A chronic shortage of airline pilots, engineers and air traffic controllers is grounding flights and stoking safety concerns around the world.
Airlines, already buffeted by record-high oil prices, are cutting routes and even flying around badly affected countries in the wake of a skills crunch. A spokesman for the International Air Transport Association (IATA), the industry body, said that a dearth of trained staff was becoming “a serious global issue ... as aviation becomes a low-cost industry”.
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Airlines, already buffeted by record-high oil prices, are cutting routes and even flying around badly affected countries in the wake of a skills crunch. A spokesman for the International Air Transport Association (IATA), the industry body, said that a dearth of trained staff was becoming “a serious global issue ... as aviation becomes a low-cost industry”.
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