Preparing to lead the bandwagon: A case of growing Indian aviation industry

The rising number of aircraft in the country and the new civil aviation policy only forecast an enormous requirement for regional aircraft in the country in the future but this has also raised the concern regarding the availability of a required number of skilled and qualified workforce. The skilled manpower is the backbone of the aviation industry for the safe operation of airlines but the way it is expanding in India, it would be difficult to have a sufficient number of skilled manpower to meet the requirement of growing aviation industry. This demand for a skilled workforce is very high and cannot be addressed by existing training infrastructure. The situation will get worse if the effective and immediate actions are not taken on time. To effectively overcome this problem, the government has to come forward with an agenda addressing the key elements such as training needs, training infrastructure, and workforce planning. There is strong need of simplified policy along with strong determination from the government as well as private sector to support this growing sector in term of investment in training, better wages, healthier lifestyle and adoption of latest technology.