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Aviation After COVID: Talent, Cost Pressures and Operational Risk – Insight from Stratos 12 Partner Remco Althuis

Description

In this segment, Stratos 12 Partner Remco Althuis examines how the aviation industry continues to absorb the operational and financial consequences of COVID-era downsizing.

With direct experience across European carriers and hands-on leadership at Nordica,

Remco explains how airlines shed thousands of roles during the crisis and then faced an immediate and acute talent shortage when demand surged again in late 2022 and throughout 2023.

He outlines how the industry’s reliance on rapid rehiring created a significant skills gap, particularly in ground operations.

New and inexperienced recruits were brought in at pace, which led to a marked increase in ramp incidents and greater operational risk.

Pilots, with their high training and capital requirements, were largely retained, but many other essential aviation roles were released and had to be rebuilt from scratch.

Remco also explores the cost pressures facing carriers today, from salary inflation driven by intense competition for talent to the widening gap in revenue per employee between legacy and low-cost models.

While some traditional carriers sit around 200,000 euros per employee, the most efficient low-cost operators exceed 500,000 euros.


The segment concludes with the broader structural challenges still shaping aviation: shortages of spare parts, supply chain delays, higher component costs, and the increased operational workload created by fuller aircraft and sustained passenger demand.


What this segment covers

How COVID-driven job reductions created long-term skills shortages

Why the 2022–23 rebound led to rehiring at speed across aviation

Increased operational risk from inexperienced ground-handling teams

Talent competition and significant salary inflation across the sector

Pilot retention, training costs and staffing imbalance

Revenue per employee gaps between legacy and low-cost carriers

Ongoing supply chain pressure and component scarcity
The operational impact of higher passenger volumes and fuller aircraft

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