How Much Training Should an Airline Pilot Need?

The government requires 1,500 hours of flight time before serving as first officer as an airliner. Some pilots and industry ...

Pilots, airline groups warn about government shutdown causing safety setbacks, staffing shortages

Pilot and airline groups warn that a government shutdown could cause safety setbacks and staffing shortages at the world’s ...

How the US government shutdown could impact your next flight

The government shutdown could disrupt flights, extend security wait times, and slow safety functions, creating a stressful ...

Spirit Airlines tells pilots it wants to cut their pay and shave $100 million from their union deal

A Spirit executive wrote to its pilots' union proposing negotiations, adding that it could ask a bankruptcy court to change ...

Controller scolds Spirit Airlines pilot to ‘pay attention’ to radio calls as Air Force One flies 8 miles away

A Spirit Airlines pilot was scolded by air traffic control on Tuesday after not immediately responding to a controller’s ...

Oven Fire on Atlanta-Bound Delta Flight Forces Pilots to Declare Emergency, Divert Plane Shortly After Takeoff

The fire on Delta Flight 55 heading for Atlanta from Lagos, Nigeria on Sept. 23 was “caused by food debris on the oven's ...

Air traffic controller tells Spirit pilot to 'pay attention' while flying near Air Force One

The incident occurred Tuesday morning as President Donald Trump was flying to the United Kingdom aboard Air Force One.

Air India and Airbus forge new pilot training hub in Gurugram to power aviation ambitions

The Advanced Pilot Training Centre in Gurugram will be equipped with 10 full-flight simulators (FFSs), advanced classrooms ...
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Japan Airlines tightens liver function checks, suspends high-risk pilots after drinking incidents

Japan Airlines said it will impose stricter safety measures, including suspending risky pilots whose liver functions ...