Articles tagged “pilots”

Market forces eventually will have to force improvements in regional airlines' pilot wages. And mainline airline partners are going to have to kick in some money for pilot training, and ensure that lowly paid regional pilots will find an easier path to the big payday at major airlines.

The FAA's announcement on new co-pilot training requirements is not tied to the Asiana Airlines crash and only relates to U.S. airlines, but it does resonate given heightened safety concerns.

The technology and safety issues may take a few years to figure out, but paperless cockpit is already becoming a reality with pilots adopting iPads, and full touchscreen minus the knobs will be coming in a few years, no doubt.

Opening Berlin’s airport won’t solve all of Air Berlin’s problems, but it could boost profits and allow the low-cost airline to launch new routes. Despite the airline and airport’s demise, Berlin has become one of the most popular European destination.

We hope the passengers got more than a few free flights. This could have turned into a very serious incident.

Airline companies and the tech players understand how they can use technology to automate most of the flying processes, but is the public ready, from a safety perception perpective? Still a long way to go before we get an answer.

As long as the pilot doesn't have a girlfriend in the control tower or vice versa, and they can't send lewd photos, then this sort of texting seems beneficial rather than a hazard. LOL.

Retailers and the public pushing for in-flight mobile use dismiss pilots’ accounts of radio waves significantly interfering with systems. The FAA can’t afford to ignore such accounts and then deal with the blowback should any accidents that occur as a result.

Despite AA’s many troubles over the past year, it has become an early adopter among airlines from SXSW hackathons to paperless cockpits. This is a trend that can truly differentiate the new American.

Butler was a highly unlikely candidate to cajole pilots into agreements since he has historically played a key role in gutting pension plans. But, behind the scenes, he managed to command the ears of both the pilots and Horton.