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GoJet Airlines Orders 6 CRJ700 NextGen Regional Jets

Bombardier Aerospace confirmed today that a firm order for six CRJ700 NextGen regional jets plus 10 options was placed by GoJet Airlines of St. Louis, Missouri. Did you like this? Share it:Tweet

Hired by Great Lakes

Congratulations to Mark, who was just hired by Great Lakes Airlines. Mark completed the Private Pilot & Airline Career Pilot Program and Regional Jet Standards Certification Program with ATP. Did you like this? Share it:Tweet

Can Adding Turbine-time Help Me Get a Job?

Getting a job flying for the airlines is very competitive and always has been. It has become even more competitive lately, and you have to do whatever you can to make your resume stand out from the other resumes in that big stack lying on the recruiter’s desk. Having experience flying an aircraft powered by [...]

Becoming an Airline Pilot – Part IV: Finally, a few suggestions

No matter which path you decide to take to become an Airline Pilot, you must realize that there are many other very qualified individuals who also want that job. You need to make yourself as desirable as possible to the airlines. Paying attention to the following as you pursue your goals will make a world [...]

Becoming an Airline Pilot – Part III: I have my Certificates, now what?

When you complete your flight training, you are going to have to gain some quality flight experience before an airline will hire you. Remember the research you did earlier to find the flight times required by the airline you want to work for? Your next move is to build the amount of flight time they [...]

Becoming An Airline Pilot – Part II: Certificates and ratings

Once you have made the decision to become a professional aviator, it’s time to begin flight training. Airlines require a pilot to have several FAA certificates and ratings before giving them an interview, so you should do some research on how you get those certificates A good course of action is to plan to complete [...]

Becoming An Airline Pilot – Part I: Beginning

When an airline needs to hire pilots, they set out to hire talented pilots with good educations and loads of quality flight experience. Each airline has its own hiring qualifications, so a little research is in order to find the qualifications for the airline you want to work for. Qualifications also fluctuate according to the [...]

Republic Reports Profit, Revenue and Passengers Increase

Republic Airways Holdings, which owns Chautauqua Airlines, Republic Airlines and Shuttle America, reported a profit of $84.6 million for the year 2008, up 2.2% from the prior year. Republic also reported that revenue rose 14.5% compared to last year to $1.48 billion. Did you like this? Share it:Tweet

Flying the Line for AirTran Airways

Hello future airline pilots. My name is Michael Bailey and I currently fly the Boeing 717 for AirTran Airways, based in Atlanta, Georgia. I will be contributing to this blog periodically and am looking forward to sharing some of the things that I experience flying the line for AirTran. I can relate to most of [...]

I Just Got Hired by an Airline! Now what?

No matter what kind of equipment you have been flying or how you flew it before you were hired, your new airline will expect you to learn their flight procedures and adhere to them. As soon as you are hired, your airline will send you a box of manuals and expect you to know the [...]

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Paul Templeton ATP Regional Jet Director

Paul Templeton is ATP's Regional Jet Program Director, and a regular contributor to PilotJobs.com. His extensive experience in the Regional Airline environment gives him insight into the continually changing status of the industry. He served as Captain for 12 years at Piedmont Airlines and was also Chairman of the Master Executive Council for ALPA, representing Piedmont Airlines.



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