{"id":17203,"date":"2022-01-29T15:00:09","date_gmt":"2022-01-29T09:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/?p=17203"},"modified":"2022-01-29T15:00:12","modified_gmt":"2022-01-29T09:30:12","slug":"united-airlines-recruits-students-for-flight-academy-to-fill-pilot-shortage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/01\/29\/united-airlines-recruits-students-for-flight-academy-to-fill-pilot-shortage\/","title":{"rendered":"United Airlines recruits students for flight academy to fill pilot shortage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\"><strong>United Airlines <\/strong>is recruiting students for its newly opened pilot flight academy located at <strong>Phoenix Goodyear Airport (GYD),<\/strong> in Arizona, the United States. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The move sees United become the first major American carrier to own a flight school.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>It is predicted that the North American region could face a shortage of around 12,000 commercial airline pilots by 2023. <\/li><li>However, speaking to\u00a0media\u00a0on January 28, 2022,\u00a0Scott\u00a0Kirby, United Airline\u2019s chief executive officer, claimed that opening the United Aviate Academy is expected to help the airline fill the shortage.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li><li>In the longer-term, the American carrier plans to hire 10,000 commercial pilots over the next eight years, half of which are\u00a0expected to be\u00a0graduates of its new flight academy. \u00a0<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/united1.jpg\" alt=\"United Airlines is recruiting students for its newly opened pilot flight academy  at Phoenix Goodyear Airport (GYD), in Arizona.\" class=\"wp-image-17207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/united1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/united1-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/united1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/united1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/united1-750x500.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>The CEO said that the <strong>flying school will serve as an instrument<\/strong> for the airline to ensure that the flight crew is trained to the exact qualification required by <a href=\"http:\/\/unitedairlines.com\">United Airlines.\u00a0<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>United also\u00a0expects to train 5,000 new pilots by 2030, with the goal of 50% of those students being women or people of color.\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>However, before joining United Airlines as pilots of larger commercial airliners, students will be required to pass a year-long course to allow them to fly for regional airlines such as <em><strong>Mesa Airlines, Skywest, CommutAir and GoJet, which operate shorter flights for United. \u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stay tuned and updated with Aviationa2z.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>United Airlines is recruiting students for its newly opened pilot flight academy  at Phoenix Goodyear Airport (GYD), in 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