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As travel demand returns, airlines are shifting their focus back toward hiring again. Pilot training can often be time-consuming and costly. For this reason, airlines typically plan years in advance to handle peak summer travel seasons ahead. United airlines told staff that it plans to resume pilot hiring. United will start with the some 300 pilots that had a new-hire date or conditional job offer when Covid-19 derailed those plans last year.