United expanding pilot recruitment to diverse groups

United Airlines’ flight school, United Aviate Academy, plans to train 5,000 new pilots by 2030, with goals for half of the students to be women and people of color. The flight school will provide training to pilots with little-to-no experience and will fund $1.2 million in scholarships to alleviate costs that served as a barrier to women and people of color. “What we’re really doing is opening ourselves up to a huge pool of untapped talent and give them opportunities to create those kinds of wonderful careers,” United CEO Scott Kirby said.