American Eagle Airlines recently used ATP’s pilot recruitment tool, PilotPool.com, to reach out to hundreds of pilots to notify them of newly reduced hiring minimums to 500 TT / 50 ME / ATP RJ Program. American Eagle also announced that pilots hired at 500 TT / 50 ME will be sent to ATP’s 7-Day Regional Jet Standards Certification Program at American Eagle’s expense. Read more details after the break…
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Month: June 2011
USA Today: Demand for Airline Pilots Set to Soar
After nearly a four-year drought of job openings, the airline industry is on the brink of what’s predicted to be the biggest surge in pilot hiring in history according to an article in USA Today.
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ATP Alumni Network Jobs
I have written a number of times on PilotJobs about the importance of networking as it pertains to aviators who wish to fly professionally in the airline industry. I have practiced networking throughout my own career and it has paid off time and time again. I have also had the chance to watch the most functional network in aviation at work and that is the network of ATP Alumni who have come to ATP for flight training or to instruct and have benefitted from the network connections made at ATP throughout their careers.
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North American Aviation Industry is Facing a Severe Pilot Shortage
I have never posted a news video on PilotJobs before but I found this one to be fascinating and wanted to share it with you. The news report describes the same pilot shortage that I have been talking about here on PilotJobs for the past 2 years, but it is interesting to see that the rest of the global airline industry is very concerned about the same thing.
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GoJet Comes to ATP
Yesterday representatives from GoJet’s Pilot Recruitment Department came to ATP’s Corporate Headquarters in Jacksonville Beach, Florida for an important meeting.
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Business Jet Use is Climbing Again
Business Jets are once again flying in increasing numbers despite economic uncertainty and rising fuel costs. The rise in business travel using private business jets is an indication that executives are feeling increasingly more confident about profitability in the recovering economy.
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ATA Forecasts That 206 Million Airline Passengers Will Fly This Summer
The Air Transport Association has predicted that airlines in the United States will carry 206.2 million passengers from June to August of this year. That figure is 1.5% more than were expected for the same time period a year ago.
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Air Travel Rebounds in April according to IATA
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced traffic results for April which showed a rebound in international markets with 16.5% growth compared to April 2010. While this is exaggerated by the comparison to April 2010 during which European airspace was closed due to the volcanic ash crisis, international travel markets in April had grown to reach a level 7% higher than the pre-recession peak of early 2008.
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