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Severe mechanic shortages and aging fleets threaten airline schedules.
Global aviation is facing a massive shortage of qualified maintenance technicians, heavily impacting aircraft availability. With commercial fleets aging and newer engines requiring complex repairs, facilities are struggling with record backlogs and a desperate need for tech-savvy mechanics. Industry projections indicate hundreds of thousands of new maintenance professionals will be required over the next two decades to keep planes flying safely. For flight crews, this growing maintenance bottleneck directly translates into increased groundings, unexpected aircraft swaps, and frustrating schedule disruptions.