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FOR WELL MORE THAN A YEAR, THE
airline career skies have been gloomy.
Naysayers were predicting a continuing
slowdown in air travel resulting in a virtual
shutdown of hiring ad infinitum. Hundreds
of aviators who were thrilled to have an
upcoming training date at an airline were
suddenly demoralized when they got the
news that their scheduled initial training
was canceled or postponed indefinitely.
The best guess for when the airline world
would return to some sense of pre-pandemic
normalcy was, maybe, 2024.
According to The New York Times,
some vacation destinations are now busier
than before the pandemic. Another sign
of increased travel is airlines filling those
middle seats again.
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intake at the air carriers?
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organization's connections to the airlines.
A recent FAPA Pilot Hiring Bulletin provides
some encouraging news:
* Atlas, FedEx, and UPS airlines are bringing
122 pilots to their flight decks.
* American Airlines announced it plans
to hire 300 pilots in 2021 and will resume
its flow-through programs with its wholly
owned regional partners.
* United Airlines plans to begin off-thestreet
hiring and has started recalling
around 300 pilots whose classes were
deferred in 2020. United is getting ready
to ramp up its United Aviate Academy in
Phoenix with an inaugural goal of training
100 new students in 2021 and a total of
5,000 over the next decade.
* Southwest Airlines has recalled 209
pilots who had been placed on extended
leave in 2020 and plans to recall another
382 pilots this year.
* Delta Air Lines plans to upgrade more
than 1,000 first officers to the left seat.
* Frontier and Kalitta Air are actively
recruiting pilots.
Of course, all this activity upstream
means more opportunity downstream at
the regional carriers.
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