Only two months into the new year and already the airline industry hiring figures have eclipsed last year’s by 85, up 6% to 1,420 in 2005 versus 1,335 during the same period in 2004. Overall, the total number of pilots hired dipped slightly from last month, from 764 in January to 657 in February. The Major airlines kept pace with the Nationals, adding 197 and 227 pilots respectfully to their flight decks. The Jet Operator sector employed an additional 57 pilots, down 39 from the same period last month, while the Non-jet division stayed constant, hiring 95 in February, a slight decrease from 111 in January.

The big buzz among pilots is the revised hiring forecast United Parcel Service (UPS) announced this month. Originally scheduled to hire approximately 100 pilots in ’05, UPS raised the hiring bar to 300 for the year. Adding to the excitement, UPS signed a deal with Airbus for 10 A-380s with delivery expected from 2009 through 2012. UPS also decreased its present A300-600 order from 90 to 53. In additional to the new aircraft, UPS is expected to receive 13 A-300s by July 2006.

Continental Airlines’ pilots are rejoicing. Not only did the nation’s fifth largest carrier announce they would be recalling all furloughed pilots by year’s end, a total of 103, but might be adding an additional 200, if continued growth permits.

Northwest Airlines (NWA) backed up their recall announcement last by month (almost 200 in 2005), by signing an aircraft order with Airbus. On January 27, NWA signed a deal for 10 new aircraft. The order includes two new A-330-200s and six A-330-300s. Delivery dates are to be announced.

AIR, Inc. will hold its 2nd Airline Pilot Job Fair and Seminar of 2005 in Atlanta, GA on April 15-17. AirTran, America West, JetBlue, AirNet, American Eagle, ASA, SkyWest, , US Airways subsidiaries Piedmont and PSA, USA Jet, World Airways, Ameriflight, CAE Simuflight, Cathay Pacific, and Tab Express have already signed up. For more details, visit our Web site at www.jet-jobs.com, or call 800 JET-JOBS (538-5627), ext. 187 and speak to our Special Events Coordinator, Diana Lundie or email her at dlundie@airapps.com.

FURLOUGHS AS OF February 28, 2005
Airline	Number of Pilot Furloughs	Total Pilots	Percentage of Pilots Furloughed
Majors
Airborne Express	19	837	2.23%
Alaska Airlines	0	1,391	N/A
American West Airlines	0	1,508	N/A
American Airlines	2,775	11,108	24.98%
ASTAR Air Cargo	0	491	N/A
ATA Airlines	173	1,100	15.72%
Continental Airlines	103	4,300	2.4%
Delta Air Lines	653	8,010	8.2%
FedEx	0	4,280	N/A
Northwest Airlines	564	5,672	10%
Southwest Airlines	0	4,126	N/A
United Airlines	2,132	9,343	22.82%
United Parcel Service	0	2,500	N/A
US Airways	1,879	5,639	33.32%
TOTAL	8,298	60,305	13.8%
Airline	Number of Pilot Furloughs	Total Pilots	Percentage of Pilots Furloughed
Nationals
Air Transport International	0	275	N/A
Air Wisconsin	0	700	N/A
AirNet Express	0	200	N/A
AirTran Airways	0	750	N/A
Aloha Airlines	21	300	N/A
American Eagle	0	2,466	N/A
Atlantic Southeast	0	1,424	N/A
Atlas	20	758	2.64%
Champion Air	25	170	14.71%
Comair	0	1,700	N/A
Evergreen Int’l Airlines	0	235	N/A
Express One Int'l	0	300	N/A
Express Jet	0	1,800	N/A
Frontier Airlines	0	420	N/A
Gemini Air Cargo	14	286	4.9%
Hawaiian Airlines	98	298	21.7%
Horizon Air	0	635	N/A
Independence Air	252	1,900	13.4%
jetBlue	0	650	N/A
Kitty Hawk Air Cargo	76	135	56.3%
Mesa Airlines	0	1,375	N/A
Mesaba Airlines	0	900	N/A
Midwest Express Airlines	78	285	27.37%
Piedmont Airlines	0	405	N/A
Polar Air Cargo	0	271	N/A
Ryan Int'l Airlines	75	550	42.2%
SkyWest Airlines	0	1,275	N/A
Spirit Airlines	0	358	N/A
Sun Country Airlines	150	243	50%
Trans States Airlines	0	350	N/A
USA Jet Airlines	0	125	N/A
World Airways	0	330	N/A
TOTAL	782	22,022	3.6%
Total Jet Operators	17	3,987	.43%
Total Non-Jet Operators	11	3,018	.36%
Total Fractionals	0	3,649	N/A
Total Helicopters	17	1,589	1.1%
Total Crew Leasing/Foreign/Training	0	11,280	N/A
Total Upstarts	0	9	N/A
AIRLINE TOTAL	9,125	105,859	8.6%
Notes: TBD = To be determined