The novel coronavirus pandemic has hampered pilot training programs overseas, with the aviation industry in Japan bracing for a shortage of pilots in the near future.Japanese airlines and universities dispatch trainees to facilities abroad, but countries hosting them have halted visa issuance and stopped training programs to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.As the large number of pilots who were recruited during Japan's asset-inflated bubble economy in the late 1980s and early 1990s will be retiring around 2030, the Japanese government, airlines and universities have been trying to inc…READ FULL ARTICLE
