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US Airline to Terminate Essential Air Service (EAS) to Two Cities Due to Pilot Shortage

Due to pilot shortage, Cape Air filed its intent to terminate service in Quincy, Massachusetts and Burlington, Iowa to which it has already notified the U.S. Department of Transportation.

“Like many airlines, we are managing operational constraints primarily having to do with the nationwide pilot shortage,” said Linda Markham, President & CEO of Cape Air.

“One of their competitors I know recently pulled out of multiple cities, because they just didn’t have the pilots,” said Quincy Regional Airport Director Gabriel Hanafin.

But President & CEO Linda Markham has also said “Until another airline can guarantee service, Cape Air has committed to making our best efforts for reliable and consistent service at both Quincy and Burlington,”.

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US Government Said To Introduce Legislation To Increase Pilot Retirement Age

One of the United States largest Airline Pilot Union’s – the Southwest Airlines Pilots Association – is said to have run a poll for its members to gauge the sentiment of raising the pilot retirement age from 65 to as high as 67 or 68 fairly shortly.

It is said that Senator Lindsey Graham is in the process of building support for this legislation in the US Congress before formally introducing the bill.

This development comes following the CEO of US Airline Allegiant Air stating one day earlier; “We are facing a chronic scarcity that will last for years given the known retirements and the projected numbers of new pilots entering the system. The numbers suggest by 2030 the industry could have a deficit of almost 30,000 pilots. At 16 pilots per aircraft this will correspond to 1,800 aircraft that will be parked or the equivalent of two US legacy carriers such as American and United”.

The last time the pilot retirement age was raised in the US was 2007 when the US Government raised it from 60 to 65.

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US Regional Airport Eyes Downturn of Operations Starting July Due to Pilot Shortage

With the recent announcement of Delta Airlines that it will no longer serve Yellowstone Regional Airport (YRA), the latter eyes downturn in activities starting in July which, ironically, in the past years, was its peak. Flights in the airport will drop to only 3 per day, totaling to only 21 flights inbound and outbound per week with Denver as the only destination.

“I’m sure it’s … the crew, resources and availability of pilots […] It’s an ongoing battle that I’m working on with the airlines at this time,” said YRA Director Aaron Buck said during a YRA board meeting on April 13.

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European Flight School Shares Thoughts on Pilot Shortage, Encourages Aspiring Pilots to Pursue the Profession

With the accumulation of various news that pertains to a global looming pilot shortage, Spanish Flight School Quality Fly, through its Social Media Platforms, shared a brief insight to their view of the subject matter and what it could mean for aspiring pilots.

According to Quality Fly, some aspiring pilots have asked them if the issue on pilot shortage is temporary to which Quality Fly’s management’s view is ‘No’.

“The longer a Supply Chain is halted, the longer the lack of resources lasts when the demand recovers, in particular if such resource takes long to grow. In other words: Pilots will be needed for a long while,” said Quality Fly. “It can seem evident today, but we argued in that direction in April 1st 2020, the depths of initial phase of the pandemic. Airline companies are facing, as humanity, one of the biggest challenges in modern history. The dip will be pronounced but our bet is that the industry will bounce back strongly.”

“To our candidates. For upcoming piloting candidates, we absolutely do not discourage those who judge the current situation as an opportunity. Indeed, the time-frame of piloting education is long enough to expect this crisis to have potentially passed. The reduction of people starting pilot studies, plus the baby boomer pilots retirements over the next few years and possible acceleration of these during the crisis, could further benefit the recovery of demand for pilots in the future,” added Quality Fly.

“The opportunity to become a pilot is now as strong as it was then; and moreover it is way more evident now,” Quality Fly emphasized.

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