Pilot Population—Commercial and Private—Dwindling

Credit: AERO Friedrichshafen
Every decade or so the alarm sounds: Big Trouble, Not Enough Pilots! And claxons are howling again, right on schedule. The causes of the latest calamity, which some say is already here, are several and include: retirement of Vietnam-era pilots, reduction in the military pipeline, increased air...
William Garvey

Bill was Editor-in-Chief of Business & Commercial Aviation from 2000 to 2020. During his stewardship, the monthly magazine received scores of awards for editorial excellence.

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