United Airlines prepares to shake up white, male-dominated pilot population

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United Airlines, the only major US airline to own a flight school, plans to hire more women and people of color as pilots.

said on Tuesday, April 6, it wants women and people of color to make up at least half of the 5,000 pilots it plans to train this decade at its new flight school, a push to diversify a career traditionally dominated by white men.

"We want to make sure that we are tapping into a big deep talent pool and not limiting ourselves to just one section of the pond," chief communications officer Josh Earnest said on a Zoom call with journalists. United is the only major US airline to own a flight school, the United Aviate Academy, which it bought last year just before vanishing demand because of the pandemic forced the industry to scale back its operations.United plans to hire 10,000 pilots by 2030, half coming through its academy, and the rest from other airlines or the US military.There are fewer than 100 black women pilots flying for major airlines, United pilot Carole Hopson said on the call, adding this situation had to change.

 

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