Careers

Much of the industry has been focused on the 206,000 pilots a recent Boeing report says will be needed in the U.S. over the next 25 years. Not nearly as well publicized, however, is that same study calls for 189,000 aircraft maintenance technicians by 2045. In a new white paper, AAR says the personnel shortage […]

Officials from International Aero Academy and Southeastern University gathered at Lakeland Linder International Airport in Florida on Wednesday to announce a new aviation program that they believe will blaze the trail for a solution to the pilot shortage. Joined by SEU President Kent Ingle and others at IAA’s LAL facilities, IAA President Steven Markhoff declared […]

The Los Angeles Unified School District, working closely with the Van Nuys Aviation Center and Clay Lacy Aviation said recent program opportunities for female mechanics at the LAUSD’s top training program show the percentage of women in the A&P program at Van Nuys – 10 percent – far exceeds the national average for women employed […]

Embraer made headlines at the NBAA Convention earlier this month by launching a pair of technologically advanced jets, the Praetor 500 and 600, as it continues to establish itself as a leading manufacturer of business airplanes. The Brazilian company has hired 2,000 workers in the U.S., which has grown to be a major hub of […]

In our latest video in our Jobs in Aviation series, McDermott & Bull CEO Rod McDermott discusses how to attract the right employees to an aviation organization with Gogo Business Aviation President Sergio Aguirre at NBAA 2018. Gogo has grown from a small startup with just a handful of employees to one of the most […]

As part of our ongoing Jobs in Aviation video series, Rod McDermott, CEO of executive search firm McDermott & Bull, sat down with Dr. Barry Butler, the president of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, to discuss ways in which a major aviation university can help solve the severe labor shortage that is impacting the entire aviation industry. […]

Piper Aircraft in Vero Beach, Florida, is enjoying its best financial health in well over a decade thanks to increasing demand for its training airplanes used by flight schools around the world to address the growing pilot shortage. But that success is putting a strain on the company to find and retain talented workers, particularly […]

There’s never been a better time for career switchers to land a job in aviation than right now. Nobody knows that better perhaps than Mark Baker, the president of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association. That’s because Baker is a career switcher himself, having left the retail world to pursue his passion as the head […]

With demand for their skills growing, aviation maintenance technicians can have their pick of career paths, and Lynze Price was determined to explore them all. The Troy, Alabama, native decided in high school that she wanted to be an aircraft mechanic, and after researching educational options for earning her FAA Airframe & Powerplant mechanic certificates, […]

In our Jobs in Aviation video series, McDermott & Bull’s Rod McDermott talks with Avidyne founder Dan Scwhinn about opportunities for career switchers in the aviation industry. McDermott & Bull, an executive search firm, is holding a career fair at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh today in the media center near the Wittman Airport control tower that […]