Boeing to fill thousands of vacant jobs

Airlines need a million pilots, and even more maintenance crew, says Boeing. The company predicts the commercial industry greatly needs 466,650 pilots and 596, 500 maintenance workers over the next 20 years to meet demand.

The report says that the largest growth will be in China and the Asia-Pacific region. But apparently makes it clear that North America requires 97, 350 pilots and 137, 000 maintenance workers over the next two decades.

Newly trained pilots are expected to swarm, while Boeing’s towing ways to increase training and education of prospective workers. But these jobs will be in Oklahoma only. The director of the Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission says the state is in dire need for efficient employees.