Hiring in the aviation industry is set to rise in 2011, according to the Aviation Hiring Trends Survey just released by JSfirm, an online aviation employment firm, according to ainonline.com.

Forty-eight percent of survey respondents plan to hire up to 10 employees this year; 8 percent expect to add more than 200 jobs.

The job market "is better than people may think," said Sam Scanlon, managing partner of Dallas-based JSfirm, according to ainonline.com. "The report indicates exactly what we are seeing on our site. There are more jobs being posted every day."

More than 325 aviation companies spanning all sectors of the industry participated in the survey.