2008 ICAO SURVEY ICAO launched a survey in 2008 to assess the global and regional requirements for civil aviation personnel and associated training capacity The

GLOBAL AND REGIONAL 20-YEAR FORECASTS

ICAO SURVEY Forecasts for pilots, maintenance personnel, and ATCs Based on the size of future fleet projections for

SURVEY RESPONSE North America 100% Europe 80% Asia/Pacific 82 Latin America 54% Africa 50% Middle East 42%

Fleet Growth Rates PassengerCargoOther Africa 2.8%3.7%6.1% Asia/ Pacific 5.0%5.3%9.1% Europe 3.0%1.7%6.5% Latin A 3.8%4.3%6.0% Middle East 4.1%5.8%4.8% North America 1.8%1.6%2.8% World3.1%2.7%4.3%

Pilot Population Professional Pilots World Traffic Africa1%6% Asia/Pacific11%28% Europe18%28% Latin America 5%4% Middle East2% North America 63% (58% U.S.)32% World100%

U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS OF PILOT POPULATION Considering mandatory retirement age of 65 Approximately 85,000 pilots (31%) are aged 55 or older Among this age group 34,000 (13%) will be eligible for retirement from 2015 Approximately 118,000 pilots (43%) are aged 50 or more Among this age group, another 34,000 will be eligible for retirement from 2020

PILOTTRAININGNEEDS Pilots needed:203 0 Training Needs Training Capacity Shortage/ Surplus Africa Asia/Pacific Europe Latin America Middle East North America (15 681) (11 974)

WHAT SHORTAGE: WHAT DAY IS IT Furloughed: American: 1,900; United: 1,436, FlexJet: 17% of its Pilots January 9, 2012 Dallas news American Airlines on Monday made three big announcements: * It will stop flying its Chicago-Delhi, India, route on March 1. * It will close its Burbank, Calif., station and end Dallas/Fort Worth-Burbank flights. It will lay off 150 workers in the U.S.

Given the Projected Pilot Demand in North America, and the Current Training Infrastructure, a USAAP is not needed. Based on the new “Pilot-Act”, the Current Training Infrastructure will need to be Changed Given the Enormous Global Pilot Need, Fundamental Changes Need to Occur in the Industry Inherent Complication of the Logistics of a UASSP run Program THE BOTTOM LINE

ANOTHER BOTTOM LINE “The Government needs to do only what the people cannot do better by themselves, and no more”

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