This was reported by the consulting firm Oliver Wyman, which esti- mates that despite efforts to close this gap, airlines in the United States will need more than nearly 30,000 pilots by 2032. Even Amer- ican media outlets such as the Los Angeles Times and Forbes have taken note of this situation. According to Oliver Wyman’s estimates, the supply of new pilots will increase, but more will be needed to compensate for a continual wave of baby boomer retirements. As a result, the consultancy firm expects the supply-demand imbalance to endure and worsen over the next ten years. Being Part of the Solution In this scenario, many aviation sector companies are implementing new educational programs to address this demand, even venturing outside the American labor market and looking to other countries like Spain to find young individuals who see becoming pilots in the United States as a career and life opportunity. Atlantis Aviation, created by Spanish entrepreneur Alfredo Dez, is one of many striving to be a part of the answer. It intends to ad- dress not just the current pilot shortage in the United States, but also youth unemployment and the unpredictable work and income 58 FEATURED ARTICLES