Video: Spirit Pilots’ Strike Forces More Cancellations | AP
Spirit Airlines is canceling all of its flights through Tuesday, stranding thousands more passengers as a pilot’s strike continues into its third day. (June 14)
JetBlue pilot removed from duty had a gun | The Boston Globe
A JetBlue pilot turned over a gun before he was taken from Logan International Airport to a Boston hospital for evaluation Thursday, officials said. State Police were notified at 1:45 p.m. Thursday by a federal air marshal that a man had sent an “electronic communication” to an acquaintance that led her to believe he might [...]
NTSB cites pilot distraction and ATC shortcomings in Minneapolis overflight
The US National Transportation Safety Board says pilot distraction was the major factor in a highly publicised Airbus A320 overflight of Minneapolis by Northwest pilots late last year, but the agency's investigation also showed ambiguity in certain air traffic control procedures. On 21 October 2009 Flight 188 overflew Minneapolis by more than 180km (100nm), with the pilots [...]
‘Fake pilot’ arrested moments before take-off | BBC News
A Swedish pilot without a valid licence to fly has been arrested at Amsterdam as he was about to fly a jet with 101 passengers to Turkey, Dutch police say. The 41-year-old man said he had been flying for European airlines for 13 years and had logged 10,000 hours. Police said he once had a [...]
Ethiopian Airline Pilot Ignored Control Tower Commands: Lebanon Ministers
Lebanon’s Transportation Minister says the pilot of the ill-fated Ethiopian Airlines jet did not fly in the direction recommended by the airport control tower before it plunged into the Mediterranean on Monday minutes after take-off in heavy rains and storms from Beirut. Ghazi Aridi said Tuesday the tower “asked him to correct, but then he [...]
Airline blames Buffalo-area crash on crew – CNN.com
Washington CNN — Colgan Air — under fire for hiring, training, pay and commuting policies after the February crash of Flight 3407 near Buffalo, New York — is blaming pilot error for the wreck, which killed all 49 people aboard and one person on the ground. In a 67-page report submitted to the National Transportation [...]
