GLOBAL PILOT SHORTAGE OUTLOOK · UNTIL 2038

pilots are the currency
Projections show that at the current rate of pilots entering the profession there will not be enough pilots to fly the increasing fleet. Massive global pilot shortage is causing desperate airlines to raise salaries.
With the global fleet doubling in the next 20 years, 550,000 new pilots -645,000 according to Boeing- will be needed over that period.

30.000 pilots
needed / year
to face growth of active pilot pool for market expansion, pilot retirement and atrittion.
25,000 pilots
trained / year
assuming that all training centers around the world are working at 100% capacity.
5,000 pilots
shortfall / year
Yearly shortfall
SOURCE
Airbus Global Market Forecast 2017-2036 & 2016 Boeing’s Current Market Outlook.
WARNING
All figures shown are extracted from the latest released outlook from Airbus, Boeing and IATA. Covid 19 effects are not considered for being released earlier than the outbreak.