Jet Blue has announced that they plan to hire a new generation of pilots with no flight experience. That might sound crazy, but the airline has some good reasons to try out this technique. Hiring people who are not currently pilots gives the airline the chance to choose from a wider variety of applicants, and Jet Blue will be able to train the new pilots from the ground up to have a skill set perfectly suited to manning a large passenger jet. The training program is the first of its kind in North America, but some airlines in Asia and Europe have tried similar strategies with some success.
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