![]() economy, other industries, too, face the same formidable challenge: Replenishing a workforce diminished by a surge of retirements that began during the pandemic and has continued since. Most of their existing mechanics are aging, and demand for travel is growing.Īcross the U.S. Fourteen of the 15 graduates did have jobs, and the only one who didn’t had an interview lined up for the next day.Īs happy as the moment was for the graduates, it epitomized the struggles of recruiters for airlines, plane manufacturers and repair shops that are desperately seeking mechanics. ![]() The crowd of about 70 friends and relatives, gathered in a hangar where the students had been trained, laughed appreciatively. ![]() “Who doesn’t? Because I have a job for you.” “Who doesn’t have a job?” Bandoh demanded, surveying the 15 graduates before him at the Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics’ training facility in Hagerstown, Maryland. WASHINGTON (AP) - Kwasi Bandoh, a senior recruiter for an airline, stood before a group of aviation mechanic students at their graduation ceremony last month and congratulated them for all having jobs.Īs some of the students began nudging each other, Bandoh realized that perhaps not every one of them had already been hired. ![]()
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