First in the Nation

The Pilot Pipeline Program, announced in early April, will join American Airlines affiliate American Eagle and Western Michigan University in an effort to streamline the student to pilot transition. The WMU College of Aviation is the first collegiate program in the nation to partner with American Eagle Airlines' pilot-hiring program.

Students, or potential employees, will be identified as early as their sophomore year and receive special attention from the airline through graduation.

After a student receives their degree they will become American Eagle employees—complete with medical and travel benefits—while they work 'on loan' to WMU as flight instructors. This will allow them to accrue the required amount of flight hours before becoming employees. It also guarantees an interview with American Airlines.

To read more about the new agreement, or the Pilot Pipeline Program, please follow the link below.

WMU NEWS — WMU AVIATORS WILL BE FIRST IN NATION IN AMERICAN EAGLE HIRING PROGRAM

American Eagle representative Nicholas Alford (left) is pictured with the WMU College of Aviation Dean, Captain David Powell.