Over the past decade, the United States has produced more than enough certificated pilots to meet airline hiring demands and compensate for retirements, even as new and more rigorous pilot training standards were enacted to enhance safety. In fact, there are currently about 1.5 certificated pilots relative to demand, according to Federal Aviation Administration and Bureau of Labor Statistics data. So, although we don’t have a pilot shortage, we do have a shortage of airline executives willing to stand by their business decisions to cut air service and be upfront about their intentions to skirt safety rules and hire inexperienced workers for less pay. ALPA’s position to maintain airline pilot safety training and requirements is strongly supported by industry and labor stakeholders.
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Who Does What at EASA
Just as we might like to think EASA is the centre of the European aviation universe, we realise that the Agency is a long way from the operational reality that many of you work in. We thought it might be useful to provide a quick and simple overview of who does what at EASA; how the Agency is organised and the different tasks it performs.