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July 28, 2018

Boeing Anticipates High Demand For Pro Pilots, AMTs And Flight Attendants

Boeing Poised To Assist In The Training

Boeing’s Training and Professional Services Division is anticipating a great need for training Pilots, Aviation Maintenance Technicians, and Flight Attendants over the next twenty years. Boeing thinks that commercial airlines will need 42,700 new aircraft in the next twenty years, with four times as many single aisle aircraft, with 40% of the aircraft going to Asia. Boeing projects commercial airlines will need about 790,000 pilots worldwide in the next two decades.

Vote Brings the First Collective Bargaining Agreement to JetBlue Airways

JetBlue pilots have ratified a tentative agreement, which now becomes the pilot group’s first collective bargaining agreement with the company. With 98 percent of eligible pilots participating, 74 percent voted to ratify the tentative agreement. The agreement provides significant increases in pay, improvements to retirement, and enhanced working conditions. “After more than three years of negotiations, JetBlue pilots now have a contract that recognizes our contributions to this company,” said Capt. Patrick Walsh, chairman of the JetBlue Master Executive Council. “This agreement is the result of hard work and the unmatched unity of the JetBlue pilo