Sat, Feb 18, 2023
In a move certain to elicit ire from pilot unions and the traveling public, Southwest Airlines is reducing the flight experience requirements prospective new-hire pilots must meet in order to be eligible for employment with the airline.
Formerly, Southwest required pilot applicants to have logged at least one-thousand-hours at the controls of turbine-powered aircraft. However, Southwest’s company website will now state the carrier “prefers” its pilot applicants to have five-hundred-hours of turbine time—fully half the previous requirement. L3Harris Technologies announced that it had been selected by All Nippon Airways Co. Ltd. (ANA)—to facilitate the air-carrier’s pilot-training needs. The agreement builds on a decades-long pilot-training and flight-simulator relationship between L3Harris and ANA subsidiary, Peach Aviation. Sheltair Aviation has partnered with Avfuel Corporation to offer and announce the availability of the 2023 Future Takes Flight Scholarships. All this -- and MORE in today's episode of Airborne!!!
This episode of Airborne-Flight Training 02.09.23 is chock full of info in this Daily News Episode, Thursday, February 9th, 2023... Presented by Aero-TV veteran videographer and Airborne Host Holland Lee. Holland is supported by ANN Chief Videographer Nathan Cremisino, as well as ANN CEO/Editor-In-Chief Jim Campbell. This episode covers:
- Southwest Airlines to Reduce New-Hire Pilot Minimums
- L3Harris Wins ANA Pilot Training Contract
- Sheltair-Avfuel Accepting Scholarship Applications
- FEFY Offers Vermont Soaring Opportunity for Teens
- AERO Oklahoma Event Set for 22 March 2023
- British Air Force Claims Women Cannot Fly F-35
- Insurance App Released for Drone Operators
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