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• Qantas pilots forget to lower landing gear

  
  eTurboNews - Travel and Tourism Industry News — Authority: 541
  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. read more
  23 hours ago

• Asleep At The Wheel!

  
  Ed Hinerman On Life Insurance — Authority: 126
  Airline pilots have been given a free pass by life insurance companies for a long time. The companies have assumed that if you are good enough to fly one of those big things for a real airline company, aviation won’t be an underwriting issue. New question on those applications should go something like, “Have you ...
  1 day ago

• Sleep Deprivation Can Lead to Faulty Reasoning

  
  Psych Central News — Authority: 562
  A series of accidents and near-disasters has the scientific community inspecting and questioning current practices that call for professionals to work in a sleep-deprived state. A list of sleep-deprived professionals who literally influence the life of many include physicians, airline pilots, air traffic controllers, ...
  1 week ago

• US pilots lose licence after being lost on flight

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 725
  Washington, Oct 28 (DPA) Two airline pilots have had their licences withdrawn after they overflew their destination and were lost for more than an hour while they were toying with their personal laptops, US federal aviation officials announced in Washington late Tuesday.The pilots’ behaviour had been negligent and ...
  1 week ago

• Distracted (Moronic) US pilots get their licences revoked

  
  Progressive News Daily — Authority: 158
  WASHINGTON (AFP) – Two US pilots who overshot their destination by some 150 miles (240 kilometers) last week while talking and consulting their laptops have had their licenses revoked, aviation authorities said Tuesday. “The Federal Aviation Administration has revoked the licenses of two Northwest Airlines pilots ...
  1 week ago

• FAA revokes licenses of Northwest Airlines laptop pilots

  
  Aircrew Buzz — Authority: 457
  by B. N. Sullivan The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has revoked the licenses of the two Northwest Airlines pilots who overflew Minneapolis in an Airbus A320 after having been out of radio contact with the ground for a period of time. The incident happened on October 21, 2009 during a flight from ...
  2 weeks ago

• Northwest pilots who overflew Minneapolis tell NTSB they were engrossed, using laptops

  
  Aircrew Buzz — Authority: 457
  by B. N. Sullivan The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has just released a statement regarding its continuing investigation of the Northwest Airlines flight that overflew its destination last week after being out of radio contact with air traffic control for a period of time. The incident ...
  2 weeks ago

• Air France warns pilots to be more vigilant about safety procedures

  
  eTurboNews - Travel and Tourism Industry News — Authority: 541
  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 into read more
  2 weeks ago

• Pilot who forgot to land: "We werent asleep"

  
  eTurboNews - Travel and Tourism Industry News — Authority: 541
  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 danger. read more
  2 weeks ago

• Could letting pilots take a nap make flying safer?

  
  Business Finance & Economy - business.marc8.com — Authority: 163
  Charles Lindbergh famously fell asleep while crossing the Atlantic, and despite strict federal rules against it, experienced airline pilots say its not uncommon to sneak a nap inside the cockpit.
  2 weeks ago

• Pilots miss airport by 150 miles,

  
  eTurboNews - Travel and Tourism Industry News — Authority: 541
  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 safely. read more
  2 weeks ago

• Northwest pilots lose situational awareness, overfly destination

  
  Aircrew Buzz — Authority: 457
  by B. N. Sullivan The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is investigating an incident in which a Northwest Airlines A320 aircraft overflew its destination by approximately 150 miles. The two pilots attributed the incident to a loss of situational awareness due to engaging in a heated discussion, ...
  2 weeks ago

• Will Obama Save America from Capitalism

  
  The LA Progressive — Authority: 485
  If the Obama administration wants to be a truly transformational force in American history, rather than a slightly-better-than-average, one-term presidency with good intentions, it will give America the new New Deal.
  3 weeks ago

• Just £145.00 for 30 Minute Flight Simulater Experience - Experiences

  
  My Bloggerings — Authority: 159
  £145.00 Info / Buy Product Information Developed for training airline pilots this top of the range, full motion simulator is as close as you can get to flying a passenger aeroplane without years of training. Prepare for take off and switch on the seat belt ...
  7 weeks ago

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