Airlines hired a total of 695 pilots in November, bringing the year-to-date total to 9,771. The Majors took the hiring lead adding 227 pilots, followed by the National carriers with 197, the Jet Operators hired 127, and the Non-Jet Operators and Fractionals hired 56 and 46 pilots respectively. 2005 is shaping up to be the best year in airline pilot hiring since 9/11. Major airlines forecast hiring approximately 2,500 pilots in ’06.

Alaska Airlines will be hiring. The Flight Operations Division of Alaska Airlines announced it would for be hiring an average of 12 crews per month through 2008 for a total of 350. Alaska currently has 35 B737-800s on order with options and purchase rights for an additional 65.

Southwest Airlines announced it will be paying its shareholders a quarterly dividend of $.0045 per share on January 5, 2006. It will be the low-cost carriers 117th quarterly dividend. Southwest has announced they will be hiring approximately 460 pilots in 2006.

Competition between Washington Dulles and Boston is heating up. JetBlue will start offering six daily flights to and from the markets starting January 17, 2006 and AirTran will follow right behind on February 15 with four. United Airlines currently offers eight and Independence Air, which filed for Chapter 11 last month, offers five.

The first Job Seminar of the year is already looking good for January 28. Airlines already signed up to attend include Majors: AirTran, Continental, JetBlue, Southwest, and UPS. Nationals: Air Wisconsin, AirNet, American Eagle. Jet/Non-Jet Operators: Ameriflight, Cape Air, GoJets. Fractionals: CitationShares, FlexJet. Others: CAE Simuflight, LA Air National Guard.

For details on our upcoming Job Fair and Seminar in Dallas, TX on January 28, 2006, visit our Web site at www.jet-jobs.com, or call 800 JET-JOBS (538-5627.

Sincerely,
Kit Darby, President & Publisher

FURLOUGHS AS OF December 10, 2005
Airline	Number of Pilot Furloughs	Total Pilots	Percentage of Pilots Furloughed
Majors
Airborne Express	16	760	2.1%
AirTran Airways	0	1,186	N/A
Alaska Airlines	0	1,492	N/A
American West Airlines	0	1,915	N/A
American Airlines	2,888	13,186	2.176%
ASTAR Air Cargo	0	550	N/A
ATA Airlines	387	998	38.7%
Continental Airlines	0	4,200	N/A
Delta Air Lines	539	8,800	6.13%
FedEx	0	4,736	N/A
jetBlue	0	1,462	N/A
Northwest Airlines	581	6,000	9.7%
Southwest Airlines	0	4,800	N/A
United Airlines	1,906	9,343	20.4%
United Parcel Service	0	2,750	N/A
US Airways	1,974	5,639	35%
TOTAL	8,291	67,817	12.23%
Airline	Number of Pilot Furloughs	Total Pilots	Percentage of Pilots Furloughed
Nationals
Air Transport International	0	275	N/A
Air Wisconsin	0	971	N/A
AirNet Express	0	288	N/A
Aloha Airlines	25	336	7.4%
American Eagle	0	3,116	N/A
Atlantic Southeast	0	1,732	N/A
Atlas Air	4	758	.53%
Champion Air	26	150	17.33%
Comair	0	1,934	N/A
Evergreen Int’l Airlines	0	235	N/A
ExpresssJet	0	1,800	N/A
Frontier Airlines	0	503	N/A
Gemini Air Cargo	0	286	N/A
Hawaiian Airlines	98	400	24.5%
Horizon Air	0	700	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	13	950	1.4%
Midwest Express Airlines	0	285	N/A
Piedmont Airlines	0	550	N/A
Polar Air Cargo	0	271	N/A
Ryan Int'l Airlines	60	427	14.05%
SkyWest Airlines	0	2,195	N/A
Spirit Airlines	0	348	N/A
Sun Country Airlines	93	226	41.2%
Trans States Airlines	0	734	N/A
USA 3000	0	80	5%
USA Jet Airlines	0	90	N/A
World Airways	0	459	N/A
TOTAL	1,096	23,293	4.7%
Total Jet Operators	179	4,330	4.1%
Total Non-Jet Operators	2	2,831	.07%
Total Fractionals	0	3,714	.06%
Total Helicopters	7	1,663	.42%
Total Crew Leasing/Foreign/Training	0	12,520	N/A
Total Upstarts	0	70	N/A
AIRLINE TOTAL	9,575	114,075	8.4%
Notes: TBD = To be determined