Presidents of Regional Airline and Air Line Pilots Associations Argue Over Hours-Reduction Proposal
Scathing letters to each other reveal opposing sides of the debate on how to fix the pilot shortage.
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Republic Airways Petitions FAA to Lower Pilot Minimums For Company’s First Officers
If successful, the airline would be allowed to hire pilots with just 750 hours, half of the current requirement.
Republic Airways Launches Flight Training Academy
Because regional airlines have been hardest by the pilot shortage, it makes sense those airlines would be some of the first to create their own pipeline to the cockpit. Republic Airways recently created Indianapolis International Airport-based Leadership In Flight Training (LIFT) Academy to train future pilots. Republic opened LIFT Academy, “to make a career as […]
Geico Skytypers Pilot Dies in Long Island Crash
A Geico Skytypers pilot was killed last Wednesday in an accident shortly after takeoff from Republic Airport in Farmingdale, New York, according to the Skytypers team and local news outlets. A New York Post article described witnesses seeing the North American SNJ-2 spinning and diving toward the ground while part of a six-airplane formation. Before […]
Republic Airways Blames Pilot Shortage for Bankruptcy
Republic Airways, which operates regional flights for Delta, American and United, announced recently that it is going through Chapter 11 bankruptcy. While an airline going bankrupt is not unusual news, the reason behind the announcement is. The airline blamed its problems on a shortage of pilots. “Our filing today is a result of our loss […]
