Commercial Flight Training at Atlanta Regional Airport-Falcon Field (KFFC) in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Academy of Aviation welcomes and teaches both career airline and private recreational flight students. Learn to fly for work or for fun.
A message to enterprising Student Pilots in the Atlanta, GA region:
Our Atlanta pilot training location has become a symbol of Academy of Aviation's growth and
dedication to new and aspiring flight training students.
Choosing to open a flight school in the Atlanta region was an easy decision; the proximity to
the major Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and the charm of remote forests
and the monadnock mountains of Arabia, Panola, and Stone Mountain make learning to fly in
the Atlanta area one of the most thrilling places to explore the next chapter of your life.
The latest Boeing Pilot & Technician Outlook 2020–2039 projects that 763,000
new civil aviation pilots will be needed to fly and maintain the global fleet over the next
20 years. The forecast suggests that air traffic recovers to 2019 levels within the next few
years.
Boeing predicts “the long-term need (for pilots) remains robust.” Boeing’s report says it
will “take around three years for commercial air travel to return to 2019 levels” but notes
that “business aviation is currently in the midst of a robust recovery.” Retirements and
other vacancies should leave “openings that will need to be filled by furloughed and new
aviators.”
Boeing also states, “as the industry positions itself for recovery, adequate qualified pilot supply remains an important consideration as a large contingent of the workforce approaches mandatory retirement age. Positions left vacant because of retirements will need to be filled, which is likely to coincide with industry recovery, fleet growth and efforts by other operators to recruit new pilots for similar purposes.”
In the time it takes to complete your flight training and earn your ATP, Boeing predicts that the job market will recover and flourish as it traditionally has done in the past:
“While the current industry downturn, driven by COVID-19, has resulted in a temporary oversupply of qualified personnel, the long-term need remains robust. In recent decades, aviation has experienced external forces that have affected demand, such as 9/11, SARS and the Great Financial Crisis. Recovery has generally followed several years later, as the fundamentals driving passenger and air traffic demand remain strong.”
-Boeing’s Pilot and Technician Outlook 2020–2039
