Airlines hired 969 pilots in September, bringing the year-to-date total to 8,319. The National carriers continued strong in September hiring 317 pilots, followed by the Majors with 217, and the Non-Jet Operators finished in third, hiring 118 new pilots for the month. AIR, Inc. estimates that more than 11,000 new pilot jobs will be created in 2005!

Frontier Airlines is back in the pilot-hiring column of the Airline Pilot Job Monthly. The Denver-based carrier has grown from 2,332 full-time employees in July 2001 to 4,117 this past July. Frontier expects to have 6,000 employees by the end of 2008.

JetBlue Airways took delivery of its first EMB-190 in September, with seven more to follow by the end of this year. It plans to add one new aircraft every 10 days in 2006. To aid in its expansion, JetBlue announced it would be hiring a record 3,500 new employees. It currently operates of fleet of 81 A-320s, and will take delivery of three more before the end of 2005.

Mesa Air Group, parent company of Phoenix-based Mesa Airlines, announced it plans to launch an independent airline serving the Hawaiian Islands during the first quarter of 2006. Mesa said it would set up a new company backed by investors and operating under its own Hawaiian livery. The intrastate service will connect the islands of Hawaii with service to the Hilo, Honolulu, Kona, Lihue, and Maui (Kahului) markets.

AIR, Inc.’s Atlanta Job Fair- is set for November 12. Airlines that have signed on to attend include Majors: AirTran, FedEx, JetBlue, UPS, Nationals: AirNet, American Eagle, ASA, Pinnacle, USA Jet,World Airways. Jet / Non-Jet Operators: Ameriflight, Amerijet, Cape Air, Flight Works, Fractionals: Bombardier Flexjet, Foreign: Cathay Pacific. 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 October 12, 2005
Airline	Number of Pilot Furloughs	Total Pilots	Percentage of Pilots Furloughed
Majors
Airborne Express	16	760	2.1%
AirTran Airways	0	1,100	N/A
Alaska Airlines	0	1,932	N/A
American West Airlines	0	1,915	N/A
American Airlines	2,860	13,186	2.176%
ASTAR Air Cargo	0	491	N/A
ATA Airlines	387	998	38.7%
Continental Airlines	0	4,200	N/A
Delta Air Lines	538	8,800	6.11%
FedEx	0	4,516	N/A
jetBlue	0	1,057	N/A
Northwest Airlines	522	6,000	8.7%
Southwest Airlines	0	4,698	N/A
United Airlines	1,941	9,343	20.78%
United Parcel Service	0	2,500	N/A
US Airways	1,974	5,639	35%
TOTAL	8,238	67,135	12.27%
Airline	Number of Pilot Furloughs	Total Pilots	Percentage of Pilots Furloughed
Nationals
Air Transport International	0	275	N/A
Air Wisconsin	0	850	N/A
AirNet Express	0	240	N/A
Aloha Airlines	31	336	9.2%
American Eagle	0	2,740	N/A
Atlantic Southeast	0	1,424	N/A
Atlas Air	4	758	.53%
Champion Air	0	170	N/A
Comair	0	1,800	N/A
Evergreen Int’l Airlines	0	235	N/A
ExpresssJet	0	1,800	N/A
Frontier Airlines	0	483	N/A
Gemini Air Cargo	0	286	N/A
Hawaiian Airlines	98	400	24.5%
Horizon Air	0	680	N/A
Independence Air	691	1,684	14.37%
Kitty Hawk Air Cargo	82	135	60.7%
Mesa Airlines	0	1,375	N/A
Mesaba Airlines	0	900	N/A
Midwest Express Airlines	0	285	N/A
Piedmont Airlines	0	405	N/A
Polar Air Cargo	0	271	N/A
Ryan Int'l Airlines	85	422	20.14%
SkyWest Airlines	0	2,034	N/A
Spirit Airlines	12	348	3.4%
Sun Country Airlines	94	226	44%
Trans States Airlines	0	680	N/A
USA 3000	0	80
USA Jet Airlines	0	90	N/A
World Airways	0	400	N/A
TOTAL	1,097	21,812	5%
Total Jet Operators	179	4,330	4.1%
Total Non-Jet Operators	3	2,831	5.5%
Total Fractionals	0	3,714	.06%
Total Helicopters	1	1,663	1.1%
Total Crew Leasing/Foreign/Training	0	12,520	N/A
Total Upstarts	0	70	N/A
AIRLINE TOTAL	9,517	114,075	8.3%
Notes: TBD = To be determined