The Nationals and the Jet Operators were neck and neck in their hiring totals for the month of April., hiring 168 and 162 pilots respectively. The Majors led the hiring race, raising their total to 276 in April, an increase of 44% over last month’s total of 191. The Nationals levels dipped slightly from 235 to 168, a difference of 29%. Jet Operators hired 162 pilots last month, an increase of 26% over March’s total of 128. The Non-jet division hired an additional 10 pilots, raising their total from 116 to 126, an increase of 9%.

US Airways announced to its labor groups that, in order to stay alive, it must downsize further or merge with another airline, such as America West Airlines. If an agreement is reached, the initial plan would be to fly under the "US Airways" brand immediately but to keep the operations separate for a time. Talks between the two major carriers are currently in the advanced stages with a decision expected by mid May.

Republic Airways Holdings, parent company of Chautauqua Airlines and Republic Airlines, purchased Shuttle America for $1 million and assumption of $1 million in debt. Shuttle will be flying Republic’s EMB170s as United Express with service scheduled to being in June.

Skyway Airlines announced it would furloughing 80 pilots after Delta Air Lines Inc. announced a deal with rival carrier Freedom Airlines for its regional jet service. Freedom Airlines, a subsidiary of Mesa Air Group Inc., will become a carrier for Delta Connection and take over Delta Connection flights previously handled by Atlantic Coast Airlines.

The next AIR, Inc. Airline Pilot Job Fair is scheduled for June 17-19 in Miami, FL at the Radisson Hotel – Miami. AirTran, America West, Continental, FedEx, JetBlue, UPS, AirNet, American Eagle, Atlantic Southeast Airlines, Comair, SkyWest, US Airways subsidiaries Piedmont and PSA, USA Jet, World Airways, Ameriflight, Colgan Air, Gulfstream, Pinnacle, Tab Express, Cathay Pacific, CAE Simuflight are just some of the airlines invited to attend. 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.

Sincerely,
Kit Darby, President & Publisher

FURLOUGHS AS OF April 30, 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	2,888	11,108	26%
ASTAR Air Cargo	0	491	N/A
ATA Airlines	173	1,100	15.72%
Continental Airlines	0	4,300	N/A
Delta Air Lines	631	8,010	7.88%
FedEx	0	4,280	N/A
Northwest Airlines	523	5,672	9.22%
Southwest Airlines	0	4,126	N/A
United Airlines	2,115	9,343	22.64%
United Parcel Service	0	2,500	N/A
US Airways	1,879	5,639	33.32%
TOTAL	8,228	60,305	13.64%
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	0	300	N/A
American Eagle	0	2,466	N/A
Atlantic Southeast	0	1,424	N/A
Atlas Air	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
ExpresssJet	0	1,800	N/A
Frontier Airlines	0	420	N/A
Gemini Air Cargo	0	286	N/A
Hawaiian Airlines	98	298	21.7%
Horizon Air	0	635	N/A
Independence Air	273	1,900	14.37%
jetBlue	0	635	N/A
Kitty Hawk Air Cargo	88	135	65.2%
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	78	550	42.2%
SkyWest Airlines	0	1,275	N/A
Spirit Airlines	0	358	N/A
Sun Country Airlines	115	243	47.32%
Trans States Airlines	0	350	N/A
USA Jet Airlines	0	125	N/A
World Airways	0	330	N/A
TOTAL	775	22,022	3%
Total Jet Operators	0	3,987	N/A
Total Non-Jet Operators	0	3,018	N/A
Total Fractionals	0	3,649	N/A
Total Helicopters	0	1,589	N/A
Total Crew Leasing/Foreign/Training	0	11,280	N/A
Total Upstarts	0	9	N/A
AIRLINE TOTAL	9,153	105,859	8.64%
Notes: TBD = To be determined