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United offers a training program to address the pilot shortage. Its first graduating class was 80% women or minorities.

March 12, 2023/

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By some estimates, airlines worldwide could be 60,000 pilots short by the end of the decade. United Airlines anticipates that major U.S. carriers will have demand for 10,000 new pilots this year alone, but that only about 6,600 qualified candidates will be available.

In response to the easing of COVID-19 pandemic restrictions and the subsequent increase in travel demand, airlines hired nearly 50,000 employees last year. But the industry is struggling to find enough qualified pilots.

The pilot shortage has prompted United Airlines to take a new approach and organize its own training program for aspiring pilots.

United Airlines launched its Aviate Academy in 2022 to address the shortage and diversify a workforce that is overwhelmingly White and male. The academy’s first graduating class was 80% women or minorities.

 

By Kris Van Cleave, Analisa Novak


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