Delta, United talk about pilot shortages — a reason behind delayed, canceled flights — at Oshkosh's EAA AirVenture

The Northwestern via Yahoo ^ | 07/30/2022 | Jelissa Burns

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OSHKOSH - While an estimated 8,000 planes flew in to the Experimental Aircraft Association's annual AirVenture convention this week in Oshkosh, across the nation it appears that the only infallible way to fly somewhere is to be your own pilot.

In 2020, 20% of U.S. pilots were unemployed due to the crash in air travel during the pandemic, according to The 2021 Pilot Survey.

Airlines operated 4.7 million domestic passenger flights in the full year 2020, a 41% drop from flights in 2019, according to the Bureau of Transportation. As a result, airlines weren't making enough money to cover their expenses.

Some airlines offered early retirement packages to their employees in efforts to reduce expenses. Other pilots were fired or laid off.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the number of airplane pilots and engineers has decreased by nearly 4% over the past two years.

Wisconsin pilots were, on average, among the lowest paid in the nation in May 2021, according to the BLS. The state also had the lowest rates of employment for pilots, copilots and engineers.

Now that people are becoming more comfortable with flying and traveling, the aviation industry is struggling to find enough pilots to fly the flights they need to keep up with the demand.

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Also not mentioned is the very low pay and very expensive training to become a commercial pilot. If one flies regional airports frequently it is best not to ask what the pilots are paid.

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not a single one of these “pilot shortage” articles ever mentions the number of pilots lost due to the insane vaccine mandates ...

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