Pilot numbers increasing in Nev., declining nationwide
By Bailey Schulz, Las Vegas Review-Journal
According to a 2017 market outlook from Boeing, North American airlines will need to hire 117,000 new pilots by 2036 to keep up with an expanding fleet of aircraft.
“We haven’t felt the effects yet,” said Hilarie Grey, the director of corporate communications at Las Vegas-based Allegiant Air. “But we know it will affect us eventually.”
Smaller, regional airlines have been hit the hardest so far, she said. But in Nevada, the number of pilots is on the upswing.