Legislation On The Table
Friends and relatives of people who died when a Colgan Air plane crashed in Clarence Center near Buffalo on February 10, 2010, have been lobbying for an increase in the number of flight hours ...
American Airlines Union Sets New Tone
FORT WORTH, Texas — New leaders of the pilots' union at American Airlines are toning down the rhetoric against the company, believing that will help them win a new labor contract.
Deutsche Lufthansa AG
FRANKFURT - German flag carrier Deutsche Lufthansa AG and pilots union Vereinigung Cockpit, or VC, said Thursday that they have accepted a mediator's proposal and ended their long-lasting labor ...
Flights To Resume On Friday
Spirit Airlines and its pilots, represented by the Airline Pilots Association, International (ALPA), announced today that they reached a tentative agreement on a new contract.
LIAT Pilots Call In Sick
By Linda Straker, eTN
(eTN) The airports of most destinations, especially within the Southern Caribbean, are expected to be it extremely quiet today because pilots of
one-day strike by Swedish pilots
STOCKHOLM — A one-day strike by pilots disrupted travel plans for some 25,000 passengers in Sweden Wednesday as 500 flights were cancelled, an industry official said.
Experts Warn NTSB
WASHINGTON — There are signs that future airline pilots will be less experienced, less ethical and in short supply, a panel of experts told an aviation safety forum on Tuesday.
Continental Airlines Recalls Pilots
NEW YORK - Continental Airlines is recalling some of the pilots it furloughed several years ago, as the company ramps up international flights and replaces retiring older pilots.
AirTran pilots give union leaders power to call a strike
AirTran Holdings Inc. pilots voted to give union leaders the power to call a strike, a first step toward a walkout after more than five years of contract talks at the low-fare airline.
Spitit Airlines
MIRAMAR, Fla. — Spirit Airlines said Wednesday it still intends to settle contract talks with its pilots, who moved closer to a possible strike by rejecting binding arbitration.
Improved Training Program
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN
As part of Kenya Airways' (KQ) ongoing investment in their in-house training programs, a new
Agreement Will Shut Out Low Fares For NY And DC
By eTN Staff Writer
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Deutsche Lufthansa AG
By JUERGEN BAETZ
BERLIN — A union representing Deutsche Lufthansa AG pilots said Thursday that it is prepared to take a dispute with Germany's biggest airline to arbitration — a move that could avert a ...
Air Portugal
TAP Air Portugal pilots have called off a planned six-day strike after agreeing a pay and productivity deal with the state-owned airline's management.
Lufthansa To Strike Again
Pilots at Europe's biggest airline, Lufthansa, will stage a new four-day strike from 13 April, following the breakdown of talks with management.
Airline Industry
By Ann Keeton
CHICAGO - Pilots from five airlines joined a picket line of union pilots at United Airlines, a unit of UAL Corp., to protest job outsourcing by airlines around the world.
AA New Labor Contract
DALLAS — American Airlines' chief financial officer admits his company and its pilots' union are "far apart" on a new labor contract.
Pilot FatigueTargeted By FAA
By John Hughes
U.S. airline regulators will seek data on how many pilots skip sleep the night before a flight, after a crash near Buffalo, New York, raised fatigue concerns.
Airline Industry
Consolidation in the U.S. airline industry is "inevitable," the president of the Air Line Pilots Association union said on Wednesday.
Spirit Airlines Labor Battle
By TED JACKOVICS
TAMPA - Spirit Airlines pilots on Monday said they are ready to strike and demonstrated outside the airline's Miramar headquarters in the latest round of a labor battle that's been ongoing for ...
Lufthansa Strike
By reuters.com
FRANKFURT/LONDON - Lufthansa pilots in Germany agreed to suspend for two weeks a strike that grounded about 900 flights on Monday, just as rival British Airways' cabin crew voted to join the fray ...
Pilots Fatigue
By John Hughes
U.S.
Qantas Airlines
Qantas flight JQ12, a Boeing 767, was on approach at Sydney Airport on October 26th, when the pilots received a "gear too low" warning at about 700 feet.
Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic tourism officials have worked for years to attract pilots to tour their country by air, and efforts are finally paying off.
Northwest Airlines
WASHINGTON — The Northwest Airlines pilots who overshot Minneapolis by 150 miles have filed appeals of their license revocations with the National Transportation Safety Board.
Earlier Contract Rejection Issues Addressed
By eTN Staff Writer
The pilots of Southwest Airlines officially voted to ratify a new five-year contract today.
American Eagle
By ERIC TORBENSON
American Eagle Airlines' management and its union counterpart agree the carrier is taking big steps to enhance a safety culture that they feel is already among the strongest in the regional ...
Air Line Pilots Association
By Andy Pasztor
The Federal Aviation Administration's decision to revoke the licenses of the pilots of the Northwest jetliner that lost radio contact with controllers last week threatens to disrupt voluntary ...
Northwest Airlines
By JOAN LOWY
WASHINGTON — Federal regulators have revoked the licenses of the two Northwest Airlines pilots who flew past their Minneapolis destination by 150 miles last week.
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Wayward Northwest Pilots
WASHINGTON — Two Northwest Airlines pilots tell federal investigators that they were going over scheduling using their laptop computers while their plane overflew their Minneapolis destination ...
