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Female First Officer for Piedmont Airlines

Our youngest female pilot shares her journey

After graduating from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University – Daytona Beach Campus, Alice celebrated her 21st birthday and a few days later she began training to become a first officer at Piedmont Airlines. …
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How to get 1,500 flight hours

Fifteen hundred – it’s the magic number for commercial pilots. Since 2013, pilots have been looking for ways to hit the 1,500-flight-hour mark to begin flying for an airline. That’s …
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It’s time to return to the cockpit

Like many industries, the airlines were hit especially hard by the 2008 recession. The economic uncertainty derailed the careers of many pilots. Fortunately for the industry and the hard-working people …
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