Lindsay Bjerregaard at Aviation Week Network reports United Airlines, like other carriers in the U.S., is bracing for an impending wave of Aviation Maintenance Technician retirements. This has necessitated major hiring pushes to replace retiring Workers, leading to an industry-wide trend toward what Boeing has labeled “juniority across the workforce.” To bridge the gap, United is expanding investments in Tech Ops training, including growing its Calibrate Apprenticeship Program and opening a new Technical Operations Training Facility in Houston. United’s Calibrate program is sharing data about why this training is a key workforce strategy and examples of its success thus far: Around 34% of United’s nearly 10,000 Technicians have 30 years or more of experience at the airline and around 47% are “retirement ready;” While about 35% now have less than five years of experience at United. These numbers are particularly acute at bases including San Francisco and Houston, which have 900 and 600 retirement eligible Technicians, respectively, the Airline said.

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