How JetBlue is filling demand for pilots
Given pilot shortage forecasts, a new ab initio hiring program launched by a US airline is going to be watched closely. JetBlue Airways’ Gateway Select program inducted its first class of cadets late this summer. One of 7 dedicated pipelines leading to the JetBlue cockpit, Gateway Select is the first modern example of a zero-time, trainee-to-airline-pilot program by a US carrier, despite the practice being established in Europe and Asia for some time. The issues that made ab initio popular in other parts of the world—a dearth of indigenous pilots from general aviation and the military—are expected to spread to North America as a bubble of retirements hitting mainline airlines over the next decade combines with fewer pilots entering the profession because of the costs and time required. <br/>
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How JetBlue is filling demand for pilots
Given pilot shortage forecasts, a new ab initio hiring program launched by a US airline is going to be watched closely. JetBlue Airways’ Gateway Select program inducted its first class of cadets late this summer. One of 7 dedicated pipelines leading to the JetBlue cockpit, Gateway Select is the first modern example of a zero-time, trainee-to-airline-pilot program by a US carrier, despite the practice being established in Europe and Asia for some time. The issues that made ab initio popular in other parts of the world—a dearth of indigenous pilots from general aviation and the military—are expected to spread to North America as a bubble of retirements hitting mainline airlines over the next decade combines with fewer pilots entering the profession because of the costs and time required. <br/>
