Careers

Embraer made headlines at the NBAA Convention earlier this month by launching a pair of technologically advanced jets, the Praetor 500 and 600, as it continues to establish itself as a leading manufacturer of business airplanes. The Brazilian company has hired 2,000 workers in the U.S., which has grown to be a major hub of […]

As part of our ongoing Jobs in Aviation video series, Rod McDermott, CEO of executive search firm McDermott & Bull, sat down with Dr. Barry Butler, the president of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, to discuss ways in which a major aviation university can help solve the severe labor shortage that is impacting the entire aviation industry. […]

Piper Aircraft in Vero Beach, Florida, is enjoying its best financial health in well over a decade thanks to increasing demand for its training airplanes used by flight schools around the world to address the growing pilot shortage. But that success is putting a strain on the company to find and retain talented workers, particularly […]

With demand for their skills growing, aviation maintenance technicians can have their pick of career paths, and Lynze Price was determined to explore them all. The Troy, Alabama, native decided in high school that she wanted to be an aircraft mechanic, and after researching educational options for earning her FAA Airframe & Powerplant mechanic certificates, […]

A pre-med student enrolling in her third year of college, Mindy Lindheim met with a neighbor who was a Delta pilot and changed her future endeavors forever. Within a month, she enrolled at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. She earned her degree in Aeronautical Science while working as a mechanic’s assistant. Today, she is the Regional Sales […]

Tucker Rice started out flying RC Airplanes when he was three-years-old. He and his grandfather Allen Rice decided to get into flying full-scale airplanes when Tucker was only 12. Now at 20, Tucker a student and lineman, knows he wants his future in aviation to be in the military. “I’ve always known I wanted to […]

The pilot shortage continues to be thorn in the side of the airline industry, and the 1,500-hour requirement for pilots to enter as first officers has not helped. To ease the initial stage for pilots entering an airline career, Eagle Jet International, a Florida-based training company, has established a program that allows them to step […]

“If you are ever presented with an opportunity, no matter where you are in your life, no matter what you are currently doing, don’t hesitate to try to take advantage of that opportunity,” says Michael Marco, who is a third generation pilot. Fourth generation pilot Allison Leeward definitely believes that. She did a quick internship […]

“My two passions are planes and people,” says Cayla McLeod. When she graduates with a degree in her major of Mass Communications, she hopes to mesh her two passions together. She started in aviation at the Candler Field Museum Youth Aviation Program when she was 16 years old and was able to earn 75 hours […]

A new job title is appearing in classified ads for aviation and aerospace professionals: repair and test technician. “A repair and test technician is a jack of all trades,” says Royce Wagner, who holds that title at GE Aviation’s Leading Edge Aviation Propulsion (LEAP) engine manufacturing and repair facility in Lafayette, Indiana. “You have to […]