A global labour shortage is preventing Canada's aviation industry from capitalising on demand from airlines and other companies caused by the grounding of the Boeing 737 Max aircraft. Marco Prud'Homme, vice president of charter company Nolinor Aviation, explained that the company has planes available but lacks pilots to fly them. The Canadian Press · Posted: Feb 01, 2018 A shortage of mechanics is also causing issues.
A global labour shortage is preventing Canada's aviation industry from capitalising on demand from airlines and other companies caused by the grounding of the Boeing 737 Max aircraft. Marco Prud'Homme, vice president of charter company Nolinor Aviation, explained that the company has planes available but lacks pilots to fly them. An extra 255,000 pilots are needed by 2027 to meet a doubling of passenger traffic in the coming two decades, according to a 2017 report by CAE. A shortage of mechanics is also causing issues.