Paddle Your Own Kanoo
• Mateusz Maszczynski
British Airways hires pilots to taxi Boeing aircraft at Chicago O’Hare, paying up to $100,000 a year for on-ground moves to ease
British Airways is offering a paid, unusual pilot role focused on keeping aircraft moving while remaining exclusively on the ground at Chicago O’Hare. The program—reportedly paying pilots up to $100,000 annually—targets repeated short taxi operations to help relieve airport congestion.
