Pilots

Data from FAPA — Future and Active Pilot Advisors — shows 13 major U.S. carriers onboard 301 new aviators last month, up from 187 in June. 

Flight schools, charter companies, and major airlines all require someone or a group of leaders to oversee their flight operations.

Atlas Air, the world’s largest operator of Boeing 747 aircraft, is partnering with an aviation education group to provide a hiring pathway for aspiring pilots.

While passenger aircraft go to a select number of popular destinations, cargo flights are often required to go into a wider array of regions.

Although flying for a major airline is the goal for many aspiring aviators, many pilots begin their airline careers at a regional operator.

Pilots fly all around the world and many aviators are drawn to the profession in part due to the opportunity to consistently travel.

Citing aircraft delivery delays and normalizing attrition levels as reasons for the slowdown, airlines hired just over 3,600 pilots from January through June.

Keith Rosenkranz grabs headlines when he charters an entire Delta Airbus A330 aircraft to celebrate his retirement in style.

In a memo this week, the airline told pilots that Boston was the first base outside its existing hubs opened in “quite a while.”

Spirit Airlines pilots and their union have raised concerns over the airline’s decision to issue furlough notices to pilots.