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…
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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…
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…
FlightSafety Offers to Pay for Flight Instructor Training
FlightSafety International has developed an employment/training program where selected individuals can obtain their flight instructor certificates for free. Pilots holding a Commercial License, Single and Multi-Engine Land with Instrument Privileges…
Corporate Aviation Industry Forecast Shows Slight Raise in 10 Year Forecast
Honeywell’s 27th annual Global Business Aviation Outlook forecasts up to 7,700 new business jet deliveries worth $251 billion from 2019 to 2028 – an increase of 1-2 percent over the…
Embraer Announces Two New Corporate Jets – Praetor 500 and Praetor 600
Embraer has announced that it is adding two longer-range business jets to its mid-sized Legacy line. The new airplanes will feature fly-by-wire flight controls that will be programmed to reduce…
Falcon 50 Crashes – Neither Pilot Had Proper Qualification
A Dassault Falcon 50 – N114TD, operated by Air American Flight Services, attempted to land on the Greenville Downtown Airport’s (GMU) Runway 19 on September 27, 2018 and was unable…