The Aviation industry seems to have slipped into a wormhole and landed in an alternate universe known as 2017. Aircraft dispatching is safe, for now, but it seems not much else is.
We will give you the good news first:
Airfares are going to decline even further this year. Sheffield has covered topics such as airfare declination last year. Again, it seems that all aviation experts and big airlines are doing just that for the third year in a row: airfares are declining. This poses no threat to the aircraft dispatching industry or aviation jobs, because demand for skilled aviation experts is increasing.
The strange part is that even the cheap airlines are getting cheaper. A new class, called Basic Economy, is due to roll out soon. Tickets will be cheaper; however, some benefits will be lost. For example, no carry on luggage is permitted, and there will be no option to cancel or reschedule flights.
Now, onto the strange new:
Uber, the ride-sharing app that has taken the world by storm and the bane of taxi drivers everywhere, has announced a flight-sharing future.
You may be quick to think it will have something to do with the current aviation setup; piggy backing off the large industry filled with pilots, laws, regulations and aircraft dispatching. Luckily, this is not true. Uber wants to build flying, drone-like helicopters to pick up customers and transport them safely, through the air, to their destinations.
Of course, this concept will take decades, and it may be half a century until we are anywhere near that level of technology and sophistication. However, this does not stop the company from releasing the statement and vision.
The future holds great things. For now, we will stick with aircraft dispatching, flight controllers, pilots, and airports here at Sheffield School of Aeronautics.
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Airfares Declining and Uber of the Skies? Hello 2017
The Aviation industry seems to have slipped into a wormhole and landed in an alternate universe known as 2017. Aircraft dispatching is safe, for now, but it seems not much else is.
We will give you the good news first:
Airfares are going to decline even further this year. Sheffield has covered topics such as airfare declination last year. Again, it seems that all aviation experts and big airlines are doing just that for the third year in a row: airfares are declining. This poses no threat to the aircraft dispatching industry or aviation jobs, because demand for skilled aviation experts is increasing.
The strange part is that even the cheap airlines are getting cheaper. A new class, called Basic Economy, is due to roll out soon. Tickets will be cheaper; however, some benefits will be lost. For example, no carry on luggage is permitted, and there will be no option to cancel or reschedule flights.
Now, onto the strange new:
Uber, the ride-sharing app that has taken the world by storm and the bane of taxi drivers everywhere, has announced a flight-sharing future.
You may be quick to think it will have something to do with the current aviation setup; piggy backing off the large industry filled with pilots, laws, regulations and aircraft dispatching. Luckily, this is not true. Uber wants to build flying, drone-like helicopters to pick up customers and transport them safely, through the air, to their destinations.
Of course, this concept will take decades, and it may be half a century until we are anywhere near that level of technology and sophistication. However, this does not stop the company from releasing the statement and vision.
The future holds great things. For now, we will stick with aircraft dispatching, flight controllers, pilots, and airports here at Sheffield School of Aeronautics.