Month: February 2012

Major Airlines in the US Had Profitable 2011

US major airlines were in the black in aggregate in 2011 for the second consecutive year, in spite of the fact that American Airlines, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last November, incurred a $2 billion full-year net loss in 2011, according to a US Securities and Exchange Commission filing.
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Ameriflight Visits ATP, Part Two

Yesterday ATP was visited by Sheri Hudson who is the lead recruiter for Ameriflight, the leading Part 135 air cargo company in the United States. Sheri visited us with a very interesting message that I wanted to share with you and yesterday I posted the first part of Sheri’s comments. The following is the second half of her comments.
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A Visit with ExpressJet

ATP enjoys long standing partnerships with almost all of the regional airlines in the United States, and one of the best parts of my job is the time I spend interacting with recruiting departments at these airlines so that we can keep our Regional Jet Program up to date and serving both the airlines and our students in the manner that they have come to expect from ATP. A few days ago I spent the day visiting the recruiting department at ASA/ExpressJet.
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