美国空军面临飞行员短缺问题
时间：2019-01-12 作者：英语课 分类：2016年VOA慢速英语(三)月
AS IT IS 2016-03-14 US Running Out of Pilots 美国空军面临飞行员短缺问题
Regional airlines in the United States are short of pilots.
Many older airline pilots are retiring. Federal 1 regulations require pilots to take time off between flights to rest. Pilots are staying at their jobs overseas and in the military.
Republic Airways 2, a regional airline, filed for bankruptcy 3 last week. Low profit and the pilot shortage 4 were factors in the bankruptcy, according to the Associated Press.
Also, America’s largest airlines are hiring pilots from regional airlines. There are too few pilots to fill the vacancies 5. Some openings are being filled through flight schools. But flight school attendance 6 is down. That means trained pilots are difficult to locate.
Salaries for new pilots are low. The starting salary for first officers in the regional airline industry is $22,400, according to The Los Angeles Times. That salary is keeping pilots in the military and working for foreign competitors.
Captain Lee Moak is past president of Air Line Pilots Association 7 International. He told The Los Angeles Times that “there is a shortage of pay and benefits for pilots in the regional airlines industry, not a shortage of pilots.”
A lack of active pilots could hurt the future United States economy. In the next 20 years, the supply of pilots to fly passengers will meet just two-thirds of the demand, according to Forbes magazine.
A lack of pilots at regional airlines will mean less business and lower revenue 8. Fares will be higher, while routes will be fewer.
Words in This Story
airline – n. a company that owns and operates many passenger airplanes
bankruptcy – n. a condition of financial failure caused by not having the money that you need to pay your debts
vacancies – n. jobs or positions that are available
fare – n. the money a person pays to travel on an airplane, train or other vehicle
regulations - n. rules
salary - n. the amount of money an employee is paid each year
- Switzerland is a federal republic.瑞士是一个联邦共和国。
- The schools are screaming for federal aid.那些学校强烈要求联邦政府的援助。
- The giant jets that increasingly dominate the world's airways. 越来越称雄于世界航线的巨型喷气机。
- At one point the company bought from Nippon Airways a 727 jet. 有一次公司从日本航空公司买了一架727型喷气机。
- You will have to pull in if you want to escape bankruptcy.如果你想避免破产，就必须节省开支。
- His firm is just on thin ice of bankruptcy.他的商号正面临破产的危险。
- The city is suffering a desperate shortage of water.这个城市严重缺水。
- The heart of the problem is a shortage of funds.问题的关键是缺乏经费。
- job vacancies 职位空缺
- The sign outside the motel said \"No Vacancies\". 汽车旅馆外的招牌显示“客满”。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The attendance of this class never dropped off.这个班的出席人数从未下降。
- The young man danced attendance on his rich aunt.这个年轻人小心侍候他有钱的姑妈。
- Our long association with your company has brought great benefits.我方和贵公司的长期合作带来了巨大的利益。
- I broke away from the association ten years ago.我10年前就脱离了那个团体。