Plane & Pilot Survey: Aviation As A Career

How is the aviation industry as a career destination?

Aviation as a career.
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Key Takeaways:

  • The U.S. aviation industry has experienced a severe downturn due to the coronavirus pandemic, with airline business down as much as 90%.
  • Tens of thousands of pilots are facing reduced work hours or unemployment.
  • The decline also extends to new plane sales and the business aviation sector, which has been significantly impacted.
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Aviation as a career.
Photo by MyLight/Shutterstock

With the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, airline business in the United States is down as much as 90 percent, and tens of thousands of pilots are working less or not working at all. Sales of new planes are on the skids, and even business aviation is taking a big hit, with private flights way down, too. With all these challenges in mind, what is your sense of where we are as an industry?

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