China Faces Pilot Shortage
Travel Blog • Michael Yessis • 09.10.07 | 8:59 AM ET
The country will need 9,000 pilots in the next few years to accommodate the rapid growth of its travel industry, and Reuters reports it will fall 2,000 short. Among the solutions: recruiting foreign pilots and more women. Says Gao Hongfeng, deputy head of the General Administration of Civil Aviation of China: We are “very happy to see that many women are so enthusiastic about this industry and want to become part of it. Airlines have opened their doors to this, and the regulator has too.”
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