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AS THE US GOVERNMENT CONSIDERS ADOPTING NEW pilot certification regulations in the aftermath of last year's tragic Colgan Air Q400 crash that was blamed on pilot error, professionals involved in [...]

Dawn Murphy spends a lot of time checking on people. As manager of staffing administration for Houston-based Continental Airlines, it's her job. In the current security-conscious environment, every candidate for [...]

employment TOM ZAITSEV MOSCOW Pilot deficit prompts Russian quotas Russia's government plans to establish a provisional quota for hiring foreign commercial pilots by domestic carriers. During a call-in session broadcast [...]

Byline: MURDO MORRISON loNDON As Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific prepares for delivery of its new widebodies, it is seeking second officers with an eye for promotion Like its counterparts on [...]

Byline: Murdo morrison london Xiamen Airlines has plenty of young first officers but as new 737s begin to arrive, the carrier is seeking to add experience AirTeamImages Xiamen pilots get [...]

Byline: Murdo Morrison Rome Shenzhen Airlines has hit the road in an attempt to attract Airbus A320 and Boeing 737 captains to fly under its banner Shenzhen Airlines will recruit [...]

DELTA CABIN CREW The airline is to recall furloughed flight attendants and recruit new ones with foreign language skills to accommodate passengers for its growing international markets, for training from [...]

ABU DHABI's Mubadala IN MAJOR LINK with GE REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT Abu Dhabi investment house Mubadala is partnering General Electric on a range of ventures as part of its push to [...]

Fractional ownership provider NetJets Europe plans to hire more than 200 crew in 2008, having employed 341 new pilots in 2007 as its growth continues. The European operation now has [...]

The position of cabin attendant was not a woman's job in the early years of commercial aviation. In 1922, Britain's Daimler Airway hired the first 'cabin boys', who served no [...]

AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-(C)1997-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Northwest Airlines (NYSE: NWA) experienced a strong response to its call to commence pilot hiring. The airline said more than 1,400 pilots have applied [...]

AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-(C)1997-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD United Airlines (Nasdaq: UAUA) said today (16 July) that it will begin to accept applications today for approximately 100 new pilot positions the company [...]

AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-(C)1997-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Dubai-based carrier Emirates has revealed that it is to hold a recruitment day for cabin crew in Malta. The recruitment day will take place [...]

AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-(C)1997-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD American Eagle Airlines, the regional affiliate of American Airlines, will be pre-screening applicants and scheduling interviews for pilot positions at the Holiday Inn Select [...]

Air India (AI) is recruiting science and engineering graduates straight from university, in an effort to overcome pilot shortages. V Thulasidas, managing director and chairman of Air India, says the [...]

AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-(C)1997-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Airlines in China are turning to foreign pilots to ease their own pilot shortage. According to Reuters, China's airline industry regulator said in February [...]

Air-taxi operator DayJet has begun hiring pilots and ground staff after announcing the first locations for its per-seat on-demand charter service using Eclipse 500 very light jets. So-called DayPorts are [...]

AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-(C)1997-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD China Eastern Airlines has reportedly hired 15 Indian flight attendants to work on its flights between Shanghai and New Delhi. The new employees will [...]

SriLankan Airlines is investing in graduate and cadet pilot recruitment in a bid to stave off threatened pilot shortages. A new first officer recruitment drive is also likely in the [...]

AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-(C)1997-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Applications for United Airlines' (OTC Bulletin Board: UALAQ) new flight attendant positions topped 7,500 on the first day of recruiting, the airline said. United [...]

Leading airlines have been explaining why the next 12 months could be a bonanza for pilots seeking new jobs or to develop their careers. Representatives of 30 airlines, including British [...]

Jet Aviation's staffing division Jet Professionals is hiring US law-enforcement officers to meet the requirement that an armed guard be on all private jet flights in to and out of [...]

Frank Caron (Flight International, 7-13 June) poses the perpetual question of pilot education and the airline pilot recruitment focus on the one-dimensional criterion of flying hours on type, for recruitment [...]

AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-(C)1997-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Virgin Atlantic Airways said on Monday (27 June) it planned to recruit 1,500 staff over the next 18 months. The carrier said in a [...]

AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-(C)1997-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Northwest Airlines Corp is recruiting replacement flight attendants in case of a labour dispute or strike. A job listing on Monster.com encourages candidates to [...]

AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-(C)1997-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Virgin Atlantic is to use the online job board Monster.co.uk for recruitment. According to onrec.com, the airline has set up a corporate profile page [...]

All the Continental Airlines pilots furloughed after the 11 September terrorist attacks have now returned to their jobs, making Continental the first legacy carrier to recall all its furloughed pilots. [...]

Demand for skilled engineering and operations crew in the Arabian Gulf has never been stronger. Can supply keep pace? Increased competition sees growing demand for staff A spate of new [...]

AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-(C)1997-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD US Airways has said that it plans to add more than 200 employees to load baggage and carry out other tasks in and around [...]

Carriers hire more pilots US carriers hired twice as many pilots as they had expected to in 2004, according to AIR Inc, the Atlanta-based recruitment agency. With December numbers still [...]

Emirates is freezing recruitment of office staff after admitting fuel price rises were starting to bite. Despite this, the airline revealed half-year profits of #127 million - an increase of [...]

Chinese carriers have raised their game in their efforts to recruit foreign pilots, with one airline planning to send a delegation to Europe to interview prospective employees. According to UK [...]

Legal eagles soar again Why are so may top airline posts filled by lawyers? Michael Bell, co-leader of the global aviation practice at executive search firm Spencer Stuart, suggests that [...]

Air China is seeking to recruit its first batch of foreign pilots ahead of the forthcoming delivery of additional Airbus A319s. New Zealand-based Rishworth Aviation says it has been hired [...]

After two years of pilot recruitment famine in the long-haul sector, British Airways and Virgin Atlantic are responding to improved market conditions by offering flight crew jobs but only for [...]

The industry is changing the way it recruits personnel as it strives to find new managers and specialists who can cross disciplines julian moxon / london Until the great post-Second [...]

Who's recruiting? The low-cost carriers, regional airlines, corporate aviation, particularly fractional-ownership companies, and Emirates. The low-cost carriers will take up any experienced pilots on the market first - especially those [...]

EasyJet has confirmed the appointment of OMD Europe to its pounds 30m pan-European media account following a face-off pitch against Carat (Marketing, May 1). The review was called following the [...]

l As an avid 'Brookie' fan (that's the soap opera Brookside for non-watchers), Guru cannot understand the findings of a new report by European management school EM Lyon. It claims [...]