In The Media
Ready for a 19-Hour Flight? Tests to Start on New York-to-Sydney Route – The New York Times
Passengers will be closely monitored to determine the effects of so much time spent in the air. By Anna Schaverien, NY Times, Aug. 22, 2019
How Investigators Pull Data off a Boeing 737’s Black Boxes
By Alex Davies, Transportation, 03.15.19 05:15 PM IN THE FIVE days since Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crashed a few minutes after taking off from Addis Ababa, killing all 157 people aboard, regulators around the world have grounded the Boeing 737 MAX 8. https://www.wired.com/story/boeing-737-max-8-ethiopia-crash-black-box-data-lion-air/
How do airlines fill capacity lost with grounding of 737 Max planes? ‘They probably don’t,’ expert says
Mike Lloyd and Hana Mae Nassar, March 14, 2019 How long will Canada’s fleet of Boeing 737 Max 8s be grounded? That’s the question facing the country’s airlines, which fly more of the aircraft combined than almost any other nation on the planet. https://www.citynews1130.com/2019/03/14/airlines-capacity-grounding-737-max/
A Worry for Some Pilots: Their Hands-On Flying Skills Are Lacking
By Zach Wichter and Jack Nicas, March 14, 2019 In nearly 100 million flights by United States passenger airlines over the past decade, there has been a single fatality. Other than most landings and takeoffs, the planes have largely been flying themselves. But the recent crashes of Boeing 737 Max 8 jets in Indonesia and Ethiopia have raised questions […]
NYTimes: More Jobs Will Be Cleared for Takeoff. Aspiring Pilots Are Ready.
By Zach Wichter and Micah Maidenberg, May 27, 2018 As big airlines face a wave of retirements, a fresh batch of fliers gets a chance, and the training, to seize the opportunity. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/27/business/airlines-jobs-aspiring-pilots.html
U.S. airlines tap army helicopter pilots to ease shortage
U.S. military helicopter pilots who have taken attractive offers from domestic airlines trying ease a global pilot shortage. By Tracy Rucinski, Reuters (Chicago) Business, 1:08 PM ET Wed, 23 January 2019 https:reuters.com/article/us-usa-aviation-shortage-insight/u-s-airlines-tap-army-helicopter-pilots-to-ease-shortage-idUSKCN1PH0CO
An arcane pilot union rule will make flying (a little) more comfortable on United
United Airlines‘ latest aircraft order comes with a rare perk in an age of increasingly cramped commercial flights: more space. By Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 1:00 PM ET Sat, 21 July 2018 https:cnbc.com/…/your-united-flight-will-be-more-comfortable-thanks-to-this-union-rule
Emirates Denies Being Hit By Pilot Shortage
Several rumors have been circulating in the international press that Emirates has been parking aircraft in Dubai due to a pilot exodus in favor of Chinese airlines offering superior pay and terms. By Peter Shaw-Smith, AIN Online, July 15, 2018, 3:00 AM https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/air-transport/2018-07-15/emirates-denies-being-hit-pilot-shortage.html
More Jobs Will Be Cleared for Takeoff. Aspiring Pilots Are Ready.
As big airlines face a wave of retirements, a fresh batch of fliers gets a chance, and the training, to seize the opportunity. By Zach Wichter, The New York Times, May 27, 2018 https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/27/business/airlines-jobs-aspiring-pilots.html
Regional Airline Pilots’ Escalating Income
The escalating pay and growing pilot shortage make this an excellent time to enter the industry. By James Wynbrandt, Flying, October 20, 2017 https://www.flyingmag.com/regional-airline-pilots-escalating-income
How to Value Airline Pilot Careers: The $8 Million Dollar Man has Wings!
Airline pilot careers are much more valuable than many attorneys, spouses, and even the pilots themselves often realize. Even after all of the well-publicized pay reductions and retirement plan failures at our established legacy passenger airlines, these careers are still providing high career values. By TASA ID: 616 – Kit Darby, December 1, 2017 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-30/delta-will-promote-pilots-to-captain-if-they-can-fly-this-old-plane
Air Canada being probed for another runway blunder at SFO
Federal investigators are probing why an Air Canada flight crew did not hear repeated warnings from air traffic controllers to abort a landing at San Francisco International Airport By Jenna Lyons, SFGate, October 24, 2017: 4:46PM ET https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-30/delta-will-promote-pilots-to-captain-if-they-can-fly-this-old-plane
Delta Will Promote Pilots to Captain—if They Can Fly This Aging Plane
The unloved “Mad Dog” is helping to topple the traditional timetable as the carrier contends with a graying pool of aviators. By Michael Sasso and Julie Johnsson, Bllomberg Businessweek, August 30, 2017: 6:00 AM ET https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-30/delta-will-promote-pilots-to-captain-if-they-can-fly-this-old-plane
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 http://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 http://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 http://www.wsj.com/articles/advisory-panel-would-relax-rules-for-co-pilot-experience-1472808602
Delta pilots, seeking 37% raise, picket headquarters
The pilots, who held pickets at eight major airports in June, are at the Atlanta headquarters of the world’s No. 2 airline. The pilots are not on strike, and the demonstrations are meant to call attention to their demands. By Chris Isidore, CNNMoney, August 26, 2016: 8:39 AM ET http://money.cnn.com/2016/08/26/news/companies/delta-pilots-pickets/
Foreign pilots cash in on Chinese airline boom
For foreign pilots looking for sky high salaries maybe Chinese airlines are the answer. By China.org.cn, August 20 2016 http://www.china.org.cn/business/2016-08/20/content_39130436.htm