America Needs Pilots, So JetBlue is Bringing up Their Own

‍NEW YORK — Ask any airline CEO what challenges they’re facing… and each one of them will likely cite “pilot shortage” as one of the biggest – if not the biggest – obstacle to overcome.

Air travel is in demand, and that demand is quickly increasing. The problem is that there simply aren’t enough qualified pilots to keep up with that trend. And, to make matters worse, becoming a commercial pilot became even more difficult over the last four years.

In 2013, the FAA upped the…