Axcept to Continue to Look at the Pilot Shortage

D o t secretary buddajige acknowledged the pilot shortage facing the industry and the impact on eir service. Nuttim leving his proposal for five million dollars an aviation work force job development grants as a way to even make an impact. A raymond james annalyst estimates there is a need for us. Airlines to hire 13 thousand new pilots per year for the next several years. The current training and certification process only produces somewhere between 5 to seven thousand per year.