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Join Us At 0900ET, Friday, 4/10, for the LIVE Morning Brief.
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Thu, Jan 09, 2003

Pilot Hiring Continues

Offset by Furloughs in 2002; 2003 Should be Better

The airline industry concluded 2002 with 5,845 total pilots hired, just short of AIR, Inc.'s projected hiring of 6,000 for the year. A somewhat accelerated hiring pace is expected in 2003, as the industry struggles to recover in the face of a down economy. AIR, Inc. projects the industry will hire 7,000 new pilots this year.

In December, 94 of the 199 total (47%) airlines/operators reporting to AIR, Inc. hired pilots. The major airlines hired 15 pilots with five of the 14 (36%) carriers expected to hire over the next several months. In the national airlines segment, the most active, 13 of 31 (42%) hired a total of 97 new pilots. The jet operators hired 92; fractional companies hired 29. The non-jet operators hired 51 new pilots. At the end of December, the total number of pilots on furlough decreased to 7,475 (7.90%), compared to 7,785 (8.2%) in November out of the total of 94,571 active airline pilots.

News:

Having failed to secure a $1.8 billion loan guarantee from the ATSB, United Airlines (UAL) filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection December 9. On December 28, the carrier secured a tentative 29% wage concession package from its pilots, represented by ALPA. The pilots ratified the agreement on January 7. It also has a tentative 9% concession agreement from flight attendants, represented by AFA. UAL's mechanics, however, are resisting further wage concessions.  UAL also announced additional pilot furloughs: 220 on January 15 and 177 more March 2, bringing the total number of UAL furloughed pilots to 1,241.

Frontier Airlines added its 15th Airbus A319 on December 23, bringing its total fleet to 17 B737-300s, five B737-200s, and 15 A319s. On January 6, a report prepared by the Regional Air Service Initiative reported 223 U.S. airports had regional jet service in 2002, with 26 airports receiving their first RJ service during the year.

Furloughs

2002 was not kind to commercial pilots. Some 7475 of the roughly 75,000 industry layoffs were front-seaters. The largest single group of pilot furloughs wore US Airways uniforms (1356); Delta (1015) and American (including TWA, 926) followed at a distance. The majors were kinder to pilots, in general, at least as a percentage of total layoffs. That is to be expected, since the smaller aircraft have a proportionately higher number of pilots. For example, the nationals laid off 2255 people, of which 1356 were pilots. "Leading" that group were Continental Express (383), American Eagle (237), and Express One (231), with Sun Country (217) a contender for third place.

How to Get a "Jet-Job:"

The Southwest region Airline Pilot Career Seminar, Airline Forum, and Job Fair will be held in Dallas (TX) at DFW, at the Sheraton Grand Hotel Saturday, January 25. Airlines attending include: Federal Express, Southwest Airlines, AirNet, AirTran, American Eagle Airlines, Atlantic Coast Airlines, Atlantic Southeast Airlines, Bombardier Flexjet, Comair, JetBlue, Louisiana National Guard, NetJets, TAB Express, USA Jet, and USA 3000 Airlines with many others invited to attend. The seminar will feature topics on the pilot hiring market, job search planning, pre-employment medical exams, interviewing, written testing, and applications/résumés/cover letters. American Airlines will be speaking during the Airline Forum and Southwest Airlines will be offering attendees, their spouses and airline recruiters tours of their training center following the Job Fair.

Even if you're only 'planning ahead...'

Six Career Workshops will also be conducted. The first three workshops will be held Friday afternoon and evening, Jan. 24, featuring CRM, Military/Airline Transition, and Civilian/Airline Transition. Covered Sunday will be Interview Survival, Airline Testing/Simulator Checks, and Résumés/Cover Letters/Applications. The next seminar is planned for Los Angeles (LAX) on April 12, 2003.

FMI: www.jet-jobs.com, 1-800-JET-JOBS

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