The labour and skills crisis in aviation and aerospace

The Canadian Council for Aviation and Aerospace forecasts a need to hire more than 58,000 workers by 2028 to meet industry attrition and growth.

New ways of training are needed, because it is not realistic to believe governments will fund the massive increase in brick and mortar programs needed to address the shortage of graduates in the aviation sector, writes Robert Donald, executive director of the Canadian Council for Aviation & Aerospace.Photograph courtesy of Flickr

Opinion

BY Robert Donald

April 4, 2022

The shortage of skilled workers in the aviation and aerospace sector is a persistent problem that is hampering industry growth. In 2021, Aviation and Aerospace employed an estimated 133,488 workers across Canada, down 24 per cent from 174,840 in 2019. The Canadian Council for Aviation and Aerospace...

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