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• Only approved electronic devices allowed in the cockpit?

  
  Gadling — Authority: 708
  Filed under: North America , United States , Airlines Maybe the flight attendants should start talking to the cockpit, too. When a plane overshot Minneapolis last month because the crew was playing around with personal laptops, national attention turned to what actually goes on in the front of the plane. ...
  4 days ago

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

  
  My Bloggerings — Authority: 161
  £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 ...
  5 days ago

• Hundreds in Airline Industry Gain a Union Voice on the Job

  
  AFL-CIO NOW BLOG — Authority: 666
  More than 400 flight attendants and 170 pilots now have strong union voices after voting to join the Flight Attendants-CWA( AFA-CWA ) and the Air Line Pilots ( ALPA ) in three elections, recently certified by the National Mediation Board ( NMB ). In the latest victory for airline workers, the 300 flight attendants ...
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• Finnair to lose €5 million from strike

  
  The Latest Travel News and Information — Authority: 142
  Finnair pilots went on strike and grounded Finnair’s flights on Monday after the recent decline of the talks proposal on Saturday. The Finnish Airline Pilots’ Association and Finnair have been attempting to make a deal for over a year, with the negotiation coming to a start two weeks before as Finnair began to ...
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• Court orders Cathay Pacific Airways to pay millions to wrongfully dismissed pilots

  
  Aircrew Buzz — Authority: 114
  by B. N. Sullivan A Hong Kong High Court judge has ruled that Cathay Pacific Airways, Ltd. unfairly fired and defamed 18 pilots in 2001, and has ordered the carrier to pay the pilots HK$58.7 million -- an amount equivalent to nearly US$8 million. The pilots were among 49 who were fired by Cathay during a labor ...
  2 weeks ago

• Qantas pilots forget to lower landing gear

  
  eTurboNews - Travel and Tourism Industry News — Authority: 544
  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
  2 weeks ago

• Asleep At The Wheel!

  
  Ed Hinerman On Life Insurance — Authority: 124
  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 ...
  2 weeks ago

• Sleep Deprivation Can Lead to Faulty Reasoning

  
  Psych Central News — Authority: 554
  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, ...
  3 weeks ago

• US pilots lose licence after being lost on flight

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 726
  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 ...
  4 weeks ago

• Distracted (Moronic) US pilots get their licences revoked

  
  Progressive News Daily — Authority: 162
  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 ...
  4 weeks ago

• FAA revokes licenses of Northwest Airlines laptop pilots

  
  Aircrew Buzz — Authority: 114
  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 ...
  4 weeks ago

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

  
  Aircrew Buzz — Authority: 114
  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 ...
  4 weeks ago

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

  
  eTurboNews - Travel and Tourism Industry News — Authority: 544
  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
  4 weeks ago

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

  
  eTurboNews - Travel and Tourism Industry News — Authority: 544
  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
  4 weeks ago

• Could letting pilots take a nap make flying safer?

  
  Business Finance & Economy - business.marc8.com — Authority: 166
  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.
  4 weeks ago

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