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JetBlue Shakes Up Pilot Hiring by Training Them From Scratch

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JetBlue Airways Corp., breaking with historical practices at U.S. airlines, plans to recruit potential pilots with no flight experience and provide its own training under a proposal awaiting approval from federal regulators. The program would be the first of its kind in the U.S. and would be similar to those used by some European and Asian carriers. Candidates still would have to meet U.S. requirements, including 1,500 hours of flight experience, to be certified as commercial airline pilots,… (www.bloomberg.com) Más...

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jmilleratp
jmilleratp 1
Flight Instructing is good also. There are a lot of things that really clicked for me when I had to teach others at a Part 141 Flight School.
canuck44
canuck44 4
They are going to regret this once they begin to experience all the diversity and affirmative action bs. They would be far ahead to sponsor flight training at some of the best aviation schools like Emory Riddle which would require apprenticeship in a Jet Blue environment hiring the good ones and sending the rest to (...fill in the blank...).
rstotz
rstotz 3
I am not convinced that a 1500 hr pilot necessarily is an any better pilot than a 300 hr pilot who has the right training, attitude, aptitude and desire to learn. I have flown with many, in air carrier service, and have no problem with 90% of them. The other 10% need to be weeded out, just like with the 1500 hr pilots. One problem is that companies these days are fearful of weeding out.
jlalos707
ALPA is opposed to it because it would strengthen the bond between employee and company instead of employee and union. Secondly, the article does appear to suggest that pilots will pay for their own training.....but how is that different than today's situation where the first 250 or so hours are on the student's dime.
bargener
bargener 2
Lufthansa does this in-house training as well and the advantage is that they can train each pilot until they reach a specific standard.
These pilots usually get a mpl and not a frozen atpl which means that they already know the standards of the carrier.
RRKen
You get a better employee when you train in-house. My former employer still bucks the trend of outsourcing new employees, making them learn from zero. It does not work every time, but you do weed out those who do not fit in the industry, and it develops a certain loyalty in the employee. It also is more costly to the company, but I believe it does pay dividends in the long run.
joelwiley
joel wiley 2
Sometimes the lowest cost solution turns out to be the most expensive one.
onceastudentpilot
tim mitchell 1
This is not the first time a US carrier has done this....Both Mesa and Delta Express (defunct) have done this....Interested in seeing the cost.
leosweers
Leo Sweers 1
This sound like an excellent idee and will force a better bond between pilots and carrier.

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