Reduce Training Costs

Yesterday, an industry executive made the call to reduce the cost of training for airline pilots and mechanics. She said, "New planes will require more than 18,000 new pilots every year -- 360,000 pilots over the next 20 years -- on average, through 2025 as well as 480,000 new mechanics during that period of time." She added, "As the need for training continues to rise, we must, as an industry, find a way to lower the costs." So, who was the executive making those strong statements? An airline executive? The director of a large corporate flight department? The president of a trade union? Actually, it was the president of Alteon, Sherry Carbary. That's right, Alteon Training company! The statements were made in her keynote speech at the World Aviation Training Symposium and Tradeshow (WATS). Those are pretty strong statements. Even more so considering Carbary was making those statements in front of a group of her peers -- other aviation training companies. So, what do you think? Do you think the cost of maintenance training is too much? Or, do you consider the cost in line with the value you get for that training? Share your thoughts with us. To read the full story as reported by Aero-News.net, click here. Thanks for reading! Joe Escobar