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Fractional Pilot Hiring Levels Way Down
By: Gordon Gilbert
Caption: As a group, the four largest fractional operators reported pilot hiring activity significantly off from what it was a year ago, according to AIR Inc., the 
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As a group, the four largest fractional operators reported pilot hiring activity significantly off from what it was a year ago, according to AIR Inc., the Atlanta firm that tracks the aviation job market. In the first nine months of this year, AIR Inc. said NetJets, Flight Options, CitationShares and Flexjet hired a total of just 148 pilots compared with 997 in the same period last year.