Airspeed Junkie

AUGUST 1, 2024

Key Takeaways Commercial pilots are responsible for the safe transportation of passengers and cargo, requiring extensive skills such as self-confidence, situational awareness, and communication abilities. This careful planning helps in choosing the most efficient and safe routes, ensuring a smooth journey for passengers and cargo.

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One Mile at a Time

JULY 13, 2024

An American Airlines jet had a pretty dramatic evacuation yesterday, after a passenger’s laptop reportedly caught fire. Although officials haven't determined what caused smoke to fill the cabin of an American Airlines flight at SFO, SKY7 captured firefighters placing a possible laptop in a tub of water. Everybody is OK apparently.

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Flightworx

MAY 21, 2024

Airline pilots, airport staff, and air traffic control must be quick, adaptable, and collaborative in the hopes of avoiding such a domino effect. What can airports and airlines do to mitigate the impacts of a flight diversion or a flight emergency? These examples raise a lot of questions.

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Flightworx

MAY 21, 2024

To meet these requirements, training and certification for all airport and airline staff is pivotal. This includes continuous education in security, air traffic control, emergency response, and environmental management.

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Inflight Pilot Training

AUGUST 13, 2024

Air Traffic Controllers Navigating over to the aviation industry, becoming an air traffic controller is a high-paying, action-packed career, as you control and monitor airplane traffic. According to the BLS, the median annual salary for air traffic controllers is currently $129,750.

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Inflight Pilot Training

MARCH 26, 2024

However, it does not qualify the pilot for a job at a major airline, which requires an airline transport pilot (ATP) license. Cargo Pilot As a cargo pilot, you’ll be responsible for hauling loads of stuff from point A to B. Aspiring pilots can consider the following salaries for some common aviation jobs.

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Inflight Pilot Training

AUGUST 6, 2024

Private aviation refers to the use of private aircraft, either owned or chartered, for air transportation. Private aircraft are not operated by commercial airlines and are instead owned by private individuals or companies, or by charter companies that offer their services to clients on a per-flight basis. What Is Private Aviation?

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Pilot's Life Blog

MARCH 15, 2024

Its design plays an integral part in keeping the flight crew, cargo, and passengers safe because it can withstand changes in atmospheric pressure. They will also communicate with air traffic control about any flight safety alerts should an issue arise with the electronic flight instrument displays.

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Flightworx

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Aviation fuel is a major cost for airlines and other aviation businesses, accounting for up to 30% of total operating expenses (Source: IATA ). As a result, aviation fuel suppliers play a key role in helping airlines and other aviation businesses reduce costs. Some airlines even declared bankruptcy.

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Air Facts

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

However, I had forgotten that we live in a cynical culture where the news media and Hollywood movie producers have convinced their audiences to trust no one in positions of authority, including airline captains! This was done to save fuel and to allow the rampers to open the cargo doors on the right side sooner.

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Inflight Pilot Training

AUGUST 13, 2024

Air Traffic Controllers Navigating over to the aviation industry, becoming an air traffic controller is a high-paying, action-packed career, as you control and monitor airplane traffic. According to the BLS, the median annual salary for air traffic controllers is currently $129,750.

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Inflight Pilot Training

AUGUST 6, 2024

Private aviation refers to the use of private aircraft, either owned or chartered, for air transportation. Private aircraft are not operated by commercial airlines and are instead owned by private individuals or companies, or by charter companies that offer their services to clients on a per-flight basis. What Is Private Aviation?

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Pilot's Life Blog

JANUARY 29, 2024

It creates millions of jobs around the globe, transports crucial cargo, and even provides military protection. Hydrogen is leading the way as an energy-efficient fuel that is still powerful enough to transport passengers, flight crews, and cargo to their destinations. Research is ongoing since fuel storage poses a challenge.

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Fear of Landing

AUGUST 2, 2024

The eleven-year-old Boeing 777-300ER, owned by Latam Airlines and registered in Brazil as PT-MUG, was operating flight LA8073 from Milan to São Paulo, Brazil. Once safely off the ground, the flight crew climbed to 5,000 feet and informed Air Traffic Control that they would be returning to the airport to have the aircraft checked over.

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Airspeed Junkie

MARCH 27, 2022

The whole idea is to share your life's experiences as commercial pilot, flight attendants, even air traffic controller. There is a sore need for this, especially as older airline pilots start to retire and move on to the next chapter in their life, that input is lost in the aviation community.

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Pilot Institute

SEPTEMBER 7, 2024

Aircraft dispatchers work for passenger and cargo air carriers. Many airlines and aviation companies offer internships specifically designed for newly certified dispatchers. Joining professional organizations like the Airline Dispatchers Federation (ADF) also provides networking opportunities.

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Inflight Pilot Training

JULY 30, 2024

Commercial Pilot Commercial pilots are responsible for safely transporting people and cargo across the world. Commercial pilots occupy a variety of positions, including for the major airlines , corporate charters, flight schools and cargo carriers.

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Pilot Job Central

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Image: Stages in a turbine engine Geared Turbofan – A New Class In recent years a hybrid engine has entered airline service. Flight Controls: often hydraulically moved, and with many modern airplanes are fly-by-wire. Air Transport airplanes have large multi-segmented flap and slat systems on the wings.

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Inflight Pilot Training

JULY 30, 2024

Commercial Pilot Commercial pilots are responsible for safely transporting people and cargo across the world. Commercial pilots occupy a variety of positions, including for the major airlines , corporate charters, flight schools and cargo carriers.

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Flight Training Central

MAY 1, 2024

There are numerous jobs in aviation besides just airline pilot. Career opportunities include business aviation pilot, flight instructing, cargo airlines, military flying, law enforcement and many more. You can set your own schedule, use airports that airlines don’t serve and leave the hassles of security lines behind.

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Aviators of Tomorrow

JUNE 19, 2023

The safe transportation of passengers and cargo is the responsibility of pilots, and they must possess a range of technical, cognitive, and interpersonal skills to excel in their role. Communication and Teamwork Clear and effective communication is crucial for pilots to interact with air traffic control, cabin crew, and other team members.

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Flightworx

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

This process involves detailing your intended route, altitude, and timing, providing crucial information for air traffic control and emergency services. Any airlines or airports reluctant to embrace cutting-edge AI capabilities will be left behind.

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Aerotime

MAY 1, 2024

On April 22, 2024, an Air Atlanta Europe Malta Boeing 747-400 freighter operating on behalf of Saudi Arabian Airlines was scheduled to depart from Riyadh King Khalid International Airport (RUH) and fly to Nairobi (NBO) in Kenya. The aircraft accelerated down taxiway K, seemingly intending to take off.

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Aerotime

AUGUST 30, 2024

According to the Historic Croydon Airport site, newly established airlines such as Aircraft Transport and Travel (A, T &T) and Instone Air Line moved operations to Croydon when it opened, with Handley Page following suit in 1921. 8bs and Supermarine Sea Eagles from British Marine Air Navigation. 34s, Handley Page W.8bs

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Aerotime

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

But when in October 2024, SWISS became the first to fly a Boeing 777-300ER covered with the new film it was sharks, and specifically their skin, that the airline industry had to thank.

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Learn to Fly

MAY 10, 2024

Most of the FAA’s budget is financed from the Airport & Airway Trust Fund, which receives its revenue from aviation excise taxes on airline tickets, cargo, and general aviation fuel. This Trust Fund is maintained through the FAA Reauthorization Bill.

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Aerotime

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

The aircraft involved in the Vilnius incident was operated by Spanish all-cargo airline Swift Air under contract to DHL. years old, having first been delivered as a passenger plane to now-defunct carrier Australian Airlines in October 1993 and was later operated by Qantas. The aircraft, registered EC-MFE, was 31.1

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Fear of Landing

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

On the 9th of July 2024, flight LA8073, operated by the Chilean airline LATAM, departed from Milano Malpensa for a passenger flight to São Paulo, Brazil. The crew gives the final fuel figures to the load controller. The air traffic controller asked them to move their holding pattern further to the west.

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Vintage Aviation News

JUNE 18, 2024

Western Airlines flying over Frankfurt International. So long as the Western aircraft stuck to very specific routes… and there were dire consequences for any which deviated from them… the cargo planes with their precious loads were allowed through. At its peak, a cargo plane was landing in West Berlin every thirty seconds!

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Flying Magazine

APRIL 29, 2024

Replacing a VC-25A In 2015 the Air Force announced plans to replace the pair of Boeing 747-200Bs that have served the president of the United States since 1990 with two Boeing 747-8s. The Air Force designation for the 747-200B is VC-25A, with the “V” denoting a VIP/executive configuration and the “C” standing for cargo.

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