Pilot Career Development, Aviation Consulting, and Expert Witness Services
Pilot Career Development, Aviation Consulting, and Expert Witness Services
Our Philosophy
Kit Darby Aviation Consulting is backed by over 30 years of experience in the aviation industry. We’re dedicated to providing complete, timely, and accurate information about pilot hiring, forecasts, and industry trends. We also help pilots make informed decisions throughout their job search and assist them in their career development as an airline pilot.
The Consulting Group has helped governments agencies, public and private corporations, and lawyers answer questions like these:
Expert Witness
If you are working on a case and find yourself asking any of the following or similar questions, Kit Darby can help.
My client has been permanently injured or involved in a fatal accident, what is the value of my client’s professional pilot career (airline, corporate and military)?
Can you provide reports and earnings models, depositions and expert witness trial testimony?
My client has been delayed in his career, What is it worth?
What compensation and seniority has my client lost due to this temporary disability?
Consulting
What are the projected pilot hiring and retirement trends?
How does my company’s pay, retirement, and benefits compare with the rest of the industry?
Can you help me fill in the statistical blanks in my business proposal?
Can you help me validate my business or career assumptions?
Is this a trend or a fad?
Can you provide the most up-to-date pilot demographic information for my company’s strategic planning?
Pilot contract, Pilot seniority list, detailed staffing info available.
Consulting
What are the projected pilot hiring and retirement trends?
How does my company’s pay, retirement, and benefits compare with the rest of the industry?
Can you help me fill in the statistical blanks in my business proposal?
Can you help me validate my business or career assumptions?
Is this a trend or a fad?
Can you provide the most up-to-date pilot demographic information for my company’s strategic planning?
Pilot contract, Pilot seniority list, detailed staffing info available.
Pilot Career Development
Do you have information and experience to guide me through this aviation career decision?
How do I handle a termination, asked to resign, failed to check rides or training, driving record, criminal record, alcohol, credit problems, and career development planning on my résumé/application and in the interview?
What is the most direct path to my goal?
The Consulting Group’s industry experts not only provide answers and statistical data but also guidance through the constantly changing aviation industry.
If you have any consulting or pilot expert witness question, contact us. Be sure to include your name, company name, phone number, and your questions for a free initial consultation.
Career counseling calls start at $90 for 30 minutes, and are prorated after the first half hour.
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How do airlines fill capacity lost with grounding of 737 Max planes? ‘They probably don’t,’ expert says
Mike Lloyd and Hana Mae Nassar, March 14, 2019 How long will Canada’s fleet of Boeing 737 Max 8s be grounded? That’s the question facing the country’s airlines, which fly more of the aircraft combined than almost any other nation on the planet. https://www.citynews1130.com/2019/03/14/airlines-capacity-grounding-737-max/
A Worry for Some Pilots: Their Hands-On Flying Skills Are Lacking
By Zach Wichter and Jack Nicas, March 14, 2019 In nearly 100 million flights by United States passenger airlines over the past decade, there has been a single fatality. Other than most landings and takeoffs, the planes have largely been flying themselves. But the recent crashes of Boeing 737 Max 8 jets in Indonesia and Ethiopia have raised questions […]
NYTimes: More Jobs Will Be Cleared for Takeoff. Aspiring Pilots Are Ready.
By Zach Wichter and Micah Maidenberg, May 27, 2018 As big airlines face a wave of retirements, a fresh batch of fliers gets a chance, and the training, to seize the opportunity. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/27/business/airlines-jobs-aspiring-pilots.html