Inflight Pilot Training

DECEMBER 22, 2024

If your dream is to join Deltas cockpit, the journey starts with a strong foundation in flight training. Lets explore the path to becoming a Delta Airlines pilot and how you can take the first step toward this exciting career! Regional Airlines or Charter Flights: Gain real-world experience in commercial operations.

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Aerotime

JUNE 24, 2025

The recent turmoil affecting the airspace over the Middle East has had ramifications for airline passengers across the globe. Delays, diversions, and cancellations have been widespread, with Qatar Airways grounding all flights (albeit temporarily) and in doing so, marking the first time the airline has done so since the COVID-10 pandemic.

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Aerotime

JANUARY 30, 2025

With the increasing number of air passengers and airlines adding further new routes in more areas, the aviation industry is facing a lack of aviation specialists. AI provides spotters with data on weather and flight plans and general conditions. billion in 2025, marking a 6.7% increase compared to 2024. rise from 2024.

Aviation Technology

Air Facts

JANUARY 22, 2025

In his office (which was at the airport), he informed me where we would fly to and told me to file an IFR flight plan. Truth be told, with all my training, at no time did an instructor have me file a flight plan. Luckily, I knew how to file a flight plan in ForeFlight which I did.

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Air Facts

MAY 28, 2025

Plan a full tripfile a flight plan, brief your family, load your gear. Part II: Reliability, Reconsidered After sharing my story about delaying a return flight due to marginal weather, I know many fellow pilot will make this argument: If you really have to be somewhere, just fly commercial or drive. Pick a beautiful day.

Wind Shear

Pilot Institute

MAY 8, 2025

They forward the messages onwards to airline operation centers, flight dispatch, maintenance facilities, or ATC. From there, it gets routed like mail to the intended recipient: an airline operations center or an air traffic control unit. Data link service providers (like ARINC or SITA) operate these networks.

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Flying Magazine

JULY 9, 2025

His guidance starts at day one, helping you consider your options when it comes to selecting a flight school. For example, should you choose an accelerated program or an airline academy, or would you learn better flying two or three times a week at a small flight school at a local airport?

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Plane and Pilot

JULY 31, 2025

By the 2010s, tablet apps like ForeFlight and Garmin Pilot turned iPads into digital flight bags. Pilots can now plan a 500-mile trip, file a flight plan, and monitor weather in minutes with a touchscreen. Its JMB Connect app streamlines flight planning and maintenance.

VOR

Simple Flying

DECEMBER 28, 2024

A Dallas/Fort Worth-bound American Airlines flight seemingly followed a departure route unlike the standard procedures from Hawaiis largest airport on Friday. Rather than making an immediate right turn to ascend offshore, the aircraft climbed directly over downtown Honolulu, catching the eye of a witness on the ground.

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Simple Flying

JULY 19, 2025

While cruising speed isn’t usually the first metric travelers think about when booking a flight, it plays a crucial role in flight planning, fuel efficiency, and airline scheduling. How fast can it actually fly?

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Fear of Landing

MARCH 21, 2025

On the 11th of March, the NTSB released an aviation investigation preliminary report on the mid-air collision between PSA Airlines flight 5342 and a Sikorsky UH60L US Army helicopter. A CRJ700 operating as passenger flight PSA Airlines 5342 from Wichita, Kansas, was inbound to Washington National Airport.

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WayMan

JUNE 16, 2025

You’ll study: Navigation Aerodynamics Weather theory FAA regulations Flight planning Airspace systems 4. Start Flight Training Flight training is the hands-on part of learning to fly. Begin Ground School Training Ground school provides the foundational knowledge needed to fly safely and legally.

Checkride

Air Facts

MAY 5, 2025

The Cessna 150 Since I was the only instrument rated pilot on the team, and the weather was marginal VFR, I chose to fly the 172, N7358G, up to Fairfield on an IFR flight plan above the clouds at 7,000 feet. My IFR flight plan called for a climb through some 4,000′ of clouds up to a cruise altitude of 7,000 feet.

VOR

Air Facts

JUNE 2, 2025

For perspective, imagine this happening on an airline flight: would the gate agent lend you their car for a few hours, just because you flew in on United? On the flight home, my thoughts turned philosophical, probably influenced by the beautiful sunset off the nose.

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Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Mid-Tier: Civilian The Thrustmaster TCA Sidestick replicates the sidestick found in modern Airbus airliners. The Thrustmaster TCA Yoke Boeing Edition is a 1-to-1 replica of a Boeing 787 airliner yoke. If you fly a lot of yoke-based airliners, the TCA Yoke is a great match. This joystick is similar to the Thrustmaster T.16000M

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World Airline News

MAY 13, 2025

NEW YORK, May 13, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — United Airlines today unveiled the United Elevated interior for new Boeing 787-9 aircraft that raises the standard of international premium travel among U.S. The airline also will introduce mid-flight meal options that include a regionally influenced tapas service. Image: 964388.

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Pilot Institute

APRIL 4, 2025

Look up airline pilot positions at job posting sites; youll find that the average requirements are either thousands of flight hours or advanced ratings and certifications. To give yourself a fighting chance at landing a job, youre going to need further training and flight experience. Pass a practical test (checkride).

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Aviation Bussiness News

JUNE 18, 2025

SmartLynx Airlines is celebrating the 10-year milestone since the introduction of its fully paperless cockpit. SmartLynx Airlines introduced the paperless cockpit project to streamline cockpit documentation processes and bring the airline in line with global aviation standards.

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AV Web

JANUARY 1, 2025

Modern FMS platforms equipped with AI can analyze vast amounts of data, including weather conditions, air traffic, and aircraft performance metrics, to optimize flight paths in real-time. For example, AI can dynamically adjust flight plans to avoid turbulence or adjust fuel consumption, thereby enhancing comfort and operational efficiency.

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AV Web

JUNE 3, 2025

EWR is a main hub airport for United Airlines. UAL CEO Scott Kirby said the airline expects it will ramp up its flight schedule as of June 15, the original target date for the completion of runway work. He added this anecdote: I had good info that two United flights had been selected to reopen the runway.

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WayMan

JUNE 16, 2025

Flight Management Systems (FMS): Sophisticated computer systems with integration of navigation, flight planning, performance management, and systems monitoring. Autopilot Systems: Can automatically pilot the aircraft’s flight path according to pilot inputs or pre-programmed parameters.

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Pilot's Life Blog

JUNE 18, 2025

Off-Peak Flying Scheduling flights during less busy times can lead to lower rental rates and increased aircraft availability. Efficient Flight Planning Proper flight planning can minimize unnecessary time in the air, reducing fuel consumption and rental costs. Planning a solo trip just for the views?

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Inflight Pilot Training

MAY 5, 2025

Discovery Flights are perfect for people in many different situations. Commercial airline, corporate aviation, cargo transport, aerial photographyaviation offers a wide range of career paths. A Discovery Flight can help you figure out if this is something you want to pursue before you invest thousands of dollars and hundreds of hours.

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Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

If you dream of flying small airplanes on weekends or piloting commercial airliners with hundreds of passengers, you need certain pilot licenses to reach your aviation goals. If you want to take your friends and family flying or become an airline pilot, start your aviation journey with this license. Which License(s) Should You Get?

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Pilot Institute

JULY 11, 2025

For example, an airliner might indicate only 250 knots at 35,000 feet, but its true airspeed could be over 430 knots. How Pilots Use Mach Number in Flight Operations Flight Planning and Mach Techniques Every aircraft has an optimum cruise speed that gives it the best fuel mileage. Safety is also a factor.

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Pilot Institute

JULY 11, 2025

Understanding what you’re flying into will only prepare you for smooth flights ahead. Identifying occluded fronts on charts is important for flight planning and safety. And since icing can occur at any altitude, you might have a harder time selecting a flight level. For an occluded front, these symbols are combined.

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Air Facts

MAY 7, 2025

After the war, many surplus aircraft were repurposed for civilian use in business aviation, regional airlines, and bush operations. After the war, many surplus aircraft were repurposed for civilian use in regional airline operations. About four years earlier, I was a first officer on a Pilgrim Airlines Twin Otter.

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Flying Magazine

JULY 29, 2025

I am writing this on the airliner on the way home from a week at EAA AirVenture, the annual migration thousands make each year to Oshkosh, Wisconsin. For those who wanted to turn wrenches or have a career in the cockpit, there were airlines, colleges, and universities in attendance as well.

NDB

Aerotime

DECEMBER 2, 2024

N-OC is designed to allow operators to plan and distribute their network schedules, maintain full operations control with configurable operating rules, as well as manage and optimize crew schedule planning, day-of-ops, and crew mobile access in a single Flight Operations system.

Operating Limitations

Aviation Bussiness News

MARCH 5, 2025

The airline states that Olson will take a holistic approach to customer experience and operation in his new role, by aligning its systems operations and airport functions in an effort to improve communication and informed decision-making. Later this year, a new crew management system will also go live as part of this initiative.

Flight Plan

All Plane

JUNE 7, 2025

Messaging (and social media notifications) is provided for free during an interval of 30 minutes during the flight. Below you can see the different options available, the two-hour and full-flight plans. For everything else you will need to pay (also in business class). The latter is capped at 1.5GB.

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iPad Pilot News

JULY 11, 2025

New: ATP Test Prep and Checkride Course Now Available in Sporty’s Pilot Training App iPad Pilot News For pilots on the final leg of their professional training journey, Sporty’s has launched a brand-new Airline Transport Pilot (ATP) Test Prep and Checkride Course , available now in the award-winning Pilot Training app.

Checkride

iPad Pilot News

MAY 23, 2025

It mostly pertains to airlines and the use of PEDs by passengers (think cell phones and laptops). This AC also points out that cell phones and LTE-enabled iPads, while prohibited from use in flight by FCC regulations, are allowed to be used in aircraft while on the ground (ie, for picking up a clearance or filing a flight plan).

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Inflight Pilot Training

MARCH 30, 2025

Flight canceled. Youll be able to file an IFR flight plan and safely depart, fly through, and arrive in conditions that would otherwise ground a VFR-only pilot. Increase Your Flight Efficiency and Routing Options IFR flight plans allow you to take more efficient, higher-priority routes, especially when crossing busy corridors.

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Pilot Institute

MAY 26, 2025

airline accidents between 2009 and 2018. Handling CAT in Flight While CAT may seem intimidating and perhaps even impossible to avoid, ensuring your survival is entirely within your power. Preparation and Flight Planning Everything starts with good preparation. Go through a detailed weather briefing before every flight.

Turbulence

Universal Weather

JANUARY 8, 2025

A confirmation number will be provided for approved slots, but it does not need to be included in remarks 18 of the flight plan. During inclement weather or peak commercial airline movement periods (typically 0600-0730 and 2100-2230 local), slot availability may be limited at EIDW.

Clearance

Plane and Pilot

MARCH 18, 2025

A random airliner doesnt often call up for push and taxi without an associated flight plan, and to do so with a desire to taxi around the airport for 10-15 minutes is even more unusual. Wings for All gave participants a reasonable expectation of what they would experience on an actual flight.

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