by Jake Welch, The National Pulse:
Flying in the United States is set to become unaffordable for normal Americans with a combination of severe pilot shortages and increasingly-demanding pilot unions causing ticket prices to soar.
It is estimated that airlines across North America will suffer shortages of around 30,000 pilots over the next decades, as the U.S. is failing to train enough, with others opting to retire early.
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“The supply of new pilots will grow, but not enough to offset a continuing wave of retirements,” states the management consulting firm, Oliver Wyman.
Pilot unions are doubling down as a result of the increased leverage and are able to drive a hard bargain in negotiations with airlines. Pilots working for United Airlines, for example, look set to receive a 34.5 to 40.5 percent pay increase over the next four years, with United having to offer other perquisites, including job security and retirement packages, and better benefits and work-life balance assurances. Pilots employed by American Airlines, too, are pushing for better pay and working conditions to match those of United, causing the companies to increase ticket prices to make up for the shortfall.
Though increasingly unaffordable, Americans will still at least have the option to fly. France, by comparison, recently announced a ban on all short-haul flights under two-and-a-half hours in an effort to “reduce carbon emissions.”
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