Airline Pilot Turnover Opens Door for New Pilots to Start Flying

  • October 26, 2015
  • CWU

Being a pilot isn't easy these days... In fact the FAA requires pilots to retire at 65. But this has allowed schools like Central Washington University to usher in a new generation of airline pilots.

The aviation industry seems to be growing. An estimated 30 thousand jobs will be open over the next 10 years, and that's just in the united states. But a fix for the shortage may rest here in our own backyard.

Read more of this story in the at KNDO-TV.

 

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