Annotated Bibliography on the Causes and Impacts of Pilot Shortage

This annotated bibliography examines the multifaceted issue of the global pilot shortage, drawing from a range of scholarly articles, industry reports, and news sources. The bibliography encompasses various aspects of the crisis, including its impact on the aviation industry, factors contributing to the shortage, and potential solutions. Sources such as Forbes, CNBC, and academic journals like the Journal of Aviation/Aerospace Education & Research are included, providing data, expert opinions, and analyses of the pilot supply chain, regional airline responses, and the influence of factors like pilot qualification rules and economic conditions. The bibliography also highlights the sustainability perspective of the pilot shortage, addressing both the challenges and opportunities within the aviation sector. The sources explore the shortage's impact on various airlines, including Republic, and discuss the challenges faced by the industry. The bibliography provides a comprehensive overview of the pilot shortage, offering insights into its complexities and potential solutions.

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ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY

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References
Subject: Pilot shortage
1. Garcia, M., (2018), A 'Perfect Storm' Pilot Shortage Threatens Global Aviation, Retrieved on:
7th Sep, 2019, From: https://www.forbes.com/sites/marisagarcia/2018/07/27/a-perfect-
storm-pilot-shortage-threatens-global-aviation-even-private-jets/#538d346c1549
This source discusses the impact of pilot shortages on a global scale using latest data on
the pilot crisis that has now become a threat to the global aviation system. The source also
highlights the significant gap between the demand and the availability of pilots globally that have
been affecting all the sectors related to aviation.
For this reason, valuable statements of Boeing and Bob Seidel, CEO of the company
named Alerion Aviation regarding the shortage of pilots around the world in order to illuminate
some authentic information on the topic. This source is thus very much useful as the writer
identifies and explains all the important factors that have been from a very long time behind the
emergence of the pilot crisis globally.
2. Higgins, J., Lovelace, K., Bjerke, E., Lounsberry, N., Lutte, R., Friedenzohn, D., & Craig, P.
(2013). An investigation of the United States airline pilot labor supply. Grand Forks, ND,
University of North Dakota, University of Nebraska Omaha, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical
University, Southern Illinois University, LeTourneau University, Middle Tennessee State
University, 35. Retrieved on: 7th Sep, 2019, From:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rebecca_Lutte/publication/249315130_An_Investig
ation_of_the_United_States_Airline_Pilot_Labor_Supply/links/
02e7e51e45a9ec19d8000000.pdf
This source has been talked about the pilot supply in the United States Airline. It has
been noted here that United States has been suffering from the shortage of pilots from quite a
long time. This shortage in the supply of pilots directs to various levels of factors that may have
been the core reasons behind this increasing pilot supply shortage.

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This source discusses all these causes rationally using data on aviation industry of United
States. The writers of this source have been associated with aviation universities. Thus, the
analysis of the issue covered in this source can be very useful.
3. Lutte, B. (2018). Pilot supply at the regional airlines: Airline response to the changing
environment and the impact on pilot hiring. Journal of Aviation/Aerospace Education &
Research, 27(1), 1-22. Retrieved on: 7th Sep, 2019, From:
https://commons.erau.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1749&context=jaaer
This source explains and analyses the responses of the regional airlines towards the
shifting environment in the aviation industry regarding the pilot crisis. The source also talks
about the impact of this shifting environment over the hiring of the pilots. This source is useful
because it shades light to a different area of significance that involves how pilots have been
facing issues related to wages and work environment.
Thus, this source can be beneficial to look into socio economic aspects that may have
been causing the pilot crisis. Moreover, the source includes interviews of some pilot recruiting
panel members in order to shade light on the matter more authentically.
4. Lutte, R., & Lovelace, K. (2016). Airline pilot supply in the US: Factors influencing the
collegiate pilot pipeline. Journal of Aviation Technology and Engineering, 6(1), 8.
Retrieved on: 7th Sep, 2019, From: https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?
article=1148&context=jate
This source has been specifically talked about the pilot hiring issue in the United States.
The source also shades light on the issue emerging in the pilot pipeline that has been affecting
the pilot supply in the U.S. specifically, the source illuminate the impact of the new change in
rule regarding the minimum qualification of pilots by the First Officer Qualification or the FOQ.
This source is helpful because it not only presents secondary data on the pilot crisis issue
but also presents survey study on the aviation students. This survey illuminates various factors
that have been influencing their decisions to choose different career options over joining as
regional pilots. All these factors have been analyzed and recommendations have been provided
in this source that may be helpful for solving the issue of pilot crisis in the future.

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5. Meredith, S., (2019), Boeing CEO says a global pilot shortage is ‘one of the biggest
challenges’ facing the airline industry, CNBC, Retrieved on: 7th Sep, 2019, From:
https://commons.erau.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1749&context=jaaer
This source also focuses on the increasing pilot crisis issue that has been affecting This
source also focuses on the increasing pilot crisis issue that has been affecting the aviation
industry globally. For this reason, the source highlights certain areas that have been the probable
reasons behind the issue.
This source is useful because it includes relevant data that shows that this pilot crisis has
become one of the greatest challenges in the history of the aviation industry. Moreover, the
source includes analytical statements of the CEO of Boeing on the above mentioned issue.
6. National training aircraft symposium (2018), Pilot Shortage: Sustainability Perspective,
Retrieved on: 7th Sep, 2019, From: http://commons.erau.edu/ntas
This source has highlighted the issue of pilot shortage from a perspective of
sustainability. This talks more about the possibilities and the opportunities in the aviation
industry.
This source is useful as it focuses on the fact that the growth in the aviation industry
needs to be sustainable which needs a balanced strategy. This can be taken as a solution to the
issue of pilot crisis that has been hindering the opportunities in this sector. Besides, the source
also identifies different factors of sustainable growth and some recommendations that may work
as solutions to the ongoing pilot shortage.
7. Robert, S., (2019), Shortage of Pilots Key Factor in Republic’s Chapter II Filing, travel
weekly 7 Mar. 2016: 6+. Business Insights: Essentials, Retrieved on: 7th Sep, 2019,
From: http://bi.gale.com.ezproxy.libproxy.db.erau.edu/essentials/article/GALE
%7CA447930312?u=embry
This source has talked about the issue of pilot shortage in the Republic. For this purpose,
some key factors have been included in the source that needs to be analyzed closely in order to
understand the issue and impact of pilot shortage on the aviation industry.

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Moreover, this source is useful for identifying and analyzing the factors behind the pilot
shortage issue in the Republic. The source can be termed useful also because it highlights the
impact of the pilot shortage using relevant secondary statistical data on the issue.

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Reference list
Garcia, M., (2018), A 'Perfect Storm' Pilot Shortage Threatens Global Aviation, Retrieved on: 7th
Sep, 2019, From: https://www.forbes.com/sites/marisagarcia/2018/07/27/a-perfect-storm-pilot-
shortage-threatens-global-aviation-even-private-jets/#538d346c1549
Higgins, J., Lovelace, K., Bjerke, E., Lounsberry, N., Lutte, R., Friedenzohn, D., & Craig, P.
(2013). An investigation of the United States airline pilot labor supply. Grand Forks, ND,
University of North Dakota, University of Nebraska Omaha, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical
University, Southern Illinois University, LeTourneau University, Middle Tennessee State
University, 35. Retrieved on: 7th Sep, 2019, From:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rebecca_Lutte/publication/249315130_An_Investigation_o
f_the_United_States_Airline_Pilot_Labor_Supply/links/02e7e51e45a9ec19d8000000.pdf
Lutte, B. (2018). Pilot supply at the regional airlines: Airline response to the changing
environment and the impact on pilot hiring. Journal of Aviation/Aerospace Education &
Research, 27(1), 1-22. Retrieved on: 7th Sep, 2019, From:
https://commons.erau.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1749&context=jaaer
Lutte, R., & Lovelace, K. (2016). Airline pilot supply in the US: Factors influencing the
collegiate pilot pipeline. Journal of Aviation Technology and Engineering, 6(1), 8. Retrieved on:
7th Sep, 2019, From: https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1148&context=jate
Meredith, S., (2019), Boeing CEO says a global pilot shortage is ‘one of the biggest challenges’
facing the airline industry, CNBC, Retrieved on: 7th Sep, 2019, From:
https://commons.erau.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1749&context=jaaer
National training aircraft symposium (2018), Pilot Shortage: Sustainability Perspective,
Retrieved on: 7th Sep, 2019, From: http://commons.erau.edu/ntas
Robert, S., (2019), Shortage of Pilots Key Factor in Republic’s Chapter II Filing, travel weekly 7
Mar. 2016: 6+. Business Insights: Essentials, Retrieved on: 7th Sep, 2019, From:
http://bi.gale.com.ezproxy.libproxy.db.erau.edu/essentials/article/GALE%7CA447930312?
u=embry