Embry-Riddle, Korean Airlines launch career pathway program

With airlines worldwide projected to need 790,000 new pilots between now and 2037, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University has teamed up with Korean Airlines to provide a new career pathway program for aspiring aviators.

Embry-Riddle currently participates in a number of pilotcareer pathway programs with industry partners, but the Korean Airlinesinitiative is the university’s first-ever such agreement with an internationalairline.

“The global pilot shortage is projected to be most acute inthe Asia-Pacific region, where 261,000 new pilots will be needed over the nexttwo decades,” said Dr. Alan Stolzer, dean of the College of Aviation onEmbry-Riddle’s Daytona Beach, Florida, campus. “Our partnership with KoreanAirlines will allow us to help fill that gap by producing up to 40 highlyqualified new pilots per year.”

Dr. Timothy Holt, dean of the College of Aviation onEmbry-Riddle’s Prescott, Arizona, campus, noted that the Korean Airlinesagreement will improve training not only for future Korean pilots, but for allother student-pilots enrolled at the university. “Under this new partnership,flight students selected by Korean Airlines will receive motivation andmentorship in completing their training with Embry-Riddle. Before returning toKorea to work, they will be required to provide flight instruction forEmbry-Riddle flight students, thereby gaining even more experience.”