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Your Next Plane Might Be a Bus: United and American Airlines Creatively But Uncomfortably Address Pilot Shortage

United Airlines and American Airlines can send passengers by bus instead of planes. This is due to the lack of pilots. The edition told in more detail Yahoo!.

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A continuing shortage of pilots has prompted American airlines to replace aircraft with buses on some routes.

Labor shortages continue to pose problems for several industries, including aviation, where higher wages and higher bonuses are being used to attract and retain employees.

United and American signed contracts with Colorado-based bus company Landline to carry passengers and their luggage on buses over shorter domestic routes.

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One such route offered by United will take passengers from Denver, Colorado to smaller towns such as Breckenridge and Fort Collins, Colorado.

The American bus service is scheduled to begin June 3rd. Passengers will be ferried between Philadelphia, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

The shortage of pilots affected other airlines as well. Delta Air Lines has announced a reduction in education requirements for future pilots, removing the four-year college requirement.

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Meanwhile, Breeze Airways is battling a labor shortage by hiring pilots from Australia under the E-3 visa program for skilled workers.

United recently said it has cut flights to 29 cities indefinitely this summer because its partner SkyWest Airlines does not have enough pilots to fly those routes.

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