03/09/2026
Business jet activity in the region is growing at roughly 8.4% a year. The pool of type‑rated, experienced crew is not expanding at the same pace.
For owners, this shows up in a few ways:
Lead times lengthen when sourcing crew for an unplanned trip.
Salaries and retention packages come under upward pressure.
Occasionally, a trip becomes difficult to cover on crew availability rather than aircraft availability — a newer problem than it sounds.
Crew management addresses this through continuous planning rather than reactive recruitment: duty time tracking, currency and recurrent training schedules, contingency cover, and retention arrangements that hold up during a busy quarter.
The practical test is simple: can a late request for an early departure the following morning be answered?
ASM Air | Aircraft Management, CAMO, and Private Charter
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