Alison Pohle

So airlines have ordered more planes, but because they're not being delivered, they're holding on to the older planes for longer.

That's right.

And next year, 2027, is predicted to be the worst in terms of the shortage.

So in North America, there will be about 7000 fewer certificated mechanics than are needed.

Hmm.

So it's going to take a while.

And there are, as we mentioned, lots of things in progress, but you can't speed it up to the point where people aren't getting their training.

And you're also losing, as these retirements happen, you are losing some of the most experienced people who have worked with these planes for the longest.

So more people are coming in, but it does take a while to get better at the job, even once you've been hired.

Right.

It's incredibly safe.

Thanks so much for having me.

So they have the tech, but they don't have enough engineers or enough people to explain how it works and to get it into all of these companies.

So what the McKinsey's and BCG's provide is those client relationships where they've already been working with a ton of companies.

They have been engaged.

part of their workflows.

In some cases, they know how things work.

And so they're able to then bring the tech into those companies.

So it's not necessarily an exclusive partnership that they have with OpenAI, but they do have access to the OpenAI team, to the resources, to be able to say,

hey, can you help us figure out exactly how this workflow should work or how we should redesign things for this specific company?