Workforce & Training

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As industry ranks are decimated, OEMs and top-tier companies already are worried about losing too many talented workers.

Aerospace companies are mapping strategies to meet both employee and business needs in an uncertain future.

How JAL Engineering is adjusting its maintenance operations to the COVID-19 pandemic while upgrading its capabilities.

Avinor Air Navigation Services is testing a drone traffic management system at the first two of 18 planned airport towers across Norway.

The COVID-19 pandemic is making addressing MRO workforce issues more important than ever.

The MRO is launching new workforce initiatives targeting underrepresented populations to prepare for the industry’s recovery.

The pandemic has been a catalyst for change, from accelerated digitalization to new training technologies.

Emerging technologies may be key in rebuilding a robust MRO workforce during industry recovery.

Digital aircraft are bringing more demand for the right kind of technicians to repair them.

Lufthansa Technik is adapting its training programs to cope with COVID-19 effects and short-time work, welcoming 240 new apprentices this month.

The knock-on effect of the collapse in passenger demand has become clearer in MRO providers’ second-quarter results, although the full severity of the

The OEM is releasing solutions for dealing with grounded aircraft, remote maintenance training and medevac conversions.

Pratt & Whitney will retrench around 400 jobs—or 20%—of its 2,000 employees in Singapore as demand for engine-related MRO has disappeared amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

The U.S.-based MRO has used CARES Act funding toward aircraft type training and appointed a new chief operating officer.

The demand dip is triggering delivery slowdowns and orderbook shuffling, but top U.S. carriers remain committed to Boeing’s narrowbody.

Some airlines warned that they might have laid off 30-50% of their employees without the assistance provided by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and

More than 100,000 A&D jobs could disappear in the next two years. To attract more people, companies should focus on who they retain.

Tens of thousands of airline employees will soon see pink slips, unless U.S. lawmakers agree on an 11th-hour second bailout.

Why the A&D industry needs to do more to encourage workforce diversity.

This webinar took place July 1, 2020. As furloughs and layoffs have made the headlines, it’s the work behind the scenes — to get as many people back

Ask the Editors: Industry consolidation and growing automation and digitization will exacerbate pandemic-related layoffs.

To mitigate disruption, leaders have swiftly embraced new ways of working and deployed digital productivity tools.

Qantas Airways has unveiled a three-year strategy to prepare for a slow airline industry recovery, including cutting 6,000 workers, storing or retiring larger widebody airliners, and raising A$1.9 billion ($1.3 billion) in new equity to fund its plans.

Intra-European flights dipped more than 92% from January to mid-May, but had recovered to about 84% of pre-crisis levels by June 8, according to