In a 2021 survey, 63 percent of pilots would choose this career again. During the 2020 survey, this figure amounted to 64 percent, while 36 percent of them said they won't do it again.
Given the investment to become a pilot, would you do it again?
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Flightglobal. (January 18, 2022). Given the investment to become a pilot, would you do it again? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 30, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1203760/global-share-of-pilots-willing-to-work-again-given-the-investment/
Flightglobal. "Given the investment to become a pilot, would you do it again?." Chart. January 18, 2022. Statista. Accessed May 30, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1203760/global-share-of-pilots-willing-to-work-again-given-the-investment/
Flightglobal. (2022). Given the investment to become a pilot, would you do it again?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 30, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1203760/global-share-of-pilots-willing-to-work-again-given-the-investment/
Flightglobal. "Given The Investment to Become a Pilot, Would You Do It Again?." Statista, Statista Inc., 18 Jan 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1203760/global-share-of-pilots-willing-to-work-again-given-the-investment/
Flightglobal, Given the investment to become a pilot, would you do it again? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1203760/global-share-of-pilots-willing-to-work-again-given-the-investment/ (last visited May 30, 2023)
Given the investment to become a pilot, would you do it again? [Graph], Flightglobal, January 18, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1203760/global-share-of-pilots-willing-to-work-again-given-the-investment/