Lufthansa plans 4500 new hires in 2020
Lufthansa Group is planning to make more than 4500 new hires in Germany, Austria and Switzerland in 2020, including 300 resulting from the Boeing 777 fleet integration at SWISS. Many of the hires — some 3000 — will be in Germany and are the result of a combination of staff replacement and job increases. About […]
JetBlue MRO Apprentice Program Addresses Technician Shortage
JetBlue Airways says its in-house apprentice program is a partial solution to the looming maintenance technician workforce shortage, an executive with the airline tells Aviation Week. The median age for maintenance technicians at U.S. airlines is 51 years, or nine years older than the rest of the country"™s labor pool, and new technicians are not […]
