Threat is real , there will be a dearth of pilots - United airlines to start Aviation academy & hire 10,000 pilots by 2030 !

Dearth of Pilots !

Threat is Real , there will be a dearth of  pilots once pandemic goes to the history -  Read more on our reporting earlier  !

Now, United Airlines has plans to reopen its Aviation academy in the current year, that was announced in February 2020.

• United has plans to train 5,000 pilots in its flight academy by 2030 .
• Expecting a wave of retirements, the airline plans to hire 10,000 pilots by 2030.
• The airline had acquired  a flight-training academy last year, but Covid derailed its training plans.

The Aim !

The aim is to train 5,000 new pilots by 2030.  United airlines had announced the opening of its United Aviate Academy in Phoenix, Arizona earlier in February 2020, but was forced to stop due to COVID-19.

On Tuesday, United airlines started accepting applications for its flight academy, part of an effort to hire 10,000 pilots by 2030 as more of its aviators reach the federally mandated retirement age of 65.

United is now resuming plans to refill pilot ranks and prepare for growth as travel demand returns. Last week, it said it will start hiring pilots again, starting with 300 candidates.

Training women and people of color.

United’s flight school is meant to provide training to pilots with little-to-no experience.

United said, it wants to train 5,000 pilots and aims for half of them to be women and people of color. Just over 7% of United’s more than 12,000 pilots are women and 13% are people of color, United said.

The first class of 20 pilots will begin in the third quarter with a graduation date sometime in the first half of 2022, United said.