Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 16 November 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

Update on Issues in Aviation Sector: Engagement with Mr. Willie Walsh

Mr. Willie Walsh:

That is a good question. Some of the challenges the Senator highlighted, which are real, are temporary in nature. I do not think they will prevent us from achieving our ambitions in the medium to long term. I fully expect issues such as staffing to be resolved, and in many cases, they are being or have been resolved. I do not expect that to remain a problem for us.

It is a problem in some countries, however. The US, for example, faces a pilot shortage, but that is principally as a result of requirements for commercial pilots in the US that do not exist in other parts of the world. It has a structural issue that I do not see it overcoming in the short term, and that will certainly have an impact in the US for some years to come.

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