NEXT GEN INITIATIVE

The long-term market forecasts from Airbus (2025–2044) and Boeing (2025–2044) reveal an urgent workforce crisis facing the global commercial aviation sector. Driven by resilient air travel demand that outpaces economic growth, the global aircraft fleet is projected to nearly double over the next 20 years. To safely maintain and operate these expanding fleets, both manufacturers project a massive demand for new technical talent, identifying a critical need for 705,000 to 710,000 new maintenance technicians and engineering-adjacent personnel [i.e. continuing airworthiness personnel] worldwide. Furthermore, they both agree that scaling up training pipelines will play a significant role in addressing his demand. However, most traditional aeronautical and aerospace engineering and technical management degree programmes still focus predominantly on aircraft design, production and initial airworthiness requirements. Consequently, graduates from these programmes are unaware of, and lack the knowledge and skills necessary to take on, direct entry opportunities in continuing airworthiness.

It is for this reason that we have established the Next Gen Project, which is an initiative designed to address the afore referenced challenge in a small but significant way.

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