Spirit’s customers are mad. Its pilots are furious.
A lot of Spirit Airlines’ customers don’t like the airline. Neither do its pilots. By Chris Isidoren, CNNMoney, May 9, 2017: 4:02 PM ET https://money.cnn.com/2017/05/09/news/companies/spirit-airlines-pilots/
American Airlines is offering its pilots & flight attendants a raise
Hoping to satisfy employees’ demands to close the big gap between their salaries and what counterparts make at Delta and United, American is giving an 8% raise to pilots and a 5% increase to flight attendants. by Julia Horowitz, CNN Money – April 26, 2017: 7:12 PM ET https://kitdarby.com/wp/american-airlines-is-offering-its-pilots-flight-attendants-a-raise/
Want to earn $300,000 tax free? Try flying a plane in China
Chinese airlines are offering huge pay packages to tempt foreign pilots as demand for air travel balloons. By Jethro Mullen, CNNMoney, November 15, 2016 – 8:32 PM https://money.cnn.com/2016/11/15/news/economy/china-airlines-foreign-pilots-pay/
How the Air Force is scrambling to head off an exodus of fighter pilots
The Air Force is scrambling to head off what could be a major exodus of fighter pilots for the private sector, which would exacerbate an already-serious shortfall of fighter jocks. By Stephen Losey, Air Force Times, September 17, 2016 https://www.airforcetimes.com/articles/the-fight-for-pilots
Advisory Panel Would Relax Rules for Co-Pilot Experience
A proposal is likely to rekindle long-running safety debate about mandatory flying hours. By Andy Pasztor, Wall Street Journal, September 3, 2016 https://www.wsj.com/articles/advisory-panel-would-relax-rules-for-co-pilot-experience-1472808602