Air France

Air France warns pilots to be more vigilant about safety procedures

PARIS — In a strongly worded internal memo, Air France has warned its pilots to be more vigilant about safety procedures and upbraided those blaming flight equipment for the crash of Flight 447 ...

Northwest Flights 188

Pilot who forgot to land: "We weren't asleep"

MINNEAPOLIS - The first officer of the jet that missed its destination by 150 miles has denied a disagreement with his captain or a nap in the cockpit, claiming passengers were never in ...

Northwest Airlines

Pilots miss airport by 150 miles

Two pilots of a Northwest Airlines flight Wednesday were apparently so distracted that they missed their airport and kept flying for 150 miles before landing the plane and its 147 passengers ...

Airline Alleged Pilots Got Divorced For Pension Benefits

Lawsuit by Continental Airlines against pilots dismissed

Continental Airlines alleged that nine pilots and their spouses obtained "sham" divorces for the purpose of withdrawing pension funds early. Today, US District Judge Gray H.

Europe's Pilots Stage Protest

Pilots protest flying hours rules

LONDON, England - Airline pilots and cabin crew across Europe are holding demonstrations Monday to protest over rules governing their flying hours which they say are putting the lives of ...

Air India

Air India grounds pilots and crew over mid-air fight, molestation charge

NEW DELHI - India's national carrier Air India Sunday grounded two pilots and crew members involved in a mid-air scuffle, over a molestation charge by an air hostess against the two pilots, said ...

Midwest Airlines

Midwest Airlines to permanently ground its Boeing 717 jets

Midwest Airlines of Oak Creek will permanently ground its Boeing 717 jets on Nov. 3, leaving the remaining Midwest pilots and flight crews without jobs.

No Contract For Pinnacle Pilot

Contract offer rejected by Pinnacle Airlines' pilots

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Pilots of Pinnacle Airlines Inc. have rejected a five-year contract offer from the Memphis-based company. Pinnacle flies commuter connections for Delta Air Lines.

Regional Airlines' Safety

Union: Airlines push pilots to fly even if they are too sick or too tired

WASHINGTON — The regional airline that operated a plane that crashed and killed 50 people in upstate New York has been pushing pilots to fly even if they say they are too sick or too tired, a ...

Southwest Airlines Pilots' Contract

Kelly: "I’m hopeful that pilots will ratify contract"

AUSTIN — The head of Dallas-based Southwest Airlines held out hope Friday that its pilots will ratify a new contract, while warning that the airline industry is still grappling with hard ...

Jet Airways Back In Business

As pilots end strike Jet Airways to resume full operations

Jet Airways (India) Ltd., the nation’s largest carrier by market value, said it will resume full operations today after reaching an agreement with some of its pilots who had been on strike for ...

Hawaiian Air Pilots May Strike

Hawaiian Airlines pilots vote to authorize strike

Hawaiian Airlines pilots have voted to authorize a strike, but a walkout is not imminent.

Combating Pilot Fatigue

New fatigue rules called for by carriers, pilots unions

Representatives of the airline industry and pilots unions agreed to an overhaul of rules aimed at combating cockpit fatigue, according to people familiar with the situation, a move that could ...

India: Jet Airways Vs. Pilots Continues

Turmoil at Jet Airways could trigger labour unrest in other India's airlines

MUMBAI - A deadlock between the management of India's Jet Airways and its pilots over sacking of four of their colleagues forced the airline to cancel 200 flights on Thursday, with no signs of a ...

Jet Airways - Pilots Dispute Drags On

Jet Airways cancels more than half its flights for a second day in a row

Jet Airways Ltd., the country’s largest carrier by market value, canceled more than half its flights for a second consecutive day as an ongoing labor dispute with the airline’s pilots stranded ...

Jet Airways' Press Statement

Jet Airways: Pilots resorted to a simulated strike by reporting sick

Mumbai, September - As per the directions of the Regional Labour Commissioner, Jet Airways has been in a conciliation process with the pilots.

Crowded Skies And Exhausted Pilots Are A Bad Mix

Fighting pilots' fatigue might require new rules

WASHINGTON — Crowded skies and exhausted pilots are a bad mix, the airline industry and pilot unions agree, but they're struggling over what to do about it.

India

Regional Labor Commissioner says Jet Airways pilots cannot strike

In a communication dated today, August 27, the Regional Labor Commission (Central) stated that the newly-constituted National Aviators Guild (NAG) of Jet Airways is under legal obligation not to ...

India

Jet Airways confirms pending strike will be dealt with

Jet Airways confirmed that it received yesterday, August 24, 2009, a notice of strike of all its members from the National Aviator’s Guild (NAG), a newly-constituted body of some of its ...

US Congress

Airline safety is on US lawmakers agenda

WASHINGTON — Congress is taking steps to toughen regulations on pilot training, qualifications and hours in response to accidents involving regional airlines, including a February crash in ...

Colgan Air Crash

Colgan Air crash pilots complained about low pay, sickness

WASHINGTON — A new cockpit voice recorder transcript shows the co-pilot in February's airline crash in upstate New York said she felt ill and would have liked to have skipped the flight.

British Airways

British Airways pilots accept pay cuts

LONDON — British Airways pilots have voted overwhelmingly to accept a pay cut as part of a package of measures aimed at saving the struggling airline millions of pounds, a union said on ...

Comair

100 pilots to be furloughed by Comair

CINCINNATI — Comair says it expects to furlough up to 100 additional pilots between September and the end of the year in the wake of parent company Delta Air Lines Inc.'s decision to make ...

International Federation of Air Line Pilots’ Associations

Malév Hungarian Airlines Pilots receive support from IFALPA in industrial action

The International Federation of Air Line Pilots’ Associations (IFALPA) will support the Hungarian Airlines Pilots Association (HUNALPA) in any industrial action it may undertake as a result of ...

FAA

Limits on airline pilot hours proposed by FAA

WASHINGTON - Obama administration officials said yesterday they will propose new limits on how many hours airline pilots can fly in an effort to curb pilot fatigue, an issue safety officials have ...

FAA

Airlines will have to check pilots' private-plane flying records

U.S.

Seeking To Delay Antitrust Immunity

Open letter to President Obama from United Airlines pilots

The pilots of United Airlines are asking President Obama to step in and persuade the Department of Transportation (DOT) to delay approving United Airlines' and Continental Airlines' application ...

Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines pilots turn down new 5-year contract

Southwest Airlines pilots Wednesday declined to ratify a new five-year contract, with just over half voting no.

The pilots and carrier have been negotiating a new contract since September ...

Airline: Pilots Divorced To Defraud Pension Plan

Continental claims 9 couples split to get lump-sum payout of pensions

Some people may marry for money, but recently several airline pilots have been accused of divorcing for cash.

Alaska Airlines

Alaska Airlines pilots approve new 4-year contract

Pilots at Alaska Airlines voted to ratify a new four-year contract, the company and their union said on Tuesday.