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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/895/pilot_audio.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='US Running Out of Pilots' data-article-id='1323'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='5438'>Regional airlines in the United States are short of pilots.</span> <span data-start-time='5438' data-end-time='10250'>Many older airline pilots are retiring.</span> <span data-start-time='10250' data-end-time='17646'>Federal regulations require pilots to take time off between flights to rest. </span> <span data-start-time='17646' data-end-time='24146'>Pilots are staying at their jobs overseas and in the military.</span> <span data-start-time='24146' data-end-time='31646'>Republic Airways, a regional airline, filed for bankruptcy last week. </span> <span data-start-time='31646' data-end-time='40063'>Low profit and the pilot shortage were factors in the bankruptcy, according to the Associated Press.</span> <span data-start-time='40063' data-end-time='48063'>Also, America&rsquo;s largest airlines are hiring pilots from regional airlines. </span> <span data-start-time='48063' data-end-time='53146'>There are too few pilots to fill the vacancies. </span> <span data-start-time='53146' data-end-time='57875'>Some openings are being filled through flight schools.</span> <span data-start-time='57875' data-end-time='61750'>But flight school attendance is down. </span> <span data-start-time='61750' data-end-time='67104'>That means trained pilots are difficult to locate.</span> <span data-start-time='67104' data-end-time='70979'>Salaries for new pilots are low. </span> <span data-start-time='70979' data-end-time='82979'>The starting salary for first officers in the regional airline industry is $22,400, according to The Los Angeles Times. </span> <span data-start-time='82979' data-end-time='89938'>That salary is keeping pilots in the military and working for foreign competitors.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/895/pilot_img.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=5545 data-hint-location='57875' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/895/flight_school_attendance_is__blank__.m4a'>Flight school attendance is <span class='blank'>down</span>. </div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='down'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/895/up.m4a'><span>up</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/895/down.m4a'><span>down</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/895/stable.m4a'><span>stable</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/895/nonexistent.m4a'><span>nonexistent</span></div></div></div><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=5546 data-hint-location='10250' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/895/what_does_regulations_mean.m4a'>What does regulations mean?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='rules'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/895/rules.m4a'><span>rules</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/895/operates_many_passenger_airplanes.m4a'><span>operates many passenger airplanes</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/895/positions_that_are_available.m4a'><span>positions that are available</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/895/the_amount_of_money_an_employee_is_paid.m4a'><span>the amount of money an employee is paid</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=5547 data-hint-location='0' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/895/what_profession_has_seen_a_drop_in_new_personnel.m4a'>What profession has seen a drop in new personnel?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='pilots'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/895/lawyers.m4a'><span>lawyers</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/895/speech_pathologists.m4a'><span>speech pathologists</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/895/pilots.m4a'><span>pilots</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/895/nurses.m4a'><span>nurses</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button 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