Milestone
This involves using the results of the skills-gap analysis to create and fund new curriculum. It means establishing new programs for existing maintenance specialists, in partnership with universities and technical colleges. On top of that, educational institutes must revise their curriculi for the next generation.
If these programs are not launched immediately, a "lost generation" of workers will be created. This would strand the existing workforce while also failing to build the new one, guaranteeing a massive, unsolvable gap in human resources in the Medium Term.
Scenario
Optimising together
Context Factor
A fair, equitable, and human-centric transition that ensures public trust and a fully integrated future workforce.
Timeline
Short term
PESTEL
Secure initial investments to build competitive, liberalized net-zero markets.
This action involves creating the financial architecture for the transition. It requires governments to create large-scale public funds to provide first-loss capital, which "de-risks" the sector enough to attract massive private investment.
Read moreComplete the comprehensive 2050 workforce skills-gap analysis.
This involves a detailed study to identify all new roles and required skills for the 2050 system. This includes technical roles (e.g., hydrogen fuel-system engineers) and operational roles (e.g., remote pilot operators for autonomous cargo).
Read moreFully integrate the newly-skilled '2050 workforce' into the net-zero ecosystem.
This is the "end-state" where the workforce transition is complete. It signifies that the gaps in human resources and staffing have been closed and that the workers retrained by the Short-Term programs are now the maintenance specialists and remote pilots of the new 2050 system.
Read moreMeasure not yet developed by WP3. To be further detailed after 1 dec in future iterations.
"This approach also responds directly to ICAO’s calls for academic–industry partnerships as a foundation for aviation innovation and sustainability. The CAP model demonstrates how universities can serve as both knowledge producers and implementation partners, by supporting industry needs while educating the next generation of aviation professionals." (2025 ICAO Environmental Report, p. 60)