JetBlue to expand program that turns grocery clerks into pilots
JetBlue Airways is looking for more supermarket clerks and accountants to train to fly its planes as the US airline industry copes with a looming pilot shortage. The carrier said its first-in-the-US training program that turns people with little or no flying experience into commercial jet pilots has been so successful that it’s seeking a second round of candidates. The company is taking online applications for the 4-year, $125,000 program starting Wednesday and running through Sept 30. The window opens as 6 of the program’s initial 24 candidates selected in 2016 begin training to become a flight instructor, a key step toward becoming a certified passenger pilot. Trainees include a baggage handler, a grocery-store clerk, a heavy-equipment operator and an accountant. <br/>
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JetBlue to expand program that turns grocery clerks into pilots
JetBlue Airways is looking for more supermarket clerks and accountants to train to fly its planes as the US airline industry copes with a looming pilot shortage. The carrier said its first-in-the-US training program that turns people with little or no flying experience into commercial jet pilots has been so successful that it’s seeking a second round of candidates. The company is taking online applications for the 4-year, $125,000 program starting Wednesday and running through Sept 30. The window opens as 6 of the program’s initial 24 candidates selected in 2016 begin training to become a flight instructor, a key step toward becoming a certified passenger pilot. Trainees include a baggage handler, a grocery-store clerk, a heavy-equipment operator and an accountant. <br/>
