Aerotime

MARCH 3, 2025

Qantas and Jetstar Australia announced that it will celebrate International Womens Day 2025 by running 50 all-female operated flights this week. Qantas The first flight, a Jetstar service from Adelaide Airport (ADL) to Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport (SYD), took off on the morning of March 3, 2025.

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Cabin Crew Flight Deck Pilot Airlines 262

Aerotime

MARCH 19, 2025

Estimated landing in ~9 minutes pic.twitter.com/t3XEuirhFt — Turbine Traveller (@Turbinetraveler) March 18, 2025 A Delta Air Lines spokesperson told media outlets that flight crew had reported heat in the flight deck window. All passengers, including three pilots and nine flight attendants, were evacuated safely.

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Cockpit Flight Deck Runway Pilot 253

Aerotime

JULY 23, 2024

Boom Supersonic announced major milestones across its Overture airliner and Symphony engine programs at the Farnborough International Airshow on July 23, 2024. The US company unveiled an all-new flight deck for supersonic airliner Overture, designed around pilots and with safety at the forefront.

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Flight Deck Airlines Airline Aviation Technology 276

One Mile at a Time

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

In the past couple of weeks, weve seen two catastrophic accidents involving US-based airlines. If you look on social media, its clear that some people think that airlines are hiring pilots with little to no experience, simply because of the color of their skin or their gender. But thats also not whats going on at airlines.

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Pilot Flight Deck Airlines Airline 97

Aerotime

AUGUST 2, 2024

Aviation is not short of contentious issues, but none seem to fire up passions quite like that of the implementation of single pilot commercial operations. The first is Extended Minimum-Crew Operations (eMCOs), the other Single-Pilot Operations (SiPOs). On the other hand, SiPOs are end-to-end single-pilot operations.

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Pilot Cockpit Flight Deck Cargo 332

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 9, 2024

With a tip of the hat to Stephen Covey, just what are some of the habits and characteristics that define the highly effective pilot? It’s simply an attitude and the way we approach each and every flight. For the record, the one-size-fits-all, larger-than-life image that the movies and TV paint of pilots is not always accurate.

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Pilot Flight Deck Approach Weather 105

Aerotime

OCTOBER 22, 2024

CAE has announced the development of a new Apple Vision Pro app that allows pilots to complete some aspects of training remotely, from anywhere in the world and at any time. In ‘Guided Mode’, the user is led to learn the various procedures of the aircraft, guiding the pilot to the next action required to learn the sequences.

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Flight Deck Pilot Airlines Airline 266

Cranky Flier

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Back in the immediate aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, airlines were scrambling. There were so many pilots that took an early retirement that nobody was ready for the very quick rebound in demand that led to a rapid increase in flights. Those airlines pay SkyWest to do the flying, so there is limited risk.

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Pilot Airplanes Flight Deck Airlines 239

One Mile at a Time

APRIL 30, 2025

Its exceptionally rare for a head of state to be a pilot. Its even rarer for them to pilot a plane on an official visit like this. Only about 50 pilots worldwide are certified to land at the airport, given the special training required. What I wasnt aware of is that his wife is a pilot as well.

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Aerotime

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

A group of senators have written to Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and US Mission to the International Civil Aviation Organization (USICAO) Chargé d’Affaires Anthony Clare to urge them to support raising the mandatory commercial pilot retirement age standard.

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Pilot Flight Deck Operating Limitations Airlines 284

Flying Magazine

JUNE 6, 2025

Seniority in and of itself is a simple concept that greatly complicates the personal and professional life of an airline pilot. Longevity is the amount of time you have been employed by an airline—two years, five years, 10 years, etc. Let’s take a deeper look and start with system (airline) seniority. There is a No.

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Pilot Airlines Airline Flight Deck 78

One Mile at a Time

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

However, for whatever reason, the pilots taxied right across runway 31C, as the Southwest 737 was flaring to land. Fortunately the Southwest pilots were paying close attention, and they initiated a go around, a moment before touchdown. The Bombardier pilots were given a phone number to call, for a pilot deviation.

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Runway Air Traffic Control Pilot Clearance 117

One Mile at a Time

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Starting next week, Southwest Airlines passengers will notice a subtle change to when crews prepare the cabin for landing, and it has some implications for passengers. As of December 4, 2024, Southwest Airlines will be instructing crews to prepare the cabin for landing earlier than before, as flagged by View from the Wing.

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Descent Turbulence Airlines Airline 108

Aerotime

MAY 3, 2024

These are just some of the “significant and exciting” changes that Emirates is making to its pilot recruitment program. These pilots will now have the opportunity to be fully trained to fly the airline’s all-wide-body fleet of 144 Boeing aircraft across its network. The airline continues to welcome DECs for its fleet of A380s.

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Aerotime

MAY 28, 2025

Building on a strong legacy of German aircraft design and based on the Dornier 328 regional airliner, the D328eco promises to revolutionize the regional aircraft arena, with its increased passenger capacity and maximum range of 1,205 nautical miles (2,231km).

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Runway Crosswind Flight Deck Knot 300

One Mile at a Time

APRIL 29, 2025

American Airlines passenger approaches flight deck, finds out This incident happened on Thursday, April 24, 2025, and involves American flight AA950, operated by a Boeing 787-9, and scheduled to fly from Sao Paulo (GRU) to New York (JFK). The late night flight was delayed by a little over two hours on departure.

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Flight Deck Airlines Airline Approach 105

One Mile at a Time

OCTOBER 15, 2024

A SriLankan Airlines captain has been grounded, after he reportedly locked the first officer out of the flight deck, in a move intended to teach her a lesson… SriLankan pilot suspended over flight deck behavior A SriLankan Airlines captain has been suspended, following his actions on a recent flight.

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Flight Deck Cockpit Airlines Airline 113

Plane and Pilot

JANUARY 21, 2025

A quality headset is one of the most important tools a student pilotor any pilot, reallyhas. Good headsets enhance communication, reduce cockpit noise, and ensure comfort during long training or time-building flights. A poor headset, however, readily accomplishes exactly the opposite. David Clark H10-13.4 The David Clark H10-13.4

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Pilot General Aviation Cockpit Air Traffic Control 104

Aerotime

AUGUST 2, 2024

An American Airlines passenger has been sentenced to 19 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to interfering with flight crew members and flight attendants. Audio between the aircraft pilot and air traffic control also revealed that the convict attempted to enter the flight deck.

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Air Traffic Control Flight Deck Airlines Airline 281

AV Web

MAY 14, 2025

A confluence of errors and misfortune characterizes the accident report from Transport Canada on a Boeing 737-800 operated by low-cost Canadian operator Flair Airlines. The return flight to CYKF departed at 2:38 am with 134 passengers and six crew members on board.

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Thrust Pilot Runway Flight Deck 97

Aerotime

APRIL 23, 2025

Through this strategic partnership, BAA Training will deliver Multi-Crew Pilot License (MPL) training for up to 150 cadets annually, with the first group beginning in April 2025. We invest significantly in cultivating expertise amongst our esteemed roster of pilots that will uphold and expand our extensive network.

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Flight Deck Pilot Airlines Airline 156

Aerotime

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Details have emerged of an incident involving a Flair Airlines flight in Canada on October 24, 2024. Flair Airlines flight F8641 was departing on a routine scheduled flight from Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) heading to Winnipeg-Richardson International Airport (YWG). 24-OCT-2024 PILOTS are BLIND.

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Cockpit Airlines Airline Flight Deck 292

Simple Flying

OCTOBER 14, 2024

A bizarre incident occurred recently on a SriLankan Airlines flight from Sydney to Colombo in which the captain locked the first officer out of the cockpit. Following the serious breach of protocol, the pilot was grounded, and the airline is investigating the matter.

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Flight Deck Pilot Cockpit Airlines 128

One Mile at a Time

MAY 19, 2024

For years, there had been talk of the cockpits of commercial aircraft in the United States getting a second flight deck barrier. As the FAA describes this, the intent is to slow any attack on the flight deck long enough so that the flight deck can be closed and locked before an attacker could reach it.

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Flight Deck Airplanes Cockpit Pilot 120

Air Facts

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Who is the pilot in command of your aircraft? Air Facts Journal The pilot in command of an aircraft is directly responsible for, and is the final authority as to, the operation of that aircraft. ” The pilot in the left seat As that accident shows, being PIC is a full time job.

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One Mile at a Time

MARCH 25, 2025

For many years, Delta Air Lines pilots have had aircraft trading cards, which theyve been able to offer to passengers who request them. The idea is simple if you see a Delta pilot, you can ask them for a trading cards, as theyre the ones who have them. Of course not all Delta pilots will have them, but many do.

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Airplanes Pilot Flight Deck Airlines 89

AV Web

AUGUST 8, 2024

Pilot’s associations are sounding the alarm on Airbus’ proposal to move towards single-pilot operations in the cockpit. 6 letter to Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury, Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) President Capt. In an Aug.

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Cockpit Pilot Flight Deck Airlines 140

Aerotime

OCTOBER 10, 2024

In advance of the long-awaited arrival of its first Airbus A350-900, Emirates has been revealing the efforts it has gone to over recent months to prepare its pilots and cabin crews for the arrival of the new widebody fleet. These suites include three full-motion flight simulators integrated with innovative pilot support systems (PSS).

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Cabin Crew Flight Deck Pilot Flight Plan 241

AV Web

OCTOBER 24, 2024

This week, the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) took a stand against single pilot operations in commercial airlines. Some aircraft manufacturers are designing airliners to be flown with only one pilot on the flight deck during the cruise portion of the flight, and eventually with zero pilots,” said Capt.

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Pilot Flight Deck Airlines Airline 135

Simple Flying

OCTOBER 15, 2024

A bizarre incident occurred recently on a SriLankan Airlines flight from Sydney to Colombo in which the captain locked the first officer out of the cockpit.

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Flight Deck Cockpit Pilot Airlines 116

AV Web

OCTOBER 13, 2024

Three European airlines have protested an AD they say will prevent their pilots from having a decent in-flight nap. 8, the FAA issued a final rule for the AD that will require flight deck seats on most Boeing 787s to be modified to limit the amount they can recline. 01 percent of pilots.

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Flight Deck Pilot Airlines Airline 105

AV Web

JANUARY 19, 2025

Fox News has asked the question of whether passengers should applaud when an airliner touches down without answering it. In a travel feature last week, the network asked ethicists, “travel experts” and a few pilots whether the claps are appreciated. The post To Clap Or Not To Clap appeared first on AVweb.

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Flight Deck Pilot Airlines Airline 98

Cranky Flier

MAY 16, 2025

Delta Moves the Deck Chairs Around Everything you knew about flying on Delta is changing — except really nothing is changing at all– yet. The captain was eventually able to successfully return to the flight deck, divert to Madrid, and land safely without incident. Singapore Airlines is rolling in the dough.

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Flight Deck Airplanes Cockpit Pilot 130

Alaska Air

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Horizon Air, the regional airline subsidiary of Alaska Air Group, is paving the way to the flight deck for aspiring pilots in Hawaii without needing to leave the islands for training.

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Pilot Flight Deck Airlines Airline 116

AV Web

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

None of the pilots or flying students were female or sported a skin color other than beige. When I became an airline pilot at the beginning of 1979, the training classes and flight decks were male only clubs. I gave tons of type rating, and ATP check rides in that box.

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Flying Magazine

JUNE 7, 2025

We are often asked at industry events and training forums for guidance on picking an airline. In the current hiring environment , we are fortunate to have options as pilots in this regard, because at certain industry low points there may only be one or two, or no carriers hiring at all. But what about the flight deck jumpseat?

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Airlines Airline Pilot Flight Deck 65

One Mile at a Time

MARCH 20, 2025

Endeavor Air CRJ-900 debris map So, what do we know about the two pilots? Is it possible that pilot error caused this? Is there any indication that the first officer failed tests more than other pilots, or got any sort of shortcuts because of her gender? The right wing came to a rest around 215 feet beyond the main wreckage.

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Descent Threshold Knot Flight Deck 91