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Aviation: Crew

Commons · Question 77069 · Tabled 15 Sep 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record

Answered 14 Oct 2025

Question

Asked by Jim Shannon

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an estimate of the number of commercial airline pilots the UK will need to train each year to provide the workforce required (a) at current levels and (b) to meet anticipated lev

Answer

Answered by Keir Mather, 14 Oct 2025

As the UK aviation sector operates predominantly in the private sector, it is for individual airlines to recruit and train pilots to meet today’s demand and the demand of the future. I therefore welcome the funded pilot training programmes that British Ai...