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[email protected] FAPA Pilot Job Fair & Future Pilot Forum Coming to Chicago Saturday, September 30, 2017 Hyatt Regency O’Hare “The nine major U.S. airlines Certain sectors of the aviation industry are experiencing a significant are on track to hire nearly shortage of qualified pilots, a scarcity of men and women to fly an 5,000 pilots in 2017. A increasingly large fleet of jets around the world, a gap that needs to recent Boeing Company be filled in the next 20 years. forecast says the industry needs nearly 617,000 pilots FAPA’s Pilot Job Fair in Chicago on Saturday, September 30, from worldwide thru 2036.” 9 AM – 12 PM will be held at the Hyatt Regency O’Hare. The event is FREE to all pilots. This pilot job fair is a regional and Part 135 only event. It will bring recruiters and active pilots together. Airlines recruiting are Piedmont Airlines, Envoy Air, Air Wisconsin, Compass Airlines, Everts Air Cargo, ExpressJet, Gama Aviation, GoJet Airlines, Mesa Airlines, Republic Airline, SkyWest Airlines, and US Customs and Border Protection/Air & Marine Operations. Qualified pilots should register for free at www.FAPA.aero/Jobs. FAPA (Future and Active Pilot Advisors), the pilot career consulting company and its partners Piedmont Airlines and Envoy Air, are ‘Building the Pilot Pipeline’ TM by inviting career changers and aspiring pilots of all ages – career changers, students and their families, separating military personnel, and future pilots of all backgrounds – to FAPA Future Pilot Forums to learn about the pathways to a professional pilot career.