Indonesia’s Transport Ministry said on Saturday that it would conduct a review of night flight operations after two Batik Air pilots fell asleep mid-flight for nearly half an hour, causing the airplane to veer off course. The incident happened on Jan. 25 when both pilots of flight BTK6723—operated by Batik Air—dozed off while the plane […]
Canada’s defense minister says a Chinese military airplane fired flares at Canadian pilots last Sunday while they flew over international waters in the South China Sea. He called Beijing’s move “reckless” and said it risked downing the aircraft.
An armed man allegedly posed as a U.S. Marshal during an event with presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The man has since been arrested. The Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department mourns the death of a deputy who was believed to have been ambushed and killed. A suspect has been arrested. Two California pilots lost their […]
The Federal Aviation Administration, or FAA, is reportedly investigating 5,000 pilots who might be unfit to fly due to medical conditions they didn’t disclose. The pilots in question are veterans who used to fly for the military.
March 4 is the date for former President Donald Trump’s trail in Washington, D.C. He and 18 co-defendants are also set to be arraigned on Sept. 6 in Georgia’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations case. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) says an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden is the “natural way forward.” He explains […]
The union that represent American Airline pilots announced Monday that its members approved a walkout ahead of the busy summer travel season, with nearly all of the participating pilots voting in favor of a strike. The Allied Pilots Association (APA), which represents 15,000 American Airlines pilots, said in a statement on May 1 that its members […]
This film is only available in the United States and Canada because of territorial licensing. It was becoming clear in 1939 that direct U.S. involvement in World War II was only a matter of time. Training approximately 500 to 750 pilots a year, the United States Army Air Corps was severely outmatched by the warring […]
A safety call to action has been issued by the acting chief of the FAA, after several catastrophes were just barely avoided recently. Those include a plane crossing onto the runway while another was about to take off and a nose dive by a United flight leaving Hawaii. Janice Hisle, a reporter for the Epoch […]
Concerns and controversy are swirling around the decision by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to alter an electrocardiogram test limit for pilots. A researcher for an aviation advocacy group, US Freedom Flyers (USFF), stumbled upon the EKG change in December, several weeks after the FAA enacted it. Because the revision was made without a published explanation, USFF turned to a […]
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) revealed what caused a key system to go down, triggering nationwide chaos at airports after all flights were grounded on Wednesday. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg indicated that no malign actors caused the system to go down but he told news outlets that officials cannot rule it out. However, the FAA […]
LONDON—Britain’s Defense Ministry said Tuesday it has issued an intelligence alert warning former and current military pilots against Chinese headhunting programs aimed at recruiting them to train the Chinese army. Armed forces minister James Heappey said authorities will make it a legal offense for pilots to continue with such training activities. Sky News and the […]
The U.S. military is at growing risk of not being able to meet the demands of defending America’s vital national interests, according to an annual report released by The Heritage Foundation, a Washington-based conservative think tank. “This is the logical consequence of years of sustained use, underfunding, poorly defined priorities, wildly shifting security policies, exceedingly […]
Pilots were picketing at 13 major airports across the country on Thursday ahead of the upcoming Labor Day weekend. They have faced fatigue in recent months because of an ongoing shortage of pilots, and are demanding improved working conditions and benefits.
PARIS—Fisticuffs in the cockpit, leaving a leaky engine running while cruising over Africa—Air France pilots are under scrutiny after recent incidents that have prompted French investigators to call for tougher safety protocols. Two Air France pilots were suspended after physically fighting in the cockpit on a Geneva-Paris flight in June, an Air France official said […]
With disruptions marking a rocky return to U.S. domestic air travel in recent months, official figures show that complaints against airline service remain 200 percent above pre-pandemic levels despite a 15 percent monthly decline in May. The Biden administration is keeping a watch on airlines to deter unrealistic flight scheduling and ensure airlines comply with consumer […]
One of Asia’s largest airlines, Cathay Pacific, is facing a revolt from pilots who say Hong Kong’s tough quarantine rules under its zero-COVID policies are endangering their mental health, leading to rising stress and resignations. Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd last week fired three pilots who breached company rules by leaving their hotel rooms during a […]
A federal judge in Texas on Tuesday threw out a request brought by a union that represents Southwest Airlines pilots to block the company from carrying out its COVID-19 vaccine mandate. The Southwest Airlines Pilots Association (SWAPA), which has some 9,000 members, filed a lawsuit earlier this month to prevent the carrier from mandating that its […]
HONOLULU—A cargo plane made an emergency landing in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Hawaii early Friday and both people on board have been rescued. The pilots of the Transair Flight 810 reported engine trouble and were attempting to return to Honolulu when they were forced to land the Boeing 737 in the water, […]
