Summer travel has been nothing short of chaotic with countless cancelations and delays. Now, airlines are making a 'pilot push' before it gets worse.
HOUSTON, Texas -- As cancellations and delays grow this summer, airlines are scrambling to find pilots after the COVID-19 pandemic created an industry shortage.
, which tracks flights, said on some days this summer, the average delay was nearly an hour and a half, with almost 7% of all flights canceled.One reason for the issue is the weather. Another is there aren't enough pilots, as many of them left during the pandemic. Age is also forcing out others because you can't be a pilot past the age of 65.
"There's no other job like this job," Brown said."You fly all over the world. You meet different people every time you come to work.""It's the best job in the world," Shepard said.But United isn't the only airline hiring.said there are 4,500 commercial pilot openings a year over the next decade.
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