CAT Editor-in-Chief Rick Adams, FRAeS, talks with Kit Darby, one of the leading experts on professional pilot careers about the state of the North American aviation market – recovery, retirements, furloughs, pay packages, and advice for moving to the head of the queue when hiring restarts (perhaps sooner than you think).

The first section of this five part series is on Airline Recovery Scenarios and the Impact of Pilot Retirements.

Kit Darby outlines possible airline recovery models, pilot retirements at the major US airlines, scenarios for the resumption of pilot hiring, and a comparison of airline early-retirement offers. 

A commentary by Naveed Kapadia on the economic hardships triggered by the pandemic and the need for a consistent, coordinated approach by governments and other stakeholders.

There have been wide reports of mass airline redundancies in recent weeks as the entire aviation industry goes through a severely turbulent time. These difficult times are the lag indicators of wider challenges upstream.

Airlines in Europe were beginning to show some signs of recovery, however fragile, when the virus numbers started to rise again. The steady traffic increase clearly stopped since 7 August and traffic is at ‐51.5% (7‐day rolling average) compared to 2019.

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CAT Editor-in-Chief Rick Adams, FRAeS, highlights the stories that caught his eye in a new Halldale feature titled Rick’s Picks.

Missed the maintenance sessions of our APATS 2020 virtual conference? Don't worry, you can catch up with all the final day discussion here. 

CAT Editor-in-Chief Rick Adams, FRAeS, talks with Kit Darby, one of the leading experts on professional pilot careers about the state of the North American aviation market – recovery, retirements, furloughs, pay packages, and advice for moving to the head of the queue when hiring restarts (perhaps sooner than you think).

The second section of this five part series is on Furloughs, Leaves of Absence, and the US CARES Act .

Kit discusses “what scares him more” than the coronavirus.  Also, furloughs, leaves of absence, and what happens when the CARES Act expires in October.