The crash did not take place.

If since the start of the health crisis two years ago the French aeronautics and space industry has experienced a real air gap, it has managed to get its head out of the water despite a historic drop in air traffic.

After a “descent into hell in 2020”, and a “year of resilience in 2021”, Guillaume Faury, the president of the professional organization of the sector, announced on Thursday that 2022 would be a year of “conquest”, where the sector will "again hire, build".

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As of July 1, it will no longer be possible to install new ones in France.



We will continue to massively help the French to switch to less polluting and more economical models.

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If the 410 member companies of Gifas have seen their activity fall by 28% in 2020, they have reduced their workforce by only 4%, a loss of 8,000 jobs.

Last year, an equivalent number of jobs were lost by the industry, but "we have a preliminary figure of 6,000 to 7,000 hires at the end of the year," continued Guillaume Faury.

And with other companies in the sector, he already estimates that the needs for this year are of the order of "fifteen thousand hires".

Difficulties in recruiting

"The sector is restarting sustainably, with major programs launched in all areas and therefore absolutely incredible needs, as at the height of the growth of the previous decade, to welcome young people, to hire, to find skills" , estimated the one who is also boss of Airbus, whose assembly plants have operated since the spring a rise in production rates.

One of the difficulties inherent in recent years for players in the aerospace industry remains to be resolved: finding skills.

"We need a lot of people, these are opportunities for a sector which is a long-term, very technological sector, which offers high added value positions, with a very, very great potential for development in careers", continued Guillaume Faury, who is banking on hydrogen aircraft to deal with the underlying trend of “aircraft bashing”.

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