Originally published in 2010 Airline hiring always migrates. Most pilots want to live where they are based and/or be based where they live. To that end, when an appropriate airline is hiring close to your own bailiwick, they’re probably going to get the focus of your hiring efforts. In the last few years, hiring centers, like barometric pressure, shifted with the changing economy. In 2008, a fair amount of US-based airlines were accepting resumes, interviewing and hirin

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Between my years running flight schools, recruiting airline pilots, and working within the career services side of FAPA, I have had the opportunity to view a healthy number of résumés and cover letters. I've seen some amazing ones, I've seen some passable ones and I have seen résumés that are just downright awful. Always remember that while a good résumé might not influence getting you the job, a bad résumé definitely will.

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