Sara Withrow and Melanie Stawicki Azam Illustrations by Raul Arias. “The Pull of the Pilot Shortage.” Lift Magazine, 19 Apr. 2017, lift.erau.edu/pilot-shortage/. 24 Feb. 2018. Web.
The third source for my annotated bibliography comes from a published article called “The Pull of the Pilot Shortage" from "Lift Magazine" from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. The reason I chose this article was because of its creditability and in-depth information that is very valuable to my Capstone Project. Using the helpful research guide and spending quality time researching, I found a creditable and perfect article to include for my third annotated bibliography. The article come from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University which is a very creditable source because it comes from an educational university. This school also has a very good reputation when it comes to flight training and just about anything relating to aeronautics which fits into the criteria to establish this as a valid source. This article was just published last year which makes it very relevant, and it applies to my generation. Also, the predicted statistics in this source fit into the timing of my college graduation and entry into the work force. I feel very confident in discovering this article as the information included was extremely helpful and pushed me one step closer to answering my essential question. The article titled “The Pull of the Pilot Shortage” contains lots of information with various points of views to sum up and clearly define the pilot shortage. To begin this article was written in chronological order from the time when the aviation industry was at its worst; post 9/11. The author goes into detail explaining how air travel was greatly affected. Many airlines declared bankruptcy and even laid-off pilots. Furthermore the starting salary for a first officer pilot during that time was only $20,000; the equivalent to that of a fast-food worker. Years later as the economy started to pick up, the demand for pilots started to grow. One of the many advantages was regionals airlines increasing salaries "up to $60,000 with signing bonuses at select air carriers." (Withrow). This was a big turn on to attract pilots in hopes to increase the pilot supply. While it worked and is still working today, there have been other factors to blame for the shortage of pilots. One of them is the retirement age. "In 2007, the FAA extended its mandated retirement age for pilots from age 60 to age 65" (Withrow). This caused a constant gain and loss of pilots throughout the year. According to the General Aviation Manufacturers Association’s they report that "there are 17,921 active FAA Air Transport Pilots (ATP) pilots age 60 to 64. These pilots will “age-out” over the next five years. Another 24,749 ATP pilots ranging in age from 55 to 59 will follow suit by 2026, according to the report" (Withrow). This static is huge. Just within the next 8 years over 42,000 pilots will retire creating that many more positions open for new-upcoming pilots. It doesn't stop there. Airlines are buying more and more aircraft which in return needs more and more pilots to...well...fly them. Eventually, aircraft manufacturers will "start to make good on their delivery of aircraft over the next 20-30 years" (Withrow). While it is good, that manufactures will be speeding up production of aircraft, it is also a double edge sword as airlines are "not properly planning for the growing pilot shortage [which] could very well put some airlines out of business" (Withrow). It is an industry domino effect. Therefore, this will further increase the demand for pilots over the next 20 years which will be good for myself because I will be entering at a great time. Between the retirings of pilots and the addition of new airplanes, airlines will require more pilots to fly them plus better pay is an all around good thing. This article covers much, much more about the pilot shortage and the future of pilots in the aviation industry. This source will be helpful because it provides me with the future of pilots and explains the pilot shortage. The way I will incorporate it into my paper is through direct quotes with in-text citation and paraphrasing certain details to create my own understanding and explanation of their finding and ideas. It will be a great additional source to add to my Capstone Project because it adds valid points to help answer my essential question as well as add additional information to include in my paper. Overall this article has tons of information that I will include in my Capstone Project, and it will be widely used. I am very excited to include it and share my finding from this article because it will greatly help me answer my essential question.
Annotated Bibliography 2
Federal Aviation Administration. Congressional Digest. Jun 2013, Vol. 92 Issue 6, p8-32. 3p.
The second source for my annotated bibliography is "Future of the U.S. Aviation System" written by the Federal Aviation Administration and made by the Congressional Digest. This source is creditable because it comes directly from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) which is regulated and controlled by our government. They regulate the safety, rules, and requirement for everything regarding civil aviation. This source contains valid information because it breaks down the strategies and challenges regarding the changes to aviation while looking at the FAA’s mission and goals. It provides direct information from a government agency on how they plan on changing aviation. This source goes into detail about how the aviation industry will change within the next 10 years projected by the FAA. It presents the strategies and challenges that go along into each topic. Some of the topics discussed include making the aviation industry more safer. Aviation is already extremely safe according to a FAA statistic that "since the mid-1990s, the number of commercial air carrier fatal accidents has decreased nearly 80 percent" (FAA Congressional Digest 8) which is incredible and it is important to continue to advance in safety for all travelers. Another main improvement is creating a more environmentally friendly industry, and that goes into making more efficient aircraft. The FAA's solution is implementing a program called Next-gen which “combines changes to the way aircraft are routed, with new, more fuel-efficient technology and improved fuels to reduce aviation’s environmental “footprint" (FAA Congressional Digest 8). Infrastructure was another key detail discussed. Improving on infrastructure will make for easier traveling along with continuing to add a higher level of safety. One big topic discussed by the FAA was making air traffic control a lot more advanced with better technology and equipment to safely monitor and control the skies while making for more on-time arrivals and departures which, in return, creates a less stressful environment for the crew and passengers. This source will be most useful when analyzing how aviation will change within the next 10 years. It will provide me with information from the FAA on how they plan on improving and changing aviation by ways of strategies while taking into consideration the challenges. The way I will incorporate it into my paper is through direct quotes with in-text citation and paraphrasing certain details to create my own understanding and explanation of their finding and ideas. It will be a great additional source to add to my Capstone project because it adds valid points to help answer my essential question as well as add additional information to include in my paper. While this source does not completely answer my question, it will be useful when looking at various forms of improving aviation regarding safety, infrastructure, and air traffic control. Overall, I am happy to have discovered this source, and I am confident about my findings and that this will be a reliable source for my project.
Annotated Bibliography 1
Judge, Barbara. Director. Jun 2016, Vol. 69 Issue 9, p62-67. 6p. The article I chose as a source for my annotated bibliography was “The Future of Aviation” by Barbara Judge. Once I discovered this article and read it, I was very pleased with the information and amount of detail in this relevant and reliable source. This is a credible source because of the various people on this panel bringing in different opinions rather than a bias. The article was published by the Institute of Directors (IoD) who conduct round table discussions. In addition, these are professionals and business people who are the leaders of companies and have the best interests for them. After analyzing it, I still need to do more research for my potential topic to gather other ideas, opinions and potential quotes to go into my paper. However, this source was helpful to me and completely relates to my topic. This article or rather a Socratic seminar discusses the future of air travel in Great Britain. The information found in this article can be used as evidence to show what airports and aircraft manufactures are doing to improve on the traveling, environmental, economical and business aspects of aviation. Some aspects mentioned were to improve the longevity of aircrafts by making them with carbon material and increasing the power of the engines to make long flight routes because “it is now possible for an aircraft to set off from Gatwick, and reach Perth, Australia, without stopping” (Wingate 64) doing all of this while making them cleaner for the environment. They mentioned how the improvement of mass transportation to the airport would lessen the stress of passengers because “getting to and from the airport is an important part of the journey, and when you arrive at the airport you want as little hassle as possible” (Shaw 64). Additionally, adding more runways will allow for more arrivals and departure without a busy airspace. This is just scraping the surface about the possibilities of the future of aviation, and the panel does a good job taking these topics and further breaking them down to find some solutions on the future of air travel. This source will be used to analyze certain aspects of the future of aviation covered in this article. While it is a broad topic, there are import points discussed which will help with concrete detail in my research paper. The information that will be used from this source will have direct quote and in-text citation as well as paraphrasing from the article. These will be mostly in the body paragraphs as this is one direct source of evidence to add to my commentary. While it didn’t help me answer all my questions, it definitely hit on a few important points that I will include in my bibliography and I think this will be the perfect source to use to cover those details as it is a crucial piece to my paper.