Careers

The salary and advancement opportunities are excellent, but what draws many FAA air traffic control specialists to their work is a passion for aviation, service and safety. “This is a career, not a job,” says Ian Lewis, a specialist at Southern California Tracon (terminal radar approach control) in San Diego. “When we walk through an […]

The pilot shortage we’ve all been told would materialize any day? It’s finally a reality. Don’t believe it? Just look at Horizon Air, which canceled hundreds of flights this summer because it couldn’t find qualified pilots to fly its Q400 turboprops. Or SkyWest, whose CEO recently warned Congress not of a looming pilot shortage but […]

Hot off the success of the very well-received Vision Jet, Cirrus Aircraft is expanding all aspects of its business. As Pat Widdick, President of Innovation and Operations at Cirrus, explained to Rod McDermott for the latest installment of our Jobs in Aviation series, this is a very big time for the company, and that’s good […]

“Phoenix East is all about passion, because it’s people following their dreams,” president and CEO John Bingham says of his flight school, located in Daytona Beach, Florida. From cabin crew members who “get fed up turning right” when they get on a plane, to people simply looking to scratch the aviation itch and start fresh, […]

While FAA administrator Michael Huerta certainly had a full plate at EAA AirVenture 2017 in Oshkosh, he was more than willing to take a moment to discuss the future of aviation for our Jobs in Aviation series. The FAA employs approximately 47,000 people, including engineers and technicians, but like other companies, the FAA is also […]

According to Tamarack Aerospace president Justin Ryan, his company’s current plan is to double the size of its work force in response to the growing number of projects Tamarack has lined up. “Mostly we’re looking for engineers,” Ryan told McDermott & Bull’s Rod McDermott for the latest installment of our Jobs in Aviation series from […]

In the latest installment of our Jobs in Aviation video series, Airbus’ Senior Vice President of Strategy and Corporate Development Ken McKenzie offers insight into the hiring practices of one of the industry’s biggest companies. In North America alone, Airbus employs approximately 5,300 people, but that’s just a small piece of the pie, as the […]

Not many people know what they’ll be doing next week, let alone in 10 years, but Brooks Dickerson is unlike most people. The private pilot and aerobatic competitor was inspired as a child by the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds, whose performance gave him a “passion to serve” and set him on a path to a […]

Air-tour operators in the United States conduct sightseeing flights from Bar Harbor, Maine to Maui, and from Key West to northern Alaska. Dave Genet, proprietor of St. Augustine Biplane Rides in St. Augustine, Florida (KSGJ), established his business in 2012 with the goal of using historical aircraft — currently a 1935 Cabin Waco YOC — […]

This year’s EAA AirVenture show in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, is a little extra special for Hartzell Propeller, as the company is celebrating its 100th birthday. With that kind of success and longevity, company president Joe Brown has a great idea of what kind of jobs and fields are important to his industry, and especially ensuring that […]