SkyWest Airlines has recruited ten more of ATP’s best Instructors into their very successful EIP. In the Program these Instructors flew to Denver to be inducted into SkyWest’s Program as employees of SkyWest while they continue to instruct and build time at ATP.
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Month: December 2013
ATP Grads Get The Jobs!
The best part of my job at ATP is watching the pilots who come to us for training and job placement get the most from their training and achieve their career goals. I want to share a message I received today from just a pilot. He came to us after taking some time away from flying and wanted to get back into the aviation industry, which he has done in a big way. His story shows what is possible with a lot of heart and a little help:
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Alaskan Airlines to Hire More Pilots Soon
Alaskan Airlines will open a short application window soon. The carrier will be taking new applications beginning December 16th, and ending December 29th of this year. Previous applicants will have to reapply as old applications will be removed from the database. New-hire classes of 6 and 7 will be offered in October and November, respectively. Alaskan will be reviewing previously submitted applications from earlier in 2013, as well as new applications.
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New American Airlines orders up to 150 Embraer E-175s and 70 Bombardier CRJ900s
Newly formed American Airlines Group has signed a firm purchase agreement for 60 Embraer E-175 jets with options for another 90 E-175s, as well as a firm order for 30 Bombardier CRJ900 regional jets with options for 40 more aircraft.
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Airlines Expect 31% Rise in Passenger Demand by 2017 – 930 Million More Passengers Compared to 2012
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released the IATA Airline Industry Forecast 2013-2017 showing that airlines expect to see a 31% increase in passenger numbers between 2012 and 2017. By 2017 total passenger numbers are expected to rise to 3.91 billion—an increase of 930 million passengers over the 2.98 billion carried in 2012.
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ATP Expands Again – New Flight Training Centers Makes Total 35
ATP has expanded its current 31 flight training centers, with the introduction of five new locations. Opened this past September, students in the Dallas and Houston metro areas now have the added convenience of new training centers in McKinney, TX and Southwest Houston, respectively. ATP also opened the St. Louis training center that same month. Coming soon, the Pacific Northwest will be greeted with flight training centers in Portland and Seattle.
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Come Fly Our New Piper Archers at ATP’s Texas Locations
ATP is currently taking delivery of factory-new Piper Archer TX single-engine advanced training aircraft, all of which are equipped with Garmin G500 glass cockpit avionics suites. Several of these new Archers are being sent to ATP’s Texas Flight Training Centers for our students to fly and train in. ATP will also invite prospective students to fly them in our Intro Flight Program.
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Thanksgiving air-travel up 1.5%; US carriers expand to accommodate them
United States airline industry group, Airlines for America (A4A), has projected that 25 million passengers have flown on US airlines this Thanksgiving travel period—Nov. 22 through Dec. 3—an increase of 1.5% from 2012. It is expecting 31,000 more travelers per day. Aircraft will be “more than 85% full on the busiest travel days, which are Wednesday, Nov. 27 (2.42 million passengers), Sunday, Dec. 1 (2.56 million passengers) and Monday, Dec. 2 (2.36 million passengers),” A4A said in a statement.
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