
prepaid card, so the airline reportedly earns interest on your
money before you ever buy your ticket.
MANUFACTURER: 328 Support Services GmbH (Type
Certificate Previously Held by AvCraft Aerospace GmbH; Fairchild
Dornier GmbH; Dornier Luftfahrt GmbH) Model 328-100 and -300
Airplanes
Says Increases Will Burden Passengers, Impact Demand, Cost
Jobs
The Air Transport Association of America (ATA has joined the
chorus calling on lawmakers to oppose President Obama's proposals
to impose a new $100 departure tax on every flight and to triple
the passenger security tax to reduce the deficit. ATA predicts
hiking aviation taxes would hurt economic recovery, further burden
airlines and customers and cost jobs.
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