Etihad to
hire 1,000 pilots
At present, the airline has over 2,300 pilots and a cabin crew with more than 4,000 men and women. Exclusive premiere of "Emirati High Flyers"at Etihad Airways Training Academy Auditorium.
"We have 520 cadets now out of which 450 are Emiratis," said Captain Saleh Awadh Alfarjalla Al Ameri, senior vice-president of aviation security and the pilot cadet programme at Etihad Airways, while speaking at a ceremony in which a documentary "Emirati High Flyers" was released. The 30-minute documentary to be telecast on national television has filmed the dreams and aspirations of three young Emiratis including adventures girls. All the three youngsters achieved what they wanted to do in life, by flying Etihad Airways' jets.
At present, the airline has over 2,300 pilots and a cabin crew with more than 4,000 men and women. Exclusive premiere of "Emirati High Flyers"at Etihad Airways Training Academy Auditorium.
"We have 520 cadets now out of which 450 are Emiratis," said Captain Saleh Awadh Alfarjalla Al Ameri, senior vice-president of aviation security and the pilot cadet programme at Etihad Airways, while speaking at a ceremony in which a documentary "Emirati High Flyers" was released. The 30-minute documentary to be telecast on national television has filmed the dreams and aspirations of three young Emiratis including adventures girls. All the three youngsters achieved what they wanted to do in life, by flying Etihad Airways' jets.
Captain Al Ameri said the fast-expanding airline was planning to have 1,000 Emirati pilots, due to its on-going route expansion programme, in the coming five to six years. The airline would have 45 per cent Emirati pilots in 2020, Al Ameri said.
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