Articles tagged “pilot shortage”

Filling Southwest's pilot shortage can't come soon enough for CEO Bob Jordan, who sees the staffing challenges as the biggest barrier preventing the carrier from further taking advantage of massive travel demand.

Sun Country Airlines' successful, diversified business model met its match in the pilot shortage.

Is the pilot shortage U.S. airlines face only about the number of pilots, or are pay and quality of life part of it? The CEO of small Contour Airlines argues it's the latter.

Business travel is back, flights are full, and the money is flowing in at American Airlines. All good, right? Not even close as operational and staffing issues are expected to linger.

Are flight crews sometimes the last to know about cancellations?

EasyJet's Peter Bellew has resigned as chief operating officer, following weeks of turmoil at the airline.

SkyWest Airlines wants to launch a new airline in order to continue serving small cities amid pilot shortage-driven cutbacks. It could work if the Department of Transportation signs off.

Toledo, Ohio, has the unfortunate distinction of being the largest U.S. city, and one of the first, to entirely lose air service on a network carrier due to the pilot…

Pilots at two of American Airlines regional affiliates now earn more than some of their peers at discounters like Spirit. This could be the change needed to fix the pilot shortage but it could come with unintended consequences.

American CEO Robert Isom is confident in a continued travel recovery even if the U.S. slips into a recession. That may defy economic logic but with red-hot demand going into the summer it's hard to see a significant drop in travel anytime soon.