Moody’s Report – Passenger Growth Will Slow in 2019
According to a report from Moody’s, US airports should see a slowing in growth of passenger enplanements from 5.4% in 2018 to 3.2% in 2019. The investment research firm says…
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Controlled Rest on the Flight Deck – Report
The Flight Safety Foundation (FSF) has released a report on the best practices for allowing controlled rest on the flight deck. The report was created by an industry Fatigue Countermeasures…
Civil Air Patrol to Offer Flight Training Fund
Civil Air Patrol (CAP) will be using funds designated by the U.S. Air Force to begin a program designed to help address the mounting pilot shortage. The goal of the…
Student Pilot Guide
Before you begin flight training, it is important to have a basic understanding of the responsibilities, safety regulations, and issues applicable to such an endeavor. This includes the choice of…
Frontier Airline Pilots to Vote on New Pilot Contract
After more than two years of negotiations with Frontier Airlines management pilots at Frontier could be close to a new labor agreement as they vote on a new contract. Air…
FAA Announces Proposed ATP Licensing Changes
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has released a new draft Airline Transport Pilot Airman Certification Standards (ATP ACS) and Type Rating for Airplane. The document has been released for review…
Pilot Unions Raising Concern About 737 MAX
Three pilot unions in the United States have raised concerns about a lack of information from Boeing on a new automated flight control feature designed into the newest version of…
Delta Air Lines Mixing Up Widebody Fleet Orders
Delta has announced an agreement with Airbus and Rolls-Royce to add 10 additional Airbus A330-900neo aircraft to its fleet. The order increases total orders by the airline from 25 to…
FAA Issues Airworthiness Directive for 737 Max 8
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued an emergency airworthiness directive on about 250 Boeing 737 Max 8s in response to the recent Lion Air crash. Boeing had previously sent…
Growth of Wheels Up Driving More Corporate Pilot Job Opportunities
Wheels Up launched in 2013 with an order for 35 King Air 350i. The order at the time was worth $1.4 billion and included options for another 70 King Airs…
P2012 Traveller Nearing Service Entry With Cape Air
Italian Manufacturer Tecnam has completed flight testing of the P2012 Traveller and now expects to revive European and United States type certification by the end of 2018. “All testing is…
Lion Air Boeing 737 Crashes Near Jakarta
A Lion Air Boeing 737 plane, Flight JT 610, crashed into the sea shortly after takeoff from the Indonesian capital of Jakarta with 188 people on board. The airplane was…