A call to the Canadian government: support pilot recruitment rather than pilot replacement

The feds can play their part by creating a national aviation plan that includes subsidizing or otherwise financially supporting a pipeline of pilots.

It is anticipated that Canada will need for more than 7,000 pilots in the next few years and we need investment in people as well as investment in new technologies, write Geraint Harvey and Peter Turnbull.Photograph courtesy of Unsplash

Opinion

BY Geraint Harvey,Peter Turnbull

April 19, 2023

There has been a good deal of buzz about extended minimum crew operations (eMCO) and single pilot operations (SiPO) in the mainstream media recently. The potential replacement of pilots by a remo...

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