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A Look at the Air Travel Industry in 2024: Why It’s Still a Good Time to Become a Pilot

As August approaches and the summer travel frenzy starts to subside with this back-to-school season, the air travel industry has seen a record high this summer with flights booked and passengers traveled. If you thought the air travel industry was slowing down this year, think again! While 2023 produced several record-breaking travel days, 2024 has consistently broken the same records

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Instructor Spotlight: AeroGuard’s Piper Ambassador Brooke G. Inspires the Next Generation of Student Pilots

While she grew up in the realm of cheerleading, performing, acting, and even working at Disney, Brooke Gassert had a passion for aviation in her heart from the beginning. In the midst of cheerleading and performing, Brooke had aviation surrounding her everywhere she looked. Her grandpa, dad, and brother all have their Private Pilot Licenses and her dad is even

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How the Recent FAA Reauthorization Includes Steps Forward in Addressing the National DPE Shortage

If you’re at all immersed in the aviation industry, you might have heard about the Designated Pilot Examiner shortage and how it’s impacting students in flight training and individuals becoming commercial airline pilots to begin their professional careers. Recently, one of the key challenges that flight schools and pilots in training have faced is the availability of DPEs for conducting

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Student Feature: Macy Has Made Her Mark as One of the Youngest Student Pilots to Start at AeroGuard

From the moment she was 4 years old visiting the Kennedy Space Center and threw a fit because she wasn’t actually going to space that day, Macy knew she wanted to pursue aviation and spend her days in the sky. After giving it some thought, Macy decided that being a pilot would be the perfect job for her to spend

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New Air Travel Records Emerge with 2.8 Million Travelers Taking to the Skies this Holiday Weekend

With each holiday that passes by, everyone eagerly waits to hear if one of these busy airport days has broken yet another air travel record for 2023. Several records have been broken throughout 2023 as the air travel industry completely recovered from past pandemic statistics. June 30th was the first day this year to break the record for the “Busiest

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Travel Predictions: Will Thanksgiving Take Back the Crown for the Busiest Travel Day in History?

While your local grocery store fills up with people getting those last-minute ingredients for the classic Thanksgiving fixings and families prepare to reunite over the long holiday weekend, it should come as no surprise that this Thanksgiving weekend is expected to break the record for the busiest day in U.S. air travel history. Travelers will be doing everything they can

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AeroGuard Alumni Spotlight: Callie Burgess

We’re back with another Alumni Spotlight, and this time we’re featuring Callie Burgess. From SkyWest Flight Attendant to Corporate Captain, Callie has established an exceptional pilot career with her passion, dedication, and commitment to her goals. Callie has a unique perspective on multiple career paths as a pilot and has a lot of wisdom to share with those currently in

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A Record-Breaking Summer of Air Travel Comes to an End with Labor Day Weekend

TSA prepared themselves this Labor Day for a busy holiday travel weekend and the end-of-summer travel rush – expecting over 14 million passengers to fly between September 1st and September 6th. September 1st was expected to be the busiest travel day of the weekend with over 25,000 scheduled departures from the United States. This Labor Day set another record as

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Pilot Salaries and Airline Hiring Rates Increasing by “Unfathomable Numbers” According to Aviation Experts

The airlines are hiring at an exponential rate and pilot salaries are increasing beyond what the past years have ever seen. The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) announced that the number of pilots being hired is an “unfathomable number”. According to their interview with Kit Darby, a pilot career counselor and aviation consultant, regional airline pilots’ starting pay has

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Pilot Demand Remains Strong in the Midst of Global Pilot Shortage

As you may know, the aviation industry has been experiencing a pilot shortage over the past few years, and that shortage is far from over. The demand for pilots shows no signs of slowing down any time soon – Boeing released a recent report that broke down what that pilot demand looks like for the next 20 years, and it

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