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One of Boeing’s biggest customers said it has paused pilot hiring in the spring due to Max 10 delivery delays.
United Airlines is pausing pilot hiring in the spring due to aircraft delivery delays from Boeing.
New-hire classes will be paused in May and June, and some may resume in July, according to a staff memo sent Thursday from vice president of flight operations Marc Champion and vice president of flight operations, planning and development Kirk Limacher.
“We wanted to let you know that United will slow the pace of pilot hires this year due to continued new aircraft certification and manufacturing delays at Boeing,” the two wrote in the memo seen by Skift.
“As you know, United has hundreds of new planes on order and while we remain on a p