Kuala Lampur, June 11 -- If you've flown recently, you've felt it. The cancellations. The ticket prices. The carbon footprint. The uncomfortable truth: the aviation industry isn't just having a bad year. According to a new analysis, the sector is facing a "perfect storm" of three serious, simultaneous crises. And unlike a cracked engine, you can't just bolt a patch on these problems.

Let's break down the three demons haunting the business. You might think that with all the tech in the cockpit - auto-pilot, AI, satellite navigation - we need fewer pilots. Wrong. We're running out. Fast. The authors point out that thousands of seasoned captains hit mandatory retirement age every year. Meanwhile, the pipeline of new pilots is bone dry. Why?...