Aviation must expand its workforce while a generation of experienced professionals retires, and competition for qualified talent intensifies. This panel will balance the scale of the staffing and training challenge with the safety consequences of how organizations respond, including competency, experience mix, supervision, training quality, and operational support. Leaders from across the aviation system will consider how to build capacity without normalizing thinner margins or repeating the vulnerabilities exposed during the pandemic recovery.

Moderator: Mitch Fox, Director, Flight Safety Foundation 

Panelists:  

Dr. Becky Lutte, Department Chair and Associate Professor, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU)  

Capt. Kazu Tachibana, Executive Vice President, Japan Airlines  

Richard Morris, Vice President, Global Aviation Safety and Governance, CAE