News / Looming pilot shortage stalks air cargo operators as more narrowbodies are converted into freighters

21/03/2016

Aircraft conversion outfits are going full tilt turning narrowbody aircraft into freighters to meet rampant demand for capacity to carry the rapid growth of e-commerce shipments, but a shortage of flight crews threatens to hamper the expansion of narrowbody fleets and regional freighters.

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