Aerotime

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

A fighter pilot with the Indian Air Force (IAF) narrowly escaped after his Mikoyan MiG-29 span wildly out of control before crashing to the ground. The MiG-29 fighter pilot was able to safely eject from the aircraft and was praised by the Indian Air Force for protecting the public from being hurt or injured during the crash.

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Pilot Jet 286

Aerotime

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

The Airline Pilot Club (APC) is pleased to announce the official launch of Amelia , an Artificial Intelligence (AI) -powered platform designed to transform aviation recruitment and training. It offers a comprehensive AI-driven solution that enhances pilot recruitment, training, and career progression.

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Pilot Airlines Airline 240

Aerotime

OCTOBER 27, 2024

A Qantas pilot has been named as one of three victims to have been killed in a mid-air plane crash between two light aircraft near Sydney in Australia. In a statement following his colleague’s death, Qantas Chief Pilot Richard Tobiano said he was “deeply upset”.

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Pilot 304

Aerotime

JANUARY 14, 2025

The Indian low-cost-carrier Akasa Air has grounded hundreds of pilots after the number of Boeing 737 MAX deliveries slowed in 2024. According to the publication The Hindu , around 400 individuals out of 850 pilots are currently grounded, with only 60% currently needed to fly its fleet of 26 aircraft.

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Pilot Approach Jet Airline 260

Aerotime

AUGUST 15, 2024

However, as the twin jet Embraer ERJ 175 approached JACt, the pilot revealed that he did not have the proper qualification to land at the airport, according to a passenger on the plane. The flight landed at SLC safely, and the pilot was replaced by one who had a landing qualification. The flight eventually headed to Jackson Hole.

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Pilot Weather Runway Approach 292

Aerotime

AUGUST 23, 2024

In the latest development in their efforts to reach a new contractual agreement over pay, scheduling and retirement, disgruntled Air Canada pilots have overwhelmingly backed strike action. Negotiations for a new agreement began in June 2023, followed by private mediation between January 2024 and June 2024.

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Pilot Jet Airline Airlines 281

Aerotime

JULY 12, 2024

Aer Lingus pilots’ union has called off its planned weeks-long industrial action, having reached a new pay increase deal recommended by the Labor Court. The industrial action began on June 26, 2024, when pilots demanded a 24% pay increase. Aer Lingus pilots deserve to protect their purchasing power.

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Pilot Airline Airlines 284

Aerotime

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Air Canada has failed to reach a successful settlement with its pilots after its offer of a 30% wage increase was rejected following weeks of negotiation. And that’s after you’ve already spent some time in the industry gaining experience as a professional pilot,” Hudy was quoted by the National Post.

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Pilot Airline Airlines 272

Aerotime

JUNE 3, 2024

The French flag-carrier Air France has opened its new cadet program for applicants that have dreamt of a career as a pilot for one of the world’s most recognizable airlines. As Air France launches its latest cadet pilot recruitment, the airline has stated that the campaign is open to candidates of all ages and levels of flying experience.

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Pilot Airline Airlines 283

Aerotime

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

Air Canada, the flag carrier of Canada, and the union, that represents its pilots, have reached a tentative agreement on a new four-year collective labor contract. This agreement, if ratified by the pilot group, would officially put an end to our outdated and stale decade-old, ten-year framework,” Hudy concluded.

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Pilot Airline Airlines 268

Aerotime

MAY 3, 2024

These are just some of the “significant and exciting” changes that Emirates is making to its pilot recruitment program. These pilots will now have the opportunity to be fully trained to fly the airline’s all-wide-body fleet of 144 Boeing aircraft across its network. Learn more about the new packages, roles, and eligibility criteria!

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Pilot Narrow-Body Aircraft Cabin Crew Flight Deck 265

Aerotime

JULY 1, 2024

Aer Lingus has stopped one of its pilot benefits as a result of continued industrial action over pay. According to IALPA, an estimated 100 Aer Lingus pilots are based in the UK due to the high cost of living in Ireland and commute to the airline base using discounted flight tickets.

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Pilot Airline Airlines 265

Aerotime

JUNE 5, 2024

According to Emirates, the advanced pilot training programme uses CBTA training methodology that combines IATA’s principles and documentation, the carrier’s operational expertise and resources, and Airbus’ CBTA training experience on the A350 that spans over 10 years.

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Pilot Airline Airlines 277

Aerotime

JULY 26, 2024

Just over a week after Vertical Aerospace unveiled its new full-scale VX4 eVTOL prototype, the UK-based pioneer has confirmed that the aircraft has completed its first tethered piloted flight.

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Pilot Thrust Lift Aviation Technology 289

Aerotime

JULY 17, 2024

Flydubai is in the midst of a recruitment drive to support the low-cost carrier’s growth with pilots, cabin crew and engineers most in need. The airline’s workforce has ballooned to 5,800 professionals from 140 different countries, with 1,200 of them employed as pilots.

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Cabin Crew Pilot Airline Airlines 277

Aerotime

JULY 5, 2024

This pilot training facility should be capable of instructing 180 commercial pilots every year. The initiative, backed by the Maharashtra Airport Development Company (MADC), aims to improve pilot training capacity in India. The post Air India to open largest pilot training facility in South Asia appeared first on AeroTime.

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Pilot Airline Airlines 283

Aerotime

JULY 16, 2024

A pilot instructor and his student sustained minor injuries after a crash in northern Michigan on July 14, 2024, the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office reports. When the pilot tried to take off again, the plane lost power and crashed into the swamp. The plane attempted to land on a grassy field, but accidentally missed the landing spot.

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Pilot 280

Aerotime

JULY 23, 2024

British Airways has announced a £21 million investment in its Speedbird Pilot Academy, which will allow up to 200 aspiring pilots to train without the burden of self-funding the £100,000 cost. The Speedbird Pilot Academy, launched last year, already supports 100 future pilots chosen from over 20,000 applicants.

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Pilot Airline Airlines 258

Aerotime

MAY 2, 2024

A Japan Airlines flight from Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) to Tokyo’s Haneda Airport (HND) had to be canceled after its pilot got drunk and engaged in disorderly conduct at the airline’s layover hotel in Dallas. The Mainichi reported that the pilot had dined with other crew members at the hotel when they arrived in the city.

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Pilot Airline Airlines 265

Aerotime

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

With 28 years of experience at Ryanair, and 18 of those as the carrier’s Head of Training, Airline Pilot Club (APC) CEO Andy O’Shea knows a thing or two about what it takes to become a become an exceptional pilot – and no, it’s not as simple as knowing how to fly a plane.

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Pilot Airline Airlines Approach 269

Aerotime

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

Finnair has been forced to cancel around 300 flights in the face of a pre-Christmas pilots’ strike which is set to affect approximately 33,000 customers. RELATED Finnair celebrates 100th anniversary of first flight The post Finnair cancels nearly 300 flights after pilots announce pre-Christmas strike appeared first on AeroTime.

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Pilot Airline Airlines 267

Aerotime

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

A pilot was forced to perform an emergency landing on a highway in Wyoming to fix a “fuel issue”, and took off from the road again when the problem was resolved. The pilot had no choice but to land the aircraft on Interstate 25 (I-25) in the state of Wyoming. The couple said that the pilot told them, “I got the tools right here.

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Pilot 286

Aerotime

MAY 13, 2024

easyJet pilots have reportedly rejected a pay rise that would have seen captain’s annual wages increase to almost £200,000 ($250k) by April 2025. According to The Sun , a deal was put to easyJet pilots who are members of the British Airline Pilots’ Association (BALPA) in a vote, but it was rejected by a majority.

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Pilot Approach Jet Airline 257

Aerotime

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

A new group of aspiring aviators have qualified as pilots at airBaltic after receiving their commercial pilot license following an intensive training schedule. The 18 graduates completed airBaltic’s full-time airline transport pilot program with several now predicted to be flying with the Latvian national airline very soon.

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Pilot Airline Airlines 261

Aerotime

JULY 26, 2024

Two experienced helicopter pilots have lost their lives in an in-flight collision in Kimberley region, Western Australia. Each of the helicopters had one pilot on board. The crash happened at a remote station and the two other pilots were the first to arrive after the incident.

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Pilot Weather 262

Aerotime

AUGUST 15, 2024

The Voepass (Voepass Linhas Aéreas) pilots killed in a deadly crash in São Paulo, Brazil, tried to react to a loss in altitude for one minute before the ATR 72-500 impacted, according to local media. As the aircraft lost altitude the co-pilot asked what was happening and that “more power” was needed to stabilize the plane.

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Pilot Cockpit Stability Airline 306

Aerotime

MAY 30, 2024

The Australian aviation regulator, the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) has told an Australian Government Senate hearing that Virgin Australia is rostering pilots ‘closer to the limit’ of fatigue. However, Bouttell conceded CASA believed Virgin’s rostering system had been nearing approved fatigue limits.

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Pilot Cabin Crew Airline Airlines 251

Aerotime

OCTOBER 23, 2024

A flight instructor and stunt pilot has been tragically killed while performing an aerobatic flight at the 2024 Las Cruces Air and Space Expo in New Mexico. The pilot, identified as Charles Thomas ‘Chuck’ Coleman, was the sole passenger on the two-seat Extra Flugzeugbau EA300 aircraft when it went down around 14:30 local time.

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Pilot Jet 294

Aerotime

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

The company’s VX4 eVTOL aircraft successfully completed the first phase of its piloted flight test program at the Vertical Flight Test Centre. The VX4 prototype undertook 20 piloted test sorties in this phase, covering 70 test points.

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Pilot Airline Airlines Aviation Technology 259

Aerotime

OCTOBER 22, 2024

CAE has announced the development of a new Apple Vision Pro app that allows pilots to complete some aspects of training remotely, from anywhere in the world and at any time. In ‘Guided Mode’, the user is led to learn the various procedures of the aircraft, guiding the pilot to the next action required to learn the sequences.

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Flight Deck Pilot Airline Airlines 256

Aerotime

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has urged Virgin Australia pilots to accept a new contract that will see salaries increase by 21% over three years. The Fair Work Commission was asked to step in after Virgin Australia pilots represented by the Transport Workers Union voted against a proposed agreement in July 2024.

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Pilot Airline Airlines 269

Aerotime

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Air Canada pilots have backed a wage increase of nearly 42% over four years, in a vote that looks set to close a difficult chapter for the airline and avert potential strikes. This agreement helps restore what Air Canada pilots have lost over the past two decades and creates a strong foundation from which to build on.”

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Pilot Airline Airlines 259

Aerotime

JUNE 3, 2024

A helicopter pilot in Florida was charged for landing on top of a protected birds nest site at Egmont Key State Park. However, a witness told officials they saw a female passenger get out of the helicopter and take a few photos before hopping back on and taking off.

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Pilot Tail 250

Aerotime

MAY 1, 2024

In a bid to relax its uniform and contribute to employee well-being the Dutch airline KLM has given the go-ahead for pilots and cabin crew to wear sneakers. The updated uniform follows a successful trial held over the last year where staff responded positively to the change during feedback.

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Cabin Crew Pilot Airline Airlines 252

Aerotime

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Learn more: [link] pic.twitter.com/bHAd5MpugT — The Boeing Company (@Boeing) September 3, 2024 The 20-year forecast also included the following predictions: Southeast Asia operators will need to hire and train 234,000 new pilots, maintenance technicians and cabin crew – more than tripling the region’s active personnel.

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Pilot Cabin Crew Airplanes Jet 264

AV Web

DECEMBER 25, 2024

A new bill introduced in Congress aims to digitalize pilot certificateseliminating the need for pilots to carry physical copies of their medical and airman certificates. I don’t see a reason why our pilots should have to carry physical documents with them instead of keeping them on their phone like everything else.

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Pilot 119

AV Web

DECEMBER 1, 2024

The Air Line Pilots Association says Airbus is proposing adding a toilet to the flight deck of its aircraft to eliminate the need for relief pilots and pave the way for single pilot operations or Extended Minimum Crew Operations (eMCO). As might be expected, pilot unions are dumping all over the plan.

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Flight Deck Pilot 131