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Discover Your Career Opportunity In The Aviation Industry

July 26, 2013

With 7.1 billion people living on our planet and the phenomenal technology advances in the modern airplanes, we can be anywhere in the world within 24 hours, where in the past it took weeks and month of travelling

It’s impossible to provide any kind of realistic estimate of the number of planes in the sky at one time. The numbers will differ from source to source but it would be realistic to estimate 25,000 to 50,000 flights a day, meaning that there could be somewhere between 3 to 4 million people traveling on a daily base or between 1  to 1.4 Billion people annually.

Aviation is a vital part of the increasingly globalized world economy, facilitating the growth of international trade, tourism and international investment, and connecting people across continents.

The aviation industry itself is a major direct generator of employment and economic activity with over 56 million people employed worldwide in the aviation world, contributing over $500 billion to global GDP; 24 million working directly in the aviation industry and the remainder in tourism and travel. It is estimated that by the year 2014 there will be over 3.2 billion people travelling by air and one third of the manufacture exports will be  transported by air contributing to over 1,000 billion dollars in revenue.

Aviation remains a fundamental element of society and there’s growing need for qualified personnel offering a wide range of aviation career opportunities to suit many interesting skills, There are concerns that there is an underlying problem with the aviation industry growth and the greatest threat to the aviation safety factor are the anticipated shortage of skilled aviation professionals and aviation educators that will have to be applying to certify the new generation of aviation professional. Fortunately for all of us, the variety of skills needed to support the aviation industry is wide-ranging, enabling you to choose a career based on your mathematical, mechanical, human resource, technology, business Law or communication skills and more.

The fact remains that people want to travel and the airlines will have to add over 15,000 new aircraft to their current commercial fleet and will need over 200,000 pilots and 300,000 new technicians over the following ten years.

If you are thinking about going after a job in aviation, and based on where your talents fit, here are a few in-demand job options within the aviation industry which will pay between 35,000 and 120,000 USD annually: for example Air travel Pilot, Co-pilot, Flight Engineer, Avionics Specialist, Aircraft Auto technician, Aircraft Electrical installer, Aircraft Maintenance, Plane Inspector, Air Marshal, Aircraft Loadmaster, Air Traffic Controller, Aerospace Program Management, Aerospace Engineer, Flight Attendant, Flight Dispatcher, Aircraft Refueler, Air Freight Agent, Aircraft Ground Handler, Air travel Security Screener, Baggage Handler, Ticket Reservation.

These a few of the aviation related job options that you could decide to pursue within the aviation industry. Just keep in mind that apart from these careers, the aviation market is also available to other profession like software programmer, webmaster, network engineer, system administrator, Entrepreneurs, Customer support and much more

So, if you have a passion for the aviation industry and you are searching for a thrilling career, then we suggest that you take the leap and pursue your dream to work for an aviation related company.

With passion everything is possible if you are prepared to spend some time to do your own research to grow your knowledge, there are many websites offering informative aviation programs to give you a head start.

Good luck with your new career.

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