Aerotime

APRIL 3, 2025

The automatic pilot (autopilot) has to be one of aviations finest technological inventions. Largely gone are the days when pilots had to manually control their aircraft from engine start-up to shut down by keeping their hands rigidly fixed on the controls at all times.

Weight-Shift-Control 303

Weight-Shift-Control Cockpit Pilot Stability 303

Aerotime

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

On February 14, 2025, Homendy said that 17 seconds before impact a message from ATC directing the Black Hawk crew to pass behind the PSA Airlines operated Bombardier CRJ700 was audible on both aircrafts Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR). The check ride is an exam that a pilot must pass to undertake certain flight duties.

Air Traffic Control 279

Air Traffic Control Altimeter Cockpit Pilot 279

One Mile at a Time

APRIL 30, 2025

Shortly after the aircraft departed DFW, the pilots reported an emergency to the air traffic controller on frequency. Mayday, mayday, mayday, American 2332, declaring an emergency, we got smoke in the cockpit, well be returning to Dallas. The pilot was even apologetic for this, saying sorry, were having a lot of trouble up here.

Cockpit 79

Cockpit Air Traffic Control Pilot Jet 79

Simple Flying

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

In recent years, the idea of single-pilot operations on large commercial airliners has become an increasingly hot topic.

Pilot 119

Pilot Cockpit Airlines Airline 119

Aerotime

MARCH 19, 2025

A preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) suggests that a Flexjet pilot was unsure about the identity of runways before a Southwest flight was forced to make a critical go-around to avoid a collision. The cockpit voice recorders (CVRs) from both aircraft were overwritten.

Runway 167

Runway Pilot Approach Clearance 167

Simple Flying

MAY 18, 2025

A Lufthansa Airbus A321-200 aircraft en route to Seville, Spain, flew without a pilot for approximately ten minutes after the first officer suffered a seizure. This occurred shortly after the captain had temporarily left the cockpit.

Pilot 123

Pilot Cockpit Airline Airlines 123

Simple Flying

APRIL 26, 2025

The incident occurred yesterday, April 25, 2025, when pilots reported smoke and a concerning smell in the cockpit, according to The Aviation Herald. The aircraft landed safely and passengers were reaccommodated to get to their destination.

Cockpit 104

Cockpit Airline Airlines Pilot 104

Aerotime

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

This milestone marked the first time that such a feat has been achieved in a fully conforming, triply-redundant production aircraft without any backup conventional controls in the cockpit. With this latest development, the aircraft can now take off and land simply through the use of the SkyOS software installed in the cockpit.

Cockpit 238

Cockpit Pilot Lift Aviation Technology 238

Aerotime

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Fragments of the windscreen entered the cockpit, causing minor injuries to the captain in the left-hand flight deck seat. 24-OCT-2024 PILOTS are BLIND. The captain’s windscreen panel was shattered by the impact, with the upper outboard section suffering a full impact puncture.

Cockpit 286

Cockpit Airline Airlines Flight Deck 286

Aerotime

MARCH 28, 2025

Twenty-five years on from this terrible accident, we look back at what led up to the crash, what was learned from it, and why the pilots Ted Thompson and Bill Tansky are now hailed as heroes for their actions during the incident. Wikimedia Flying the aircraft were two highly experienced former military pilots. You got it?

Horizontal Stabilizer 278

Horizontal Stabilizer Stability Airline Airlines 278

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.

Pilot 328

Pilot Cockpit Flight Deck Cargo 328

Aerotime

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Alongside a massive expansion of its fleet, Air India is also set to ramp up its capacity to train new pilots. The glass cockpit will help prepare them for their future careers flying large commercial jets, said Jane Wang, Director of Sales, Marketing, and Flight Ops at Diamond Aircraft Austria, in a press release.

Cockpit 261

Cockpit Jet Pilot Airline 261

Simple Flying

JUNE 9, 2025

Pilots aboard Delta flight DL1576 experienced a serious scare on June 9, 2025. As first reported by News4Jax , the Boeing 757-200 was flying from Atlanta to Orlando when smoke began pouring into the cockpit.

Cockpit 104

Cockpit Pilot Airline Airlines 104

Simple Flying

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

The allure of the cockpit has always been tied to adventure and prestige. Still, in recent years, pilot salaries at major airlines like American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, and United Airlines have also become a topic of great interest.

Pilot 126

Pilot Cockpit Airline Airlines 126

Simple Flying

MAY 14, 2025

Two major European airlines Iberia and Jet2 have launched new cadet pilot training programs aimed at tackling the anticipated shortage of commercial pilots. Announced on May 12, both initiatives have opened applications and offer prospective pilots a funded path into the cockpit.

Pilot 115

Pilot Cockpit Airlines Airline 115

Simple Flying

JUNE 6, 2025

In February 2024, a Lufthansa flight was operating from Frankfurt to Seville when the captain left the cockpit to use the bathroom and returned to find that the co-pilot had fainted.

Pilot 104

Pilot Cockpit Airline Airlines 104

Aerotime

MARCH 10, 2025

The R88 will become the largest aircraft Robinson has designed to date, with a capacity for eight main cabin seats, two cockpit seats, and a payload capacity of up to 1,800 lbs (816kg) with full fuel. In the cockpit, the R88 will feature a Garmin avionics suite, including large G500H TXi displays touchscreen controls.

Payload 258

Payload Cockpit Cargo Clearance 258

Aerotime

MARCH 6, 2025

ATP Flight School, the largest provider of commercial pilot flight training services in the United States, has announced it will expand its training aircraft fleet with the addition of 61 new aircraft throughout 2025. These will also feature Garmin G1000 cockpits and will join 103 others of the type already in service with ATP.

Pilot 259

Pilot Airplanes General Aviation Cockpit 259

Aerotime

MARCH 26, 2025

This included filing a report of suspicion against the Spanish pilot who survived the crash and is currently receiving treatment in his home country, as well as questioning him. One pilot, a Spanish citizen, was killed in the crash. Three other people on the aircraft, nationals from Lithuania, Germany and Spain, were injured.

Descent 252

Descent Cargo Cockpit Pilot 252

Simple Flying

MAY 24, 2025

A Lufthansa Airbus A321-200 aircraft en route to Seville, Spain, flew without a pilot for approximately ten minutes after the first officer suffered a seizure shortly after the captain had temporarily left the cockpit for a break. We take a closer look at this incident for todays video

Pilot 104

Pilot Cockpit Airline Airlines 104

One Mile at a Time

MAY 15, 2025

Lufthansa pilot became incapacitated while alone in flight deck On February 17, 2024, a Lufthansa Airbus A321 with 205 people onboard operated flight LH1140 from Frankfurt (FRA) to Seville (SVQ), and had to divert to Madrid (MAD). A Lufthansa A321 pilot became incapacitated while alone A two-person flight deck rule makes sense, no?

Flight Deck 126

Flight Deck Pilot Air Traffic Control Cockpit 126

One Mile at a Time

JANUARY 6, 2025

The channel has just uploaded a video involving interactions between a NetJets pilot and an air traffic controller, and Im just plain confused by how this could happen. Let me emphasize that NetJets operates flights with two pilots in the cockpit, and its a reputable company, with many career pilots.

Air Traffic Control 117

Air Traffic Control Pilot Approach Clearance 117

Flying Magazine

JUNE 10, 2025

If there’s anything I’ve learned in my 31 years in aviation, it’s that just about every pilot claims their spiritual hometown as Lake Wobegon, where “all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average.” My airline uses it both internally and as a pilot-facing app on our iPad EFBs.

Pilot 110

Pilot Knot Gross Weight Runway 110

Flying Magazine

MAY 10, 2025

In a historic moment for Alaska Airlines just ahead of Mothers Day, captain Michelle Miles and her son, first officer Jeff Miles, recently shared the flight deck, marking the airlines first mother-son pilot team. Air Force before joining Alaska in 1988 as its 17th female pilot and the first with a military background.

Pilot 110

Pilot Flight Deck Airline Airlines 110

Aerotime

MAY 7, 2025

The aircraft, which is owned by Toulouse Air and Space Academy (AAE), an association founded by the first Concorde pilot Andr Turcat, has retained all its equipment and testing devices, its cockpit, and its engineer’s station. Since 2014, Concorde No.

Cockpit 306

Cockpit Runway Pilot 306

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. Noise Cancellation Especially in small, piston-driven trainer aircraft, cockpit noise can be overwhelming.

Pilot 103

Pilot General Aviation Cockpit Air Traffic Control 103

Aerotime

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

However, about five minutes before landing, radio contact was lost with the pilots, although the transponder continued to work normally which transmitted the aircraft’s height and position information to the air traffic controllers at Guarulhos Airport. The aircraft was directed towards runway 28L at Guarulhos for a priority landing.

Air Traffic Control 294

Air Traffic Control Cargo Runway Transponder 294

One Mile at a Time

MAY 29, 2025

The show is unlike anything Ive ever seen before, as it culminates with Fielder flying a real Boeing 737 full of actors , just to see what its like to be a pilot. Anyway, the show is all about aviation safety, and specifically, about how issues with pilot communication contribute to some aviation accidents. Im a 737 pilot.

Pilot 91

Pilot Cockpit Airline Airlines 91

Flying Magazine

JUNE 4, 2025

Before a student pilot can legally fly solo, they must be able to demonstrate not just control of the airplane but command of the environment around it. An EFB is, according to FAA Advisory Circular 91-78 , any portable electronic device used to display charts, documents, or other materials typically found in a pilots flight bag.

Pilot 99

Pilot Weather Flight Plan Cockpit 99

Aerotime

JANUARY 27, 2025

The pilots reportedly spotted a flock of birds while approaching the runway at 08:58:56 local time. The flight data recorder (FDR) and cockpit voice recorder (CVR) failed to capture the final moments of the flight, stopping at 08:58:50 local time. The empennage flipped and fell beyond the embankment, partially burning.

Runway 289

Runway Knot Cockpit Approach 289

Aerotime

JUNE 5, 2024

Airlines are currently grappling with significant challenges in recruiting and retaining enough pilots to meet growing passenger demand. While there are recent examples of carriers, notably United Airlines, offering pilots unpaid leave, these are certainly the exception.

Pilot 278

Pilot Airline Airlines Approach 278

Plane and Pilot

MAY 23, 2025

It nevertheless comes with some fairly steep learning curves as you get acquainted with the new lingo, fast-paced lessons, and pressures of the cockpit. As you are getting oriented in the aviation world, student pilots need every advantage they can get. Many students opt to upgrade later after earning their private pilot license (PPL).

Pilot 74

Pilot Cockpit Lift Weather 74

Air Facts

MARCH 5, 2025

Teaching International Student Pilots Air Facts Journal In the mid 70s, I was a USAF T-38 instructor pilot (IP) in the 71 st Flying Training Wing at Vance AFB (KEND) in Enid, Oklahoma. Two squadrons trained students in their journey to become Air Force pilots. The venerable Tweet A.K.A. The 6000-pound dog-whistle!

Pilot 98

Pilot Knot AGL Approach 98

AV Web

MARCH 6, 2025

31, revealing that the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) was not operational at the time of the crash and likely hadn’t captured audio for several years. The NTSB report also highlighted that both pilots held a type rating for the Learjet 55. A cause of the crash has not been determined.

Cockpit 68

Cockpit Instrument Meteorological Conditions Jet Air Traffic Control 68

Aerotime

MAY 9, 2025

The Anthem flight deck combines cockpit displays, software, controls and connectivity into one digital platform, designed to be intuitive and highly automated. The VX4 pilot will use two of these advanced hand controllers to maneuver the aircraft by providing inputs to the flight control computer.

Flight Deck 236

Flight Deck Stability Cockpit Pilot 236

Plane and Pilot

APRIL 18, 2025

Sportys Pilot Shop has a video for almost everything in aviation. It feels more like a video some airline pilot would be made to endure as a punishment for showing up with a sloppy uniform, yet there it was. Many pilots from prior generations did more than pump their own gas. I got punished for that idea a week later.

Pilot 97

Pilot Drag Airplanes Cockpit 97

Aerotime

APRIL 15, 2025

In 2020, with this in mind, Honda, a qualified pilot himself, turned to Pilatus and its PC-12 NGX and PC-24 business aircraft. The aircraft is certified for single pilot use and features a Pratt & Whitney PT6E engine. I can say we have the best aircraft in Japan… except perhaps the ultra-long-range jets, said Honda.

Runway 306

Runway Payload Jet Knot 306