An expected 14,500 new pilots will be needed in America every year over the next decade to meet demand
a flight from San Francisco, California to Atlantic City, New Jersey. But instead of landing ten miles from the coastal resort, the plane touches down some 60 miles inland, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The remainder of the journey must be completed by bus. That is the solution that American Airlines, the country’s largest carrier, will put in place from June toThe number of airline pilots in America peaked at 84,520 in 2019, according to the Bureau of Labour Statistics .
Still, lucrative corporate bookings are yet to take off: sales remain one-third lower. The turbulent price of jet fuel is also depressing company earnings. And employment costs have risen in response to staff shortages. The annual salary of the average airline pilot in America is up by 30% compared with five years ago, to $200,000. It is now America’s highest-paid profession after medicine. It is also the most distinctly male and white job outside logging: nine in ten pilots are white men.
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