Retaining Top Talent: Crunch Time As Airlines Siphon Off Aviators

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There’s a pilot-staffing crunch coming to business aviation that could have a severe impact on safety of flight. It might as well be called “Operation Hoover.” Passenger and freight air carriers are sucking up top talent from business and charter flight departments, among other industry sectors, at...
Fred George

Fred formerly was senior editor and chief pilot with Business & Commercial Aviation and Aviation Week's chief aircraft evaluation pilot. He has flown left seat in virtually every turbine-powered business jet produced in the past three decades.

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