Discover key insights into our 2019 Flexible Working Survey.
Key Insights
- 35.7% of aviation professionals work the traditional 9-5 hours
- 88.8% cited flexible working hours as “important” when searching for their next role
- 34.7% of aviation professionals cited that they were “100% loyal” to their current employer
- 67.5% of aviation professionals ‘set a hard boundary’ between home and work life
How do aviation professionals currently work now?
- 68% of aviation professionals do shift work
- 12.5% work flexitime
- 6.2% work annualised hours
- 6.2% work from home
- 3.1% job share
- 3.1% other
Responses acquired between 2nd March 2019 and 23rd October 2019.
Based on an Aviation Job Search survey of 126 aviation professionals.

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