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Continental Airlines to furlough pilots in September
Professional Pilot News | August 19th 2008 by B N Sullivan
The bad news: Continental Airlines will begin to furlough pilots as of September 9, 2008. The good news: Fewer than 200 pilots will be laid off. In fact, although the airline reportedly sent furlough warning notices to about 500 pilots, word is t read more
Three Northwest Airlines pilots receive Superior Airmanship Award
Professional Pilot News | August 18th 2008 by B N Sullivan
Three Northwest Airlines pilots have received a Superior Airmanship Award from their union, the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA). Captain Dennis Leighton, First Officer Edward Sparks and Second Officer David Kritzer, received the award at the 54th read more
Labor tensions grow between Spirit Airlines and its pilots
Professional Pilot News | August 15th 2008 by B N Sullivan
Spirit Airlines had to cancel a number of flights earlier this week. Miami-Ft. Lauderdale station CBS 4 reported that the airline attributed the cancellations to "a combination of bad weather, pilots not wanting to work overtime, and 'operation iss read more
American Airlines, British Airways, and Iberia applying for antit…
Aircrew Buzz | August 14th 2008 by B N Sullivan
Today American Airlines, British Airways and Iberia announced that they "have signed a joint business agreement on flights between Europe and North America and plan to expand their global cooperation." In similarly worded press releases issued by eac read more
American Airlines praises crew for LAX emergency landing, evacuat…
Aircrew Buzz | August 13th 2008 by B N Sullivan
On August 5, 2008, an American Airlines Boeing 757 aircraft, operating as Flight AAL31, returned to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) less than hour after its departure for Honolulu, due to smoke in the cabin. The aircraft made a safe emergen read more
United Airlines' shocking lawsuit against its own pilots
Aircrew Buzz | July 31st 2008 by B N Sullivan
Yesterday United Airlines made a shocking announcement: they have filed a lawsuit in federal court against their own pilots. The suit alleges that the pilots' union, the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA), and certain individual pilots, deliberatel read more
Garuda pilot goes on trial for 2007 crash at Yogyakarta
Aircrew Buzz | July 24th 2008 by B N Sullivan
The trial of Marwoto Komar began today in Indonesia. The former Garuda Indonesia captain is being tried as a criminal for allegedly causing a plane crash in which 21 people died. He could be sentenced to life in prison if he is convicted. The tr read more
Operations suspended at Thai carrier One-Two-Go Airlines
Aircrew Buzz | July 21st 2008 by B N Sullivan
Thailand-based low-fare carrier One-Two-Go Airlines, a subsidiary of the Orient Thai Airline Co., is grounding its planes from July 22, 2008 to September 15, 2008. According to an article on Bloomberg News, the suspension is the result of fuel costs read more
TSA launches expedited security screening for flight deck crews
Professional Pilot News | July 17th 2008 by B N Sullivan
I received the following press release from the U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) today -- reporoduced here for your information:WASHINGTON – The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) today launched crewPASS, a test program d read more
American Airlines wants to eliminate 200 pilot jobs
Professional Pilot News | July 16th 2008 by B N Sullivan
Ever since May, when American Airlines announced its capacity reduction plans, the specter of furloughs has been looming on the horizon. Earlier this month, American announced that it would cut 900 flight attendants from its workforce in the fall. N read more
Crew of British Airways Flight 038 receive medals
Aircrew Buzz | July 14th 2008 by B N Sullivan
The crew members of BA Flight 038, the British Airways Boeing 777 that crash landed at London's Heathrow International Airport (LHR) on January 17, 2008 were given British Airways' highest accolade for their professionalism on the day of the accident read more
US Airways pilots' union in dispute with management over fuel iss…
Professional Pilot News | July 11th 2008 by B N Sullivan
The US Airline Pilots Association (USAPA), the union representing US Airways pilots, claims that the airline's management is taking action against senior captains "for exercising their judgment on determining fuel loads for their flights." At issue read more
Comair to reduce fleet and eliminate 520 crew jobs
Aircrew Buzz | July 9th 2008 by B N Sullivan
Crew members at U.S. regional carrier Comair were notified this week that the airline plans to eliminate 520 flying jobs, beginning in September of this year. Comair, which is planning to ground 14 of its 128 regional jets at the end of the summer, read more
Furloughs announced for AirTran Airways crews
Aircrew Buzz | July 8th 2008 by B N Sullivan
Last week when I wrote about announced pay cuts at AirTran Airways, I said that furloughs were sure to follow. Well, here they come.AirTran Airways says that, due to soaring fuel prices, it will reduce capacity by five per cent in 2008. In conjunct read more
9/11 Flight Crew Memorial dedicated
Aircrew Buzz | July 4th 2008 by B N Sullivan
A memorial to the pilots and flight attendants who died in the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks was dedicated today in Texas. The 9/11 Flight Crew Memorial, which is located in Grapevine, TX, was created to commemorate the heroism of the 33 crew mem read more
New safety recommendations for operators of turbojet aircraft
Professional Pilot News | June 27th 2008 by B N Sullivan
Today, the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) issued a set of new safety recommendations of interest to professional pilots flying turbojet aircraft operating under CFR Parts 121, 135, and 91K, that is, all scheduled and charter passen read more
United pilots decry furloughs as 'drastic over-reaction'
Professional Pilot News | June 25th 2008 by B N Sullivan
What a difference a year makes: Last July, I wrote in this blog that United Airlines was recruiting 100 new pilots. Now, barely a year later, United has announced plans to furlough 950 pilots, with the first furlough notices scheduled to go out nex read more
Furloughs coming for 950 United Airlines pilots
Aircrew Buzz | June 23rd 2008 by B N Sullivan
United Airlines disclosed today that 950 of its pilots will be furloughed by the end of 2009. This move comes in the wake of United's announcement earlier this month that it will retire six Boeing 747-400 aircraft, and all 94 of its Boeing 737s in read more
Ethiopian Aviation Academy graduates 18 new pilots
Professional Pilot News | June 23rd 2008 by B N Sullivan
Eighteen new pilots from Ethiopia and Chad have graduated this month from the Ethiopian Aviation Academy. They were awarded their wings by Ethiopian Airlines Chief Operating Officer Mr. Tewolde G.Mariam (pictured at right). The class included 12 Et read more
NTSB: Pinnacle Airlines pilots' poor decisions, fatigue caused 20…
Professional Pilot News | June 11th 2008 by B N Sullivan
The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has issued its synopsis report on the investigation of an accident in which a regional jet operated by Pinnacle Airlines overran the end of a runway in Michigan last year. The NTSB determined tha read more
South Africa's Comair Limited hires ex-Nationwide Airlines crew
Aircrew Buzz | June 8th 2008 by B N Sullivan
In the past few weeks, South Africa's Comair Limited has hired 70 people formerly employed by Nationwide Airlines, which went out of business in late April, including pilots, cabin crew, and staff who worked in airports and revenue management. Accor read more
United Airlines Pilot Is New Executive Air Safety Chairman for AL…
Professional Pilot News | June 3rd 2008 by B N Sullivan
The Executive Board of the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) has confirmed a United Airlines pilot, Capt. Rory Kay (pictured at right), as the union's Executive Air Safety Chairman.According to an ALPA news release about Capt. Kay's appointment:Curr read more
South African Airways pilots agree to pay concessions
Professional Pilot News | May 28th 2008 by B N Sullivan
The pilots of South African Airways (SAA) have agreed to a number of pay concessions in order to save costs for the airline. The airline announced that it had reached "a three year salary agreement, as well as a restructuring agreement" with the pil read more
American Airlines to cut capacity -- and thousands of jobs
Aircrew Buzz | May 21st 2008 by B N Sullivan
There were plenty of news-making announcements today at the annual stockholders' meeting of AMR Corp., the parent company of American Airlines (AA), Inc. While most of the attention in the passenger-oriented mainstream news media focused on fare inc read more
Video Message from American Airlines Pilots
Professional Pilot News | May 20th 2008 by B N Sullivan
This video message is brought to you by the Allied Pilots Association, the union that represents the pilots at American Airlines who "won't be fooled again."(If the video does not play or display properly above, click here to view it on YouTube.) read more
Pilot shortage in India: Airlines need type-rated ex-pat pilots
Professional Pilot News | May 11th 2008 by B N Sullivan
Air India has a shortage of pilots, particularly those qualified to fly Boeing 777 aircraft. In fact, this shortage of Boeing 777 type-rated pilots has caused India's national flag carrier to temporarily suspend its passenger service between Kolkat read more
Union allocates multi-million dollar 'war chest' to pilots at Con…
Professional Pilot News | May 8th 2008 by B N Sullivan
This week, the Executive Board of the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA), the largest pilots' union in North America, passed a resolution authorizing the allocation of $5 million each to the ALPA units at United Airlines and Continental Airlines as read more
go! Airlines fires pilots accused of passing their destination wh…
Professional Pilot News | April 24th 2008 by B N Sullivan
Two go! Airlines pilots whose aircraft overshot their destination while they both were allegedly asleep on the flight deck have been fired, and may face FAA sanctions, according to a news article in the Honolulu Advertiser. The article quotes Paul S read more
Aloha Airlines pilots ask U.S. Bankruptcy Court to enforce their…
Professional Pilot News | April 23rd 2008 by B N Sullivan
The Aloha Airlines pilots have asked a U.S. Bankruptcy Court for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction that would make the sale of Aloha's cargo operations contingent on abiding by the contract between Aloha Airlines and its pilots read more
US Airways pilots replace ALPA with new union
Professional Pilot News | April 21st 2008 by B N Sullivan
Pilots at US Airways have voted to change their union representation. The results of the union election vote were announced late last week by the National Mediation Board (NMB), which supervised the election.The new union, the U S Airline Pilots Ass read more
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