In its latest Global Services Forecast, Airbus predicts that a total of 540,000 new pilots will be needed over the next two decades. To help meet this demand, it is launching the Airbus Pilot Cadet Training Programme, to include ab initio training.

The looming dearth of pilots threatening global aviation is no news, however, the ratio it affects airlines differs from region to region, and so do subsequent measures taken to curb the shortage. Lack of pilots in North America is currently having the most negative impact on smaller regional airlines and Air Force. The scope of the problem is about to get enormous, though: North America takes the third position in the list of regions where the magnitude of the problem is the highest, trailing behind only Europe and Asia-Pacific.

From July 2 to 6, the 2018 recurrent training for civil aviation emergency management inspectors was carried out by CAAC in Qingdao to make inspectors more competent in administrative law enforcement and to reinforce supervision of civil aviation emergency management. 61 inspectors from CAAC Regional Administrations and Safety Supervision and Management Bureaus participated in the training.

American Airlines is moving forward with plans to close its St. Louis pilot base this September, notifying the state of Missouri this week that 153 pilots will be affected by the closure.

When a major airline needs a pilot to fly planes, they often look to the regional airlines. But when pilots for smaller commuter planes move over to the majors, it's getting harder to find their replacements.

Some 50 top students from 20 countries, representing 24 Airbus partner universities, will join the second Airbus Airnovation Summer Academy from 1st to 6th July 2018 at the UK's Cranfield University. The Academy brings together students from multidisciplinary backgrounds for an intense one week programme based on the principles and methods of a business accelerator.

Major airlines such as Emirates and Qantas Airways have recently thrown their efforts into hiring new pilots but struggled to use their jets in compliance with their business plans due to the barriers training providers set. Problems with training centers and more obvious current issues, like uncomfortable working conditions for pilots (which result in pilot unions seeking for better conditions), or salary related questions (AIR France case), all seem to signify wider problems in the industry.

A growing shortage of airline pilots is putting the industry's recent growth at risk as planes sit idle, higher salaries cut into profits and unions across the globe push for more benefits.

A pilot and his assistant have been arrested in Northern California and are accused of kidnapping and attempting to deport a 21-year-old Chinese flight student.

Bombardier Commercial Aircraft announced today that it will donate a CS100 aircraft to the École Nationale d'Aérotechnique (ÉNA), a school affiliated with Édouard-Montpetit CEGEP, to be used for the purpose of education and training. With this donation, ÉNA becomes the world's first teaching institution to count a C Series aircraft among its fleet.