In the next twenty years, almost two and a half million aeronautical employees will be needed all over the world. But while for the technicians there will also be a farthest future, for the pilots it could be the latest generation: between passenger drones and the reduction to a single pilot on board.
Important Boeing announcement during the Oshkosh (Wisconsin) Irventure week, the largest air event in the world in which over 10,000 civil, military and experimental airplanes participate. In the next twenty years, the Airhospace giant provides for a global demand of almost 2.4 million new pilots, technicians and crew members. But it is necessary to step forward and a continuous attention of the sector to the innovative training and the development of careers, essential to face the current lack of pilots and technicians. The progress in the artificial intelligence sector, in virtual and “increased” reality will improve and strengthen the training, transforming the methods with which the preparation of the aeronautical workforce takes place. Food by emerging markets and changes in the composition of the fleets, Boeing provides for a continuous question of aeronautical staff, since the global commercial fleet evolves to meet the needs of passengers. According to the Pilot and Technician Outlook report (PTO) 2025, the sector will need almost 2.4 million new aviation professionals by 2044 to cope with the long -term growth of world air traffic. According to US analysts, commercial carriers will have to take: 660,000 pilots, 710,000 maintenance technicians and one million flight assistants. Chris BROM, vice -president of the commercial training solutions, Boeing Global Services, said: “Since the demand for commercial air traffic continues to overcome economic growth and the global fleet expands to satisfy the demand, our sector will maintain the safe and efficient operating fleet by supporting the development of the workforce for vectors from all over the world. The sector is investing in technologies, including augmented reality, Immersing of physical and digital environments that improves practical learning and situational awareness. In the Boeing forecast report it provides by 2044 that two thirds of the new staff will be necessary to replace lost workers for retirement and turnover, while a third will support the growth of the commercial fleet. The demand for new staff will be mainly passed off from single corridor planes (short and medium-ray), and as in previous years, Eurasia, China and North America will continue to generate more than half of the new demand for staff in the sector, while Southern and Southeast Asia Asia will be the regions with the fastest growth, with a demand for staff that could triple. In short, if you have a young man in the family who does not know what to do when he grows up, the civil aviation is offering excellent opportunities. In Europe, the paths for the formation of pilots and technicians are standardized by the EASA EASA EIASA Air Force Authority which provides for the achievement of professional flight licenses (Commercial Pilot Licen and Airline Transpotation Pilot License), as well as those relating to maintenance workers (Aircraft Maintenance License). In Italy, about twenty professional flight schools are active and sixteen certified institutes that offer training for technicians. In particular, specialists for engines and systems are required, especially for the electro-vipos of the on-board instrumentation, increasingly evolved and complex. From the pilot point of view, however, there is a risk: that these are the last generations to form in the traditional way. From the increasingly pressing request to have a single pilot on board until the inevitable arrival of drones also in passenger transport, this profession is also destined to evolve quickly.
Boeing’s forecast 2025-2044:
| Region | Pilots | Technicians | Flight attendants | Total |
| Global | 660,000 | 710,000 | 1,000,000 | 2,370,000 |
| Africa | 23,000 | 24,000 | 27,000 | 74,000 |
| China | 124,000 | 131,000 | 171,000 | 426,000 |
| Eurasia | 149,000 | 165,000 | 236,000 | 550,000 |
| Latin America | 37,000 | 42,000 | 55,000 | 134,000 |
| Middle East | 67,000 | 63,000 | 104,000 | 234,000 |
| North America | 119,000 | 123,000 | 193,000 | 435,000 |
| Asia Northeast | 23,000 | 27,000 | 42,000 | 92,000 |
| Oceania | 11,000 | 12,000 | 18,000 | 41,000 |
| South Asia | 45,000 | 45,000 | 51,000 | 141,000 |
| Asia Sudest | 62,000 | 78,000 | 103,000 | 243,000 |
