Aviation Centers Take Off as Airlines Face Pilot Shortfall

A 'fast track' approach accepted in Europe flies into opposition from U.S. labor unions

In an airport terminal, a student in a crisp, white shirt, tie, and navy pants pores over his flight plan. Another student, in jeans and a T-shirt, tracks a slow-moving storm on the weather radar.

The two students, who both recently enrolled at Western Michigan University to learn how to fly, share the same aircraft and the same preflight jitters, but have little

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