I heard that Boeing conducted a study a few years ago stating that there will be a need for hundreds of thousands of pilots and aircraft maintenance technicians in the next few decades, and the FAA recently opened up thousands of ATC positions. But is there any shortage or demand for aviation professionals who run the airports, airlines, FBOs, and other aviation related businesses? Or is there no demand for them?
Will there be a shortage or demand for aviation management professionals in the next few decades?
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hook_dupin
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My view is that it won't be much of a growth area and there aren't really any barriers to entry.
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Roger Roger
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There will always be a demand for people who can look slick in a suit, realize synergies, focus on strengths, and eliminate redundancies while being customer-centric and people-driven.
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And as a person who is occasionally sick and tired of being managed (instead of being led), I can say that there's no shortage of professional management, but oft, a shortage of leadership.
(This is not limited to aviation, mind you.)
TWP
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Management will always be a viable field, however, it is usually a buddy system. You have to know people. Not so true for the airlines or atc. It seems to me that usually those in a management position are former pilots, mx techs, etc. who have held other positions previously within the company.
If your plan is to acquire a management degree and then go around applying for management positions, you will fail. If your plan is to shake hands, talk with people, and form a well knitted network by working a lower end job while also working on your management degree, you will be successful. Most jobs are about who you know to some degree, management positions in general seem to be all about who you know.
If your plan is to acquire a management degree and then go around applying for management positions, you will fail. If your plan is to shake hands, talk with people, and form a well knitted network by working a lower end job while also working on your management degree, you will be successful. Most jobs are about who you know to some degree, management positions in general seem to be all about who you know.
Roger Roger
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Screaming_Emu
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They are lacking in quality, not quantity.
TWP
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Most companies don't employ management to lead you, they employ management to crack the whip that keeps you in line. They are simply there to make sure the system runs. This is obviously a poor way of doing things now that we are no longer purely a manufacturing society, but for some reason the method clings to life. Maybe as the baby boomers die off, this will change.
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TWP
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Most companies don't employ management to lead you, they employ management to crack the whip that keeps you in line. They are simply there to make sure the system runs. This is obviously a poor way of doing things now that we are no longer purely a manufacturing society, but for some reason the method clings to life. Maybe as the baby boomers die off, this will change.
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Bruce Wayne
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Leadership is a vital skill to have in general. If you ever want to get anything done, you have to inspire people. I strongly believe that good leaders aren't born, but are made. A good leader also was at one time a follower. There are a lot of people in management who believe that they need to stand over their employee's shoulder and breathe down their necks aka micro management. These are the people who don't possess any leadership. A good manager makes sure that his employees know how to do their job, have the right tools to perform their job, and makes sure that everybody's job conforms to the objective of the business.