{"id":42031,"date":"2013-07-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-07-25T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/delta-state-signs-pilot-pathway-interview-agreement\/"},"modified":"2013-09-09T14:05:00","modified_gmt":"2013-09-09T14:05:00","slug":"delta-state-signs-pilot-pathway-interview-agreement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/2013\/07\/delta-state-signs-pilot-pathway-interview-agreement\/","title":{"rendered":"Delta State Signs Pilot Pathway Interview Agreement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" src=\"\/Images\/f16b.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Qualifying Delta State graduates are offered opportunity for career progression. Photo by Scott Speakes. \" class=\"caption\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Department of Commercial Aviation at Delta State has recently signed a Pilot Pathway Interview Agreement with ExpressJet Airlines, Inc., a Georgia corporation. The agreement provides the opportunity for employment for qualifying pilots completing training at Delta State. <br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>Dr. Julie Speakes, chair and professor of the Department of Commercial Aviation, views this as an opportunity for flight instructors to transition to the regional carrier.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>&ldquo;This agreement will guarantee our graduates an interview with ExpressJet. It will provide opportunities for future employment at ExpressJet for graduates who completed instructor standardization course at Delta State University,&rdquo; said Speakes. <br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>Since ExpressJet anticipates periodic needs for hiring pilots, the agreement with Delta State is mutually beneficial.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>&ldquo;With the ever changing airline industry, it is good to have partners to work with. This is a great opportunity for Delta State flight students to know they have an interview waiting for them after they complete the requirements,&rdquo; said Speakes. <br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>Dr. Speakes plans to hold a student session with the Manager of Pilot Recruitment Dan Robertson from ExpressJet this fall. <br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>Delta State offers programs for a bachelor&rsquo;s and master&rsquo;s degree in commercial aviation. Students have training access to a fleet of over 20 aircrafts just minutes from campus. For more information on the Commercial Aviation program, please visit aviation.deltastate.edu. <br \/>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Commercial Aviation at Delta State has recently signed a Pilot Pathway Interview Agreement with ExpressJet Airlines, Inc., a Georgia corporation&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":48292,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-general"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42031"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42031\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42032,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42031\/revisions\/42032"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}