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Dec 11, 2017 (newstodate): The Latvian carrier airBaltic has now opened the application process for candidates to the airline's newly established Pilot Academy at airBalticTraining.
The selected candidates will form the first class of students of the professional airline pilot training program are secured jobs with airBaltic upon successful completion of the program some two years from now.
airBaltic plans to train educate 20 pilots per year from the start, with the first academic year opening in March, 2018, with theoretical training courses.
This new initiative is the carrier's response to the growing shortage of airline pilots facing all companies in the industry.
-Today, some 50 percent of our pilots are coming in from abroad. Many of them are firmly settled here in Latvia and will remain with us. But as job opportunities are growing in most countries, it is only natural that many of them will want to return home, secured steady jobs, after a period with us, says Martin Gauss, airBaltic President and CEO speaking to newstodate earlier this month.
-But apart from this we are also keen to develop new job openings for young people here in our own country and we are convinced that our new initiative will have a strong appeal and contribute to securing a steady workforce of us needed to cope with the strong development of airBaltic over the coming years, says Mr Gauss.
airBaltic is indeed growing rapidly and over the next five years the company plans to recruit over 1,000 new professionals.
The selected candidates will form the first class of students of the professional airline pilot training program are secured jobs with airBaltic upon successful completion of the program some two years from now.
airBaltic plans to train educate 20 pilots per year from the start, with the first academic year opening in March, 2018, with theoretical training courses.
This new initiative is the carrier's response to the growing shortage of airline pilots facing all companies in the industry.
-Today, some 50 percent of our pilots are coming in from abroad. Many of them are firmly settled here in Latvia and will remain with us. But as job opportunities are growing in most countries, it is only natural that many of them will want to return home, secured steady jobs, after a period with us, says Martin Gauss, airBaltic President and CEO speaking to newstodate earlier this month.
-But apart from this we are also keen to develop new job openings for young people here in our own country and we are convinced that our new initiative will have a strong appeal and contribute to securing a steady workforce of us needed to cope with the strong development of airBaltic over the coming years, says Mr Gauss.
airBaltic is indeed growing rapidly and over the next five years the company plans to recruit over 1,000 new professionals.