Ua hoʻolaha ʻo United Airlines i kēia lā i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o Calibrate, kahi papahana aʻo i loko o ka hale e kōkua i ka ulu ʻana a me ka hoʻololi ʻana i kāna pipeline o Aircraft Maintenance Technicians (AMTs).
Hoʻomaka ka papa hoʻomaka i ka pule aʻe ma Houston e like me ka hoʻolālā ʻana o ka mokulele e hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻoi aku ma mua o 1,000 mau kānaka ma kahi o ʻumi mau wahi ma 2026, me ka pahuhopu o ka hapa liʻiliʻi he wahine a i ʻole nā kānaka kala.
ʻO Calibrate kahi papahana 36 mahina kahi e "loaʻa a aʻo ai" nā mea komo i ka uku ʻoiai e hoʻopau ana i ke kaʻina hana hoʻomaʻamaʻa manawa piha. Ma muli o ka uku ʻia ʻana o ka poʻe komo i ke aʻo ʻana, haʻalele lākou i ka uku no ka hele ʻana i ke kula ʻenehana - hiki ke kūʻai aku i $50,000. E hoʻomaka ʻo United e ʻae i nā noi waho i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o 2023.
"He manawa maikaʻi loa ka Calibrate no ka poʻe makemake e ʻimi i kahi ʻoihana maikaʻi ma ke ʻano he loea mokulele akā ʻaʻole loaʻa nā kumuwaiwai a kākoʻo paha e pono ai lākou e hele i nā kula loea kahiko a i ʻole nā koleke," wahi a Rodney Luetzen, ka Hope Pelekikena o United's Line Maintenance. . "E hāʻawi kēia papahana i nā manawa e hoʻololi ai i ke ola, e kōkua i ka hoʻololi ʻana i kā mākou limahana hana a hāʻawi iā mākou i ke komo ʻana i kahi kolamu ʻoi aku ka nui o nā poʻe akamai, mākaukau, hoʻoikaika."
ʻO ka papahana hoʻonaʻauao, kahi hana hui ma waena o United, ka International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) a me ka Federal Aviation Administration, e hoʻolalelale i ke ala e lilo ai i United AMT aʻo ka hoʻonui ʻana i nā kūlana o ka mokulele o Ground Service Equipment mechanics and Facility Technicians.
Manaʻo ʻo United e hoʻomaka ka lua o ka cohort haumāna Calibrate i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o 2023, a ma Houston hoʻi, a laila e hoʻonui ʻia i nā wahi ʻoi aku ma mua o ʻumi mau wahi me San Francisco a me Orlando.
E kālele ana ka papahana i ke kōkua ʻana i nā haumāna e loaʻa nā mākau a me ka ʻike e pono ai e hoʻāʻo a loaʻa i kā lākou A&P Certificate, me ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa lima lima a me ka lumi papa. Eia hou, e aʻo ʻia nā poʻe hui e nā ʻenehana papa honua o United, ke kūkulu ʻana i nā pilina a me ka loaʻa ʻana o ke kūlana kiʻekiʻe uniona i ko lākou holomua ʻana ma o ka papahana.
"Ua hana maikaʻi loa ka Mokuna Airline i ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka ʻoihana Aviation Maintenance Technician," wahi a Sean O'Brien, Pelekikena Nui o ka International Brotherhood of Teamsters. "Hoʻokumu kēia papahana i ka ʻokoʻa i ʻike ʻia ai ka Teamsters a hāʻawi i nā hana maikaʻi no kā mākou mau lālā Teamster o kēia manawa, akā no ka hanauna e hiki mai ana."
Aia ʻo United ma kahi o 9,000 mau ʻenehana mālama mokulele i hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻia ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa me ka hui pū ʻana o nā uku a me nā pōmaikaʻi i ʻoi aku ma mua o $140,000 ma luna o kā lākou uku uku. He mau hana akamai loa kēia - ʻo ka mokulele e ʻimi ikaika ana mai nā kula kālepa a me ka pūʻali koa - a hāʻawi ʻo United i kahi onramp i kēia ʻoihana ma o nā kūlana komo. Ua hoʻomaka kekahi mau alakaʻi o United ma ke ʻano he mīkini mokulele, ʻo ia hoʻi ka Hope Pelekikena o ka Line Maintenance o ka mokulele.
I kēia manawa, loaʻa iā United nā Base Maintenance AMTs, Line Maintenance AMTs, a me nā AMT e pili ana i ka hale kūʻai, nā mea nānā a me nā limahana laikini ʻē aʻe ma 50 mau wahi honua. Hoʻolālā ka mokulele e wehe i nā kikowaena mālama laina hou ma Raleigh-Durham, N.C. ma hope o kēia makahiki a ma Fort Myers-Southwest, FL a me Nashville, Tenn. i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o 2023.
