PSA Airlines has signed partnership agreements with two more schools as it makes a bid to hire 1,000 people in short order.

The airline announced Thursday partnerships with Purdue University, as well as Liberty University, aimed at helping their students come aboard as pilots. This comes as the American Airlines regional carrier is moving ahead on a steady trajectory that will see its fleet and workforce more than triple, and as leaders say people are the limiting factor.

A cadet partnership with…