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Published 11 months ago

Know any airplane mechanics? A wave of retirements is leaving some US industries desperate to hire

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A surge of retirements, a slowdown in immigration are the primary factors behind labor shortages. The percentage of workers who are 55 or older is nearly 24%, up from only about 15% two decades ago. In the airline industry, more than one-third of mechanics are between 55 and 64.

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Know any airplane mechanics? A wave of retirements is leaving some US industries desperate to hire

WASHINGTON (AP) — Kwasi Bandoh, a senior recruiter for an airline, stood before a group of aviation mechanic students at their graduation ceremony last month and congratulated them for all

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Know any airplane mechanics? A wave of retirements is leaving some US industries desperate to hire

Across the U.S. economy, a number of industries are facing the same formidable challenge: Replenishing a workforce that is being diminished by a surge of retirements that began during the pandemic and has continued since

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Know any airplane mechanics? A wave of retirements is leaving some US industries desperate to hire

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Kwasi Bandoh, a senior recruiter for an airline, stood before a group of aviation mechanic students at their graduation ceremony last month and congratulated them for all having jobs. As some of the students began nudging each other, Bandoh realized that perhaps not every one of them had already been hired. “Who doesn’t have a job?” Bandoh demanded, surveying the 15 graduates before h…

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Know any airplane mechanics? A wave of retirements is leaving some US industries desperate to hire

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Kwasi Bandoh, a senior recruiter for an airline, stood before a group of aviation mechanic students at their graduation ceremony last month and congratulated them for all having jobs. As some of the students began nudging each other, Bandoh realized that perhaps not every one of them had already been hired. “Who doesn’t have a job?” Bandoh demanded, surveying the 15 graduates before h…

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Wave of retirements leaving some industries desperate to hire

The aging workforce also helps explain the confounding nature of the economy right now.

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Know any airplane mechanics? A wave of retirements is leaving some US industries desperate to hire

WASHINGTON (AP) — Kwasi Bandoh, a senior recruiter for an airline, stood before a group of aviation mechanic students at their graduation ceremony last month and congratulated them for all having jobs. As some of the students began nudging each other, Bandoh realized that perhaps not every one of them had already been hired. “Who doesn’t have a job?” Bandoh demanded, surveying the 15 graduates before him at the Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronauti…

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