MRO’s New Recruitment Strategies May Cause Future Leadership Issues

Aviation maintenance students

Some U.S.-based aviation schools are adding degree requirements for aviation maintenance students to stave off future career stagnation.

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As the chasm between workforce supply and demand grows wider and MRO providers become more desperate for talent, the percentage of employees on the shop floor with only a few years of maintenance experience is increasing. In tandem, fewer new recruits are taking their FAA airframe and powerplant...
Lindsay Bjerregaard

Lindsay Bjerregaard is managing editor for Aviation Week’s MRO portfolio. Her coverage focuses on MRO technology, workforce, and product and service news for MRO Digest, Inside MRO and Aviation Week Marketplace.

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