high altitude nap
NEW DELHI - An Air India flight headed for Mumbai overshot its destination and was halfway to Goa before its dozing pilots were woken out of a deep slumber by air traffic control, a report said. ...
Agreement Includes Reduction Of Pilot Furloughs
By eTN
WASHINGTON, DC - The pilots of American Eagle Airlines, Inc., represented by the Air Line Pilots Association, International, (ALPA), have reached an agreement with American Eagle management to ...
Desperate Times, Desperate Measures, but will it be enough?
CHICAGO ― United Airlines is eliminating nearly 1,000 pilots as part of its overall cutback strategy that includes grounding several gas-guzzling jets.
Pilots Gain Significant Wage Increase With New Contract
By eTN
Miami Air International pilots, represented by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) Local 747, overwhelming ratified the tentative Collective Bargaining Agreement with Miami Air ...
The Battle To Secure Pilots Is Accelerating In Asia
TOKYO - Skymark Airlines, a discount domestic carrier, will cancel 168 flights in June due to a shortage of pilots, sending its shares to their lowest level this year.
The shortage comes ...
American Airlines
American Airlines Inc. has rejected recent proposals from its pilots' union, saying it would cost the airline an additional $3 billion a year and damage its competitiveness.
Australia: Have Planes, Pilots Needed
The Australian airline Jetstar is preparing to employ 75 foreign pilots under the federal government's temporary skilled migration visa.
Jetstar's general manager of corporate relations, ...
TSA: No Weapons Screening For Pilots
WASHINGTON - The US Transportation Security Administration said Tuesday it will launch a test program to check pilot's airline identification instead of weapons screening.
The test at three ...
Flying Solo
Ypsilanti, MI - Rising airfares, crowded terminals and planes and lost luggage . . . many business owners are looking for a better way to travel, and many are taking to the skies and becoming ...
SHANGHAI - If American travelers thought they had it bad these days, consider what happened to passengers on 18 China Eastern flights recently.
Aloha Air Saga Continues
By eTN
HONOLULU, HI - Aloha pilots voted on Wednesday night to give its local leadership, the Aloha Airlines Master Executive Council (MEC) of the Air Line Pilots Association, Int'l (ALPA), the right to ...
China Airline Fined Over 'Strike'
A Chinese airline has been stripped of routes and given a large fine after some of its pilots turned back flights amid suspected industrial unrest.
China Eastern Airlines was punished by ...
Pilots And Airline Pilots Security Alliance
Washington, DC - Airline pilots and federal flight deck officers (FFDO) say ill-conceived TSA weapons handling rules were to blame for the accidental discharge of a pilot's firearm in the cockpit ...
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BA Pilots' Union Calls For Change In Management Style
LONDON - The union representing British Airways PLC pilots added its voice to criticism of the airline on Monday, claiming the carrier's brand has become a "laughing stock" over woes at Heathrow's ...
ATA
By eTN Staff writer
The union representing the pilots of ATA Airlines is condemning the airline's management for its callous disregard of its employees and passengers in canceling all operations without warning early ...
China
SHANGHAI, China - Pilots disgruntled over labor issues disrupted 14 flights out of one Chinese city on Monday in an unusual display of defiance, state-run newspapers reported Thursday.
UK
British Airways Plc pilots today demonstrated at the carrier's London headquarters against the company's plans to start a new airline.
Airline Mergers Hassles
Merger talks between Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines have been held up for a couple of weeks while pilots at each carrier discuss how to combine their union seniority lists.
How long ...
New Zealand
Pilots expect tougher security on small commuter aircraft under measures due for Cabinet consideration today in response to this month's hijack attempt over the South Island.
Some degree of ...
BA Strike Averted
British Airways pilots on Thursday stepped back from a strike authorization less than a day after giving it overwhelming approval.
During a meeting between union officials and airline ...
Love Is In The Air, Literally.
MANILA, Philippines - Love is in the airwaves, literally.
Besides “10-4,” exchanges of “1-4-3” fill the restricted aviation radio frequency on days like this as airline pilots ...
Hijack Attempt In New Zealand
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - A knife-wielding woman tried to hijack a regional domestic flight in New Zealand Friday, stabbing both pilots and threatening to blow up the twin-propeller plane before ...
USA
By Chicago Tribune
American Airlines is canceling flights and placing management pilots in its cockpits as it grapples with an onslaught of early pilot retirements that has left it short-handed for February.
British Airways
British Airways pilots will vote on whether to walk out over the airline's plans to launch a subsidiary business, it was announced today.
The British Airline Pilots Association (Balpa) said ...
British Airways
The pilots’ union will use the narrowly averted disaster last Thursday to appeal today to British Airways to abandon what it claims could be a weakening of safety standards at a new sister ...
United Pilots
Chicago - The United Chapter of the Air Line Pilots Association's Master Executive Council continues to monitor media chatter concerning airline consolidation and mergers. The United MEC has long ...
