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NEWS

PilotPool.com opens a job source for applicants
Free site links job seekers with airlines
PILOTPOOL.COM, ATP FLIGHT School’s
pilot recruitment tool, is now available for
all pilots.
According to ATP, airlines are struggling to find qualified applicants, and
PilotPool allows them to connect with
qualified job seekers. A proprietary hourtracking system alerts hiring staff when

an applicant has reached the minimums,
giving the applicant the best chance of
success and recruiters the ability to digest
the applicants quickly and easily.
Registration is free, and currently 12
airlines have access to applicants.
PilotPool is a companion site to
ATP’s PilotJobs.com, a blog that centers

on airline hiring news and updates. It also
features interview and résumé advice.
For more aviation career information,
check out AOPA’s Flight Training blog
(http://blog.aopa.org/flighttraining/),
where airline pilot Chip Wright writes
about the lifestyle and how to get in the
door.

NEWS

Scholarship winner completes pilot certificate
NURSING STUDENT EMMA Quedzuweit has a packed schedule that includes college
courses, learning to fly, and working at California’s Auburn Municipal Airport to
help pay for her training. Quedzuweit, who received the Richard J. Santorini Memorial Scholarship in November 2012 during AOPA Summit, successfully completed
her private pilot checkride on February 25. “Now the real learning can begin,” said
Quedzuweit, who would like to work in missionary medical aid aviation and has added
aerobatic training, an instrument rating, and a commercial certificate to her goals.

ASI NEWS

Flight following 101
Will VFR traffic advisories clear you through airspace?
WHEN YOU PLAN your next cross-country flight, make sure to
request flight following services from air traffic control (ATC).
The service is provided on a workload-permitting basis, and
offers great assistance and added safety on your VFR flying
adventures. Not only do you benefit from extra eyes in the sky,
but ATC will provide advisory services of radar targets that
could pose a conflict along your flight path. And, on a long flight

PLUS View the ASK ATC
online course.

alone in the cockpit, it can be just outright nice to be in contact
with another human being.
You should be aware of some limitations and gotchas that
come along with this great service. For example, how does flight
following work with flights penetrating Class B or C airspace?
Are you automatically cleared to enter Class B airspace when
receiving flight following? View the Air Safety Institute’s latest
Ask ATC: Flight Following and Airspace
video (www.airsafetyinstitute.org/askatc)
for answers to those questions, and to
hear air traffic controllers explain what
to watch out for when it comes to other
special airspace considerations.
Ask ATC segments are sponsored
by the National Air Traffic Controllers
Association.

ASI SEMINAR:
ASI’s spring seminar: Chart Challenge—Live
Visit the website (www.airsafetyinstitute.org/
seminars) for dates and locations near you.
ASI’S BOB KNILL (right) interviews two air traffic controllers.

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