Pilots talk as they look at the tail of an American Airlines aircraft. Mike Stone | Reuters The American Airlines pilots union, the Allied Pilots Association, plans to vote in April on whether to allo...
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American Airlines CEO tells pilots pay will match Delta’s
FILE – American Airlines President Robert Isom speaks at a news conference about the company’s new partnership with Alaska Airlines, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020, in Seattle. American Airlines ...
Who Could Train Ukrainian Pilots To Fly Those F-16s They’re Not Supposed To Be Getting?
Arizona Air National Guard F-16 Fighting Falcons with the 162nd Wing fly in formation during an air … [+] refueling from a KC-135 Stratotanker from the 161st Air Refueling Wing during a local so...
Elite Israeli Air Force Pilots Vow To Sit Out Training In Protest Of Netanyahu’s Judicial Changes
Topline More than two dozen reserve members of a key Israeli Air Force squadron said Sunday they would not participate in a scheduled training day this week, in protest of Prime Minister Benjamin Neta...
‘Who Walks Into Negotiations Saying I Just Want To Be Like The Next Guy?’
American Airlines pilots demonstrate outside Miami International Airport in March 2022. (Photo by … [+] Eva Marie Uzcategui) © 2022 Bloomberg Finance LP American Airlines says that a new Delta p...
Delta pilots wrap voting on new contract with big raises
A pilot walks past the windows at the newly renovated Delta terminal D at LaGuardia Airport in New York March 6, 2021. Timothy A. Clary | AFP | Getty Images Delta Air Lines pilots on Wednesday will wr...
France pilots in-store crypto payments as Binance partners with Ingenico
Mainstream crypto and crypto-based services adoption continues, with more companies bridging traditional financial (TradFi) solutions with decentralized financial (DeFi) solutions. In an announcement ...
Ukrainian Pilots Could Toss Their New GPS-Guided Bombs 50 Miles Behind Russian Lines
Via Quora The United States is supplying Ukraine with winged, GPS-guided bombs, Bloomberg reported. The Joint Direct Attack Munition-Extended Range lends itself to a special bombing method—one that ad...
Investigation Of JFK Runway Incursion Delayed As Pilots Reject Recorded Interviews
American Airlines Boeing 777-200 lands at London Heathrow in August 2019. (Photo by Nicolas … [+] Economou) NurPhoto via Getty Images The National Transportation Safety Board said its investigat...
JetBlue pilots approve contract extension and raises
A JetBlue passenger jet (Embraer 190) taxis at LaGuardia Airport in New York, New York. Robert Alexander | Archive Photos | Getty Images JetBlue Airways pilots have approved a contract extension that ...
California Pilots Blockchain Car Title Management System on Tezos Fork
A government agency in the most populous US state, California, is testing blockchain technology using a private fork of Tezos to execute some of its record keeping, including the issuance of car owner...
America’s New Aircraft Carrier Struggled To Certify Pilots Before 2022 Deployment
Failures aboard the USS Ford complicated carrier qualifications for the “Gladiators” of Strike … [+] Fighter Squadron (VFA) 106. U.S. Navy If the fiscal year 2022 weapons system repo...
Ukraine’s Tascombank Pilots Stellar-based E-hryvnia – Fintech Bitcoin News
Tascombank, one of the oldest banking institutions in Ukraine, has completed the pilot testing of a digital currency based on the Stellar network. The bank believes that its electronic money platform ...
Pilots Balk As American Airlines Rolls Out New Cockpit Procedures
An American Airlines pilot adjust cockpit controls at Miami International Airport. Brandon Wade American Airlines on Tuesday implemented new cockpit procedures including changes to cockpit communicati...
2023 Resolutions For The U.S. Airlines Industry
As 2022 wraps up, airlines can look to 2023 and set some aspirational goals. getty It is a good time to reflect on what has happened as the year comes to an end. What worked well, and where can we imp...
To Survive Ukraine’s Air-Defenses, Russian Pilots Fly Low And Lob Rockets. It Might Not Be As Inaccurate As It Seems.
Russian air force Su-25s firing unguided rockets over Ukraine. Via social media It’s one of the weirdly iconic images of the Ukraine war: Russian and Ukrainian helicopters and attack jets flying low o...
Five Reasons U.S. Airlines Can Be Thankful As 2022 Comes To A Close
Airlines have a lot of challenges, but there are reasons to be thankful and optimistic as we move … [+] into 2023. getty Airlines have a lot to complain about. Everything is expensive — airplane...
Russia’s Best Missile Can Hit Ukrainian Jets From 80 Miles Away. But Ukrainian Pilots Know How To Dodge.
A Russian air force MiG-31. Wikimedia Commons Ukrainian air force pilots have worked out methods for dodging the Russian air force’s far-flying Vympel R-37M air-to-air missiles, according to one Ukrai...
Controversy Swirls Around New Leader Of United Pilots. Top ALPA Leader Says He’s Troubled By The Choice
Neil Swindells was elected Monday to be chairman of the United Airlines ALPA chapter. United Airlines ALPA A controversial leader has taken over as chairman of the United Airlines chapter of the Air L...
Shaw AFB Pilots Want a Better Way to Fly Between Land-Based and Offshore Training Ranges
A 77th Fighter Squadron F-16C launches during the Thunder Over the Midlands Airshow, at Shaw AFB. U.S. Air Force “Wild Weasel” F-16 pilots of the 20th Fighter Wing who specialize in the suppression of...
With GPS-Guided Munitions, Ukraine’s Pilots Could Hit The Russians Almost 100-Percent Of The Time
A U.S. Air Force airman loads JDAMs on a Boeing B-52 bomber. U.S. Air Force photo The U.S. Defense Department reportedly plans to equip the Ukrainian air force with satellite-guided bombs. The Pentago...
Five Brave Ukrainian MiG Pilots Blunted the Russian Attack On Kyiv On Day One Of The War. Not All Of Them Survived.
Lt. Col. Vyacheslav Yerko. Ukrainian defense ministry photo The Kremlin had a bold—some might say reckless—plan for swiftly defeating the Ukrainian armed forces and toppling the government in Kyiv. Th...
Other Pilots Want Multiple Contract Improvements. Jet Blue Pilots, Facing Merger, Just Want More Pay
JetBlue ALPA leaders met Wednesday at the New York Marriott Downtown. Chris Kenney is front row … [+] center. Wayne Scales is behind Kenney, to his left. JetBlue ALPA Nearly every U.S. pilot gro...
Delta pilots would get more than 30% in pay raises under new contract deal
A pilot walks past the windows at the newly renovated Delta terminal D at LaGuardia Airport in New York March 6, 2021. Timothy A. Clary | AFP | Getty Images Delta Air Lines and its pilots’ union...
Delta Air Lines offers pilots a new contract as potential strike looms
Delta Air Lines has offered its pilots a substantial pay increase in a new contract to help offset increased working hours and short-staffed conditions, and avoid a potential workers’ strike. Th...
American Airlines Pilots Union Says Deal With Isom Helped Holiday Ops
Allied Pilots Association protest outside the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in June. .(Photo by … [+] Lucia Buricelli) © 2022 Bloomberg Finance LP Like its peers, American Airlines declared vic...
Two Canadian Air Force Pilots Are in Hot Water Over An ‘Inappropriate’ Call Sign
A Royal Canadian Air Force F-18 Hornet waits to take off at Canadian Air Force Base Cold Lake during … [+] a Maple Flag Air Exercise. Photo by Senior Master Sgt. Vincent De Groot, Iowa ANG Durin...
It’s Been 50 Years Since the Air Force Last Operated a Single Engine Tail-Dragger. How Will It Train New OA-1K Pilots?
The L3Harris/Air Tractor AT-802U Sky Warden, now formally called the OA-1K by the Air Force, on … [+] display at the 2022 Special Operations Forces Industry Conference (SOFIC) in Tampa Bay, FL. ...
Delta gets closer to labor deal with pilots, union says
Pilots talk after exiting a Delta Airlines flight at the Ronald Reagan National Airport on July 22, 2020 in Arlington, Virginia. Michael A. McCoy | Getty Images Delta Air Lines is getting closer to a ...
Fly Low, Get Aggressive—How Ukrainian Pilots Fought The Russian Air Force To A Standstill
Russian Su-35 aircraft intercept a P-8A Poseidon patrol aircraft assigned to U.S. 6th Fleet over the Mediterranean Sea on May 26, 2020. U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa For all its profound faults, the...
As Bombs Rained Down, Ukrainian Troops Set A Trap For Russia’s Pilots
Russian air force Sukhoi Su-25s. Via Flickr The air war over Ukraine could have gone either way in the first few weeks of Russia’s unprovoked invasion of the country starting in late February. The Rus...