MONDAY BUSINESS; THE AGENDA: AVIATION; Industry faces a pilot shortage; Airlines raid flight schools, creating a dearth of instructors to train next wave

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  • Author(s): By:Andrew Van Dam
  • Source:
    Los Angeles Times (CA), June 4, 2018 Main News Home Edition, 5pp
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    • Abstract:
      Airlines' insatiable demand for pilots threatens to sabotage flight schools' ability to train new ones. Carriers are raising wages and hoarding every available pilot -- including the instructors schools rely on to teach incoming students. The very pilot pipeline that is supposed to meet decades of projected labor shortfalls is being squeezed...