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...