Next year, airlines expect to have a shortage of more than 12,000 pilots.
has launched a program to train the next generation of pilots, including promoting other workers to fill those vacancies.
Foster is one of 59 students in the inaugural classes of United Airlines Aviate Academy in Goodyear, Arizona. By FAA regulation, pilots have to retire at age 65 and by one estimate, almost half them will within 15 years., which slowed the rate of new pilots taking to the skies, and it's almost impossible to keep pace with all the open seats.
The airline offers some scholarships and priority to relatives of staff — which helped former University of San Diego football player Aiden Mack follow his father's flight path. "My name tag was there, and he looked so proud, you know. I did not mean to cry. Oh, you should have seen his face," Foster said."He was so proud in the picture like, 'This is my mom, you know?'"
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