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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 […]

In our latest video in our Jobs in Aviation series, McDermott & Bull CEO Rod McDermott discusses how to attract the right employees to an aviation organization with Gogo Business Aviation President Sergio Aguirre at NBAA 2018. Gogo has grown from a small startup with just a handful of employees to one of the most […]

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 […]

There’s never been a better time for career switchers to land a job in aviation than right now. Nobody knows that better perhaps than Mark Baker, the president of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association. That’s because Baker is a career switcher himself, having left the retail world to pursue his passion as the head […]

In our Jobs in Aviation video series, McDermott & Bull’s Rod McDermott talks with Avidyne founder Dan Scwhinn about opportunities for career switchers in the aviation industry. McDermott & Bull, an executive search firm, is holding a career fair at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh today in the media center near the Wittman Airport control tower that […]

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 […]