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American Airlines Jet Approaches Phoenix Without Landing Gear Down—Pilot Explains What Happened
Video from a Phoenix airport livestream shows an American Airlines A319 registration selecting its gear late on short final – the video...
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Sep 25, 20252 min read


Hawaiian Airlines Pilot Salary in 2025
Hawaiian Airlines pilots are paid a salary ranging from US$80,640 to US$390,720 depending on their experience, flying hours, seniority,...
icarussmith20
Sep 25, 20255 min read


Hong Kong's airlines evacuate planes as they wait out Typhoon Ragasa
Sept 24 (Reuters) - As Typhoon Ragasa , the world's most powerful tropical cyclone this year, approached Hong Kong this week, mass flight...
icarussmith20
Sep 24, 20252 min read


Older pilots should be allowed to keep flying passenger planes, Senate Transportation Committee chairman says
Pilots of commercial planes should be allowed to keep flying until they are 67 years old, Sen. Ted Cruz, the Chairman of the Senate...
icarussmith20
Sep 24, 20252 min read


93% of Pilots Admit to Napping in the Cockpit, Says German Survey
According to the pilot union that commissioned the survey, napping appears to have become more routine than intended. Astudy by a German...
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Sep 24, 20253 min read


United CEO Scott Kirby Boasts: We’re Driving American Airlines Out Of Chicago—They’re Bleeding $800 Million A Year
United Airlines CEO told his airline’s pilots that he was going to force American Airlines to de-hub Chicago. United is growing at...
icarussmith20
Sep 23, 20252 min read


Uber partners with Flytrex to launch drone delivery pilot in U.S. markets
Summary points: Uber Technologies Inc. in San Francisco is partnering with Flytrex Inc. in Tel Aviv, Israel, to integrate drone delivery...
icarussmith20
Sep 23, 20252 min read


Ted Cruz urges Trump to back older retirement age for pilots, worker groups oppose
WASHINGTON/MONTREAL, Sept 21 (Reuters) - The Republican chair of the Senate Commerce Committee urged President Donald Trump to support...
icarussmith20
Sep 23, 20252 min read


Airlines want to kill refunds, fee rules, and family seating rights
Imagine this: Your flight's been delayed over and over. But when you ask a lone worker staffing the customer service counter for help, he...
icarussmith20
Sep 23, 20255 min read


US tries to keep Russian airlines from getting their hands on sanctioned parts
BRUSSELS — The United States is trying to prevent Donald Trump's decision to lift sanctions on Belarusian flag carrier Belavia from...
icarussmith20
Sep 23, 20253 min read


Air Taxis, AI, and the Future of Piloting: Why Humans Still Matter
Earlier this month, the Federal Aviation Administration announced a pilot program to speed up the rollout of electric air taxis,...
icarussmith20
Sep 19, 20254 min read


Study Finds US Class 8 Battery-Electric Truck Prices Rising
Prices of U.S. Class 8 battery-electric trucks are on the rise at the same time as their European counterparts decline, raising questions...
icarussmith20
Sep 17, 20253 min read


American Airlines Spends $32 Million on Flight Attendant ‘Boarding Pay’ in Just Five Months
American Airlines has already paid flight attendants $32 million in boarding pay within the first five months of introducing the benefit....
icarussmith20
Sep 17, 20253 min read


American Airlines, Delta Air Lines suspend pilots for conduct
Many kids dream about becoming pilots. A certain generation was probably inspired by classics such as "The Little Prince" by pilot...
icarussmith20
Sep 17, 20254 min read


Boeing faces $3.1M fine for door plug blowout, hundreds of safety violations
The Federal Aviation Administration on Friday proposed fines of $3.1 million against Boeing for various safety violations related to the...
icarussmith20
Sep 17, 20253 min read


Former pilot who tried to cut off engines during flight after taking magic mushrooms pleads guilty
A former commercial airline pilot who tried to shut off the engines of a passenger plane midflight in 2023 was convicted Friday and...
icarussmith20
Sep 5, 20253 min read


America's New Air Traffic Control Crisis: An Instructor Shortage
The shortage of air traffic controllers keeping watch over America’s skies prompted the Federal Aviation Administration to embark on a...
icarussmith20
Sep 5, 20255 min read


Global airlines group proposes raising international pilot retirement age to 67
SEATTLE, Aug 27 (Reuters) - A group representing global airlines has asked the U.N.'s aviation agency to raise the international age...
icarussmith20
Sep 4, 20252 min read


On mental health, pilots call for support not suspicion
When pilot Chris Finlayson contracted Covid in late 2021, brain fog and memory lapses left him unfit to fly. The disorientation soon gave...
icarussmith20
Sep 4, 20256 min read


Flight Attendants Said “No” — Not Because of AI, But Because Their Union Failed
By Alexander Wood When United Airlines flight attendants voted on their tentative agreement, union leadership hailed it as a historic...
icarussmith20
Sep 4, 20253 min read
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