United Doubles Down on Pilot Hiring, Sets New Record
Amid a recent flurry of headlines around slowdowns in hiring among some airlines, United is keeping its foot on the gas.
Amid a recent flurry of headlines around slowdowns in hiring among some airlines, United is keeping its foot on the gas.
Following a record-breaking year of hiring in 2022, some U.S. airlines are beginning to level off on pilot recruitment.
Pilot hiring is climbing to previously unseen levels with 2023 looking likely to surpass last year’s numbers.
At this point in the year, it’s pretty widely known that pilot hiring at the airlines fell off a cliff during most of 2020 following the COVID-19 outbreak. Louis Smith said, “The 12 major US airlines combined hired only 98 pilots in September.” Smith is president of the Future and Active Pilot Advisors (FAPA). Aircraft […]