Aerotime

DECEMBER 2, 2024

The A321XLR is a fantastic aircraft, which provides a more comfortable flight for customers and the longer range will in time give us the opportunity to explore more non-stop routes and operate them more efficiently,” Hudson said, adding that Qantas will be training more than 240 pilots on the A321XLR over the next three years.

Flight Deck

Aerotime

MAY 9, 2025

These include the aircraft management system which operates the Honeywell Anthem Flight deck , plus the flight controls system which uses Honeywells compact fly-by-wire system. 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

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.

Cockpit

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.

Pilot

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.

Cabin Crew

AV Web

JUNE 20, 2025

The European Aviation Safety Agency says even the most modern airliner flight decks aren’t smart enough to act as pilots so it’s backing off creating regulations to allow for single-pilot operations. The decision effectively slams the brakes on work toward a policy framework for single-pilot ops.

Pilot

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.

Pilot

Aerotime

JUNE 19, 2025

The flight deck filled with what the crew described as “acrid white smoke” so thick that the captain had difficulty seeing the instrument panel. The NTSB asked the agency to ensure that operators inform flight crews of planes equipped with the affected engines.

Jet

One Mile at a Time

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

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. In the United States, we have the highest requirements of anywhere in the world to become a commercial pilot. This also caused a huge pilot hiring spree.

Pilot

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.

Runway

Simple Flying

JULY 5, 2025

Terms Privacy Feedback Recommended 4:00 YouTube Reviewer Threatened & Detained After Kuwait Airways Flight Kuwait Airways A YouTubers recent flight review seems to landed him in some hot water with Kuwait Airways. What began as a dispute with the flight’s purser led to a scolding by the pilot and airline management.

Flight Deck

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. He often donned his grandfathers old Navy flight helmet and imagined himself soaring through the skies.

Pilot

Cranky Flier

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

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. The big airlines just kept taking pilots from their regionals, and the regionals were left scrambling to find anyone who was qualified. This was a pilot play.

Pilot

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

Pilot

Flying Magazine

JULY 17, 2025

Distance Measuring Equipment (DME) is about to become more accessible for pilots who use Garmin products. While DME technology has been available for decades, these new Garmin solutions will help modernize the capabilities of many aircraft, and we look forward to seeing pilots leverage these features around the world.”

Distance Measuring Equipment

AV Web

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

The FAA will likely issue an emergency AD in coming days directing pilots of Boeing 737 MAXes to shut off bleed air from at least one engine during takeoff and initial climb to prevent bird strikes from filling the flight deck with smoke. The system activated on two Southwest flights last year involving large bird ingestions.

Pilot

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.

Pilot in Command

One Mile at a Time

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Based on thousands of data points from flight attendants and pilots, paired with information from the flight data analysis program, the belief is that this policy change will reduce flight attendant injuries by at least 20%.

Descent

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. If you are a new-hire pilot, you are in your first year of longevity and are therefore on year one pay (according to the pay scale typically found in the pilot contract or working agreement).

Pilot

One Mile at a Time

MARCH 4, 2025

Southwest 737 pilot error leads to mid-air mess in Phoenix This incident happened on February 24, 2025, near Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX), and involves a close call between a Southwest Boeing 737 on approach from Los Angeles (LAX), and an American Airbus A321 on approach from Dallas (DFW).

Air Traffic Control

Universal Weather

AUGUST 1, 2025

Flight visibility is the average forward horizontal distance, from the flight deck, at which prominent unlighted objects can be seen and identified. Pilots must be mindful that nearly half the area around an airport may have lower conditions than the reported prevailing visibility.

Weather

Aerotime

APRIL 28, 2025

Gulfstream has a long tradition of introducing new technologies and capabilities with each new aircraft generation, and the G700 is no exception with its next-generation flight deck technology and combination of speed, range, and cabin size.

Jet

Flying Magazine

JULY 25, 2025

While airlines often provide standard headsets in the flight deck, many professional pilots opt to invest in their own for superior comfort, enhanced audio clarity, and advanced features tailored to long hours in a jet environment.

Pilot

AV Web

MAY 14, 2025

It started with the captain (who was the pilot flying) having accrued significant sleep debt over the week before the flight, which began late on November 24 as an overnight red-eye trip. The initial outbound flight from Waterloo departed at 8:13 pm Eastern Standard Time, landing at Kitchener (CYVR) at 1:18 am.

Thrust

AV Web

JULY 23, 2025

Gleim Aviation, producer of aviation training products, announced this week at EAA AirVenture a suite of new offerings designed to enhance ground school performance, improve practical test readiness, and update pilot logbook management. The products aim to provide more effective tools for flight schools, CFIs, and aspiring career pilots.

Pilot

AV Web

DECEMBER 27, 2024

. “Outstanding step forward by the FAA, recognizing the importance of AoA systems in keeping the pilot better informed on where the wing is operating relative to the stall,” said Paul Dye, a serial homebuilder and former NASA Flight Director who has been promoting the tech for years.

Airplanes

AV Web

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

About a second before the collision a flight deck alarm of “traffic, traffic, traffic” was recorded. Rebecca Lobach, 26, as the pilot flying. She had 450 hours total time and was certified as a pilot-in-command on the Blackhawk. Meanwhile the Army identified Capt. Ryan Austin O’Hara, 28.

AGL

Aerotime

MAY 28, 2025

In addition to an all-new cabin, the D328eco has adopted advanced avionics in the flight deck, permitting single-pilot operations in some strict regulatory circumstances and fully electronic flight charts, checklists, and other documents.

Runway

One Mile at a Time

JULY 14, 2025

pic.twitter.com/ch5mcBbjJp — Turbine Traveller (@Turbinetraveler) July 14, 2025 In the cockpit voice recorder, one of the pilots was “heard asking the other why did he cutoff,” and “the other pilot responded that he did not do so.” The mechanical nature of how the engine fuel CUTOFF switches work in Boeing 787.

Flight Deck

Vintage Aviation News

DECEMBER 3, 2024

On this day, December 3, 1945, Lieutenant-Commander Eric Melrose “Winkle” Brown of the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve and Chief Naval Test Pilot at the Royal Aircraft Establishment (RAE) at Farnborough, made the first landing and takeoff of a jet-powered aircraft aboard an aircraft carrier at sea.

Jet

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.

Airplanes

AV Web

JUNE 25, 2025

The safety issue involves the potential of introducing smoke to either the cabin, the flight deck or both in the event the engine Load Reduction Device (LRD) is triggered, often due to a bird strike or other incident that compromises the fan blades. There have been two instances of that happening recently.

Flight Deck

Flying Magazine

JULY 22, 2025

Talking with Epic chief pilot Peter King, he told us of doing a loading problem for a flight from Van Nuys, California, to Las Vegas with two 400-pounders in the front seats, two 300-pounders in the middle seats, two 200-pounders in the rear seats, and 200 pounds of baggage.

Rudder

One Mile at a Time

JULY 13, 2025

For most airlines, long gone are the days where you can visit the flight deck inflight, and possibly even sit in the cockpit for takeoff and landing. Heck, Delta even gives pilots trading cards that they can distribute to passengers, clearly intended to encourage this kind of interaction. Airline cockpits are pretty cool places!

Cockpit

One Mile at a Time

APRIL 27, 2025

Lets look at this in two parts the problematic performance of the Black Hawk helicopter pilot, and then all the other factors that contributed to this. There are some really unfortunate errors that were made, though more than anything, this is a reminder of how many factors contribute to your typical aviation accident.

Air Traffic Control

Aerotime

JULY 1, 2025

Eliyahu Yosef Parypa / Shutterstock Immediately after take-off, as the aircraft climbed away from the airport, the crew received multiple critical warnings in the flight deck. An Air India spokesperson said: “Upon receipt of the pilot’s report, the matter was disclosed to DGCA in accordance with regulations.

Wide-Body Aircraft

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.

Descent