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AINsight: Simple Solution to Aircraft Mechanic Shortage

There is an easy way to help remove obstacles that prevent more A&P mechanics from working in the aviation industry.

By Matt Thurber

March 27, 2019

There is no question that it’s getting hard to find qualified aircraft technicians. It’s partly a demographic problem (baby boomers not having enough babies) and more likely due to crappy pay and benefits and quality of life. The result has been low levels of new entrants into aviation maintenance and consequent shortages causing higher prices for service and companies scrambling to find qualified personnel.

Despite all the talk about the shortage, I see nothing new on the horizon on how to solve this problem. Watch any group come together to discuss a personnel shortage, and the only solution they ever come up with is to try to get kids as young as kindergartners interested in aviation careers. Guess what? Every other industry on the planet is doing the same! Those poor kids, their heads must be spinning with all the opportunities.

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