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Articles tagged “pilots”

Airlines

FAA Issues New Pilot Training Rule to Fix Colgan Air Deficiencies

The FAA has been fairly rigorous in taking remedial steps to respond to the Colgan Air crash even if sometimes the bureaucracy moves very slowly.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 10 years ago

Airlines

JetBlue Worries About Losing Pilots to Better-Paying Airlines

JetBlue will be walking a tightrope in 2014 as it continues negotiations with pilots. The airline has been falling behind rivals in terms of profit margins, but the struggle to retain pilots means JetBlue is going to have to increase their compensation. This is stuff to keep executives awake at night.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 10 years ago

Airlines

Pilot Records Database on Slow Track Despite Colgan Air Crash Findings

Creating a pilot records database out of airline employment records that currently exist on everything from Excel spreadsheets to tattered paper files and PDFs could be more difficult to get together than a certain federal government healthcare insurance website.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 11 years ago

Pilot Records Database on Slow Track Despite Colgan Air Crash Findings

Airlines

Regional Airline Goes on Hiring Binge: 350 Pilots and 300 Flight Attendants

With regional airlines and their major-airline benefactors fighting over the recruitment of pilots, Mesa's hiring binge will exacerbate the tussle. Mesa's new agreement with United is a game-changer for the airline, which will increase its pilot ranks by nearly 50%.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 11 years ago

Regional Airline Goes on Hiring Binge: 350 Pilots and 300 Flight Attendants

Airlines

The FAA’s New Safety Flash Cards For Reading the Runway

The FAA should be commended for going with the mobile trend and optimizing these flash cards for smartphones. Hey, pilots can brush up on their signage while they have time to kill at the airport.

Dennis Schaal , Skift | 11 years ago

The FAA’s New Safety Flash Cards For Reading the Runway

Airlines

Regional Airlines’ Pilot Shortage is Heading Toward the Perfect Storm

Major airlines covet their regional airline partners' pilots, and the big carriers are going to have to come up with programs to help the regionals get through the crunch.

Dennis Schaal , Skift | 11 years ago

Regional Airlines’ Pilot Shortage is Heading Toward the Perfect Storm

Airlines

The U.S. Airline Pilots Who Barely Make Minimum Wage

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.

Dennis Schaal , Skift | 11 years ago

The U.S. Airline Pilots Who Barely Make Minimum Wage

Airlines

FAA makes its pilot-training tougher in response to Colgan Air tragedy

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.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 11 years ago

Airlines

Touchscreens will be all over the cockpit of the future

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.

Skift | 11 years ago

Touchscreens will be all over the cockpit of the future

Airlines

Air Berlin pilots plan strike with goal of matching competitors’ wages

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.

Richard Weiss, Bloomberg | 11 years ago

Air Berlin pilots plan strike with goal of matching competitors’ wages