Career opportunities are on the rise in the airline industry, enough to the extent that some companies’ recruitment reaches potential candidates as young as 10 years of age, according to a published report.
TIMCO Aviation in North Carolina views fourth grade students as future enthusiasts of aviation, a company administrator told CNBC earlier this month. To that end, the company pays visits to elementary schools to sow those seeds.
“Being around aircraft is fun, so we do like to go to elementary schools and get people interested in aviation,” vice president of industry and government relations Kip Blakely with the company told the news source, noting it is aiming to augment payrolls by as many as 400 technicians. “We have major plans to expand. That is really a headwind to our expansion.”
Through 2032, airplane manufacturing giant Boeing believes traffic for global cargo and passengers will surge about 5 percent per year. In order to meet that development, the industry must augment fleets with nearly 21,000 jets.
CNN reports the sector’s growth also is impacting the Asia Pacific region, where demand for air travel is up 35 percent, the regional fleet has climbed three-fold and almost 13,000 new jets are in need.