Flight School Turns Out Sought-after Pilots.

FLIGHT schools; AIR pilots; REGIONAL airlines; COMMERCIAL aeronautics; JOHNSON, William E.; LABOR costs

YUKON-Kuskokwim Delta (Alaska); ALASKA

The article reports on the efforts of Yuut Yanqungviat, a nonprofit school funded by the Association of Village Council Presidents, in training pilots to work at regional airlines serving the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta in Alaska. The school is also aiming to reduce the chronic pilot shortage at the airlines. According to William E. Johnson, the school's director, a locally trained pilot can do the work of two outside pilots, which is a big saving for them in terms of labor cost.