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Are pilots flying beyond their limits? Los Angeles Times Share     From Jan. 21, 2010: Halfway through his 13-hour shift, the Pinnacle Airlines pilot was already tired. After landing in Indianapolis, he headed to the terminal to catch a quick nap during a three-hour layover. Once there, he discovered that the waiting areas were jammed with passengers and there was no lounge for airline crews. So the pilot found a remote corner of the building and curled up on the floor, using his black uniform jacket as a pillow. More 'We're not ruling anything out,' Allegiant Air CEO says about Orlando airport switch USA Today Share
From Feb. 4, 2010: Allegiant Air has emerged as one of the most intriguing stories in the U.S. aviation industry, a small leisure-oriented niche carrier that has become the USA's most-consistently profitable carrier over the past few years. Despite Allegiant's success, however, the airline lacks the profile enjoyed by other big U.S. airlines. More Allegiant's unique aircraft order highlights a different model BNET Share
From Jan. 7, 2010: Airline industry followers all know that Allegiant Air flies a fleet of MD-80s, so it shouldn't be a surprise to see the airline pick up a bunch more as they did recently. Digging in to the order, which was for 18 aircraft from SAS, shows how different this airline's model truly is when compared to just about any other airline. More Why a 6-hour flight now takes seven The Wall Street Journal Share
From Feb. 4, 2010: Delta Air Lines Flight 715 from New York to Los Angeles now takes more than seven hours to fly across the country, according to the airline's March schedule. That's an hour longer than the same flight in the same type of aircraft took in 1996. A Phoenix-Las Vegas flight at Southwest Airlines that used to be scheduled at 60 minutes now gets 80 minutes. What was once a two-hour American Airlines trip from Chicago to Newark, N.J., now is two-and-a-half hours, according to the airline's schedule. More American Airlines flight attendant helps land Boeing 767 at Chicago O'Hare USA TODAY Share
From June 17, 2010: An American Airlines flight attendant helped land an American Boeing 767 at Chicago O'Hare after the co-pilot came down with "vicious stomach flu-like symptoms," the Chicago Tribune reported. After the ill co-pilot left the cockpit on American Flight 1612 from San Francisco, the pilot paged the flight to see if any off-duty pilots were on board. More Former Bombardier VP to lead NACA Aviation Week Share
From Feb. 4, 2010: The National Air Carrier Association announced in February that it has hired A. Oakley Brooks as president and CEO. Brooks most recently served as VP of government affairs for Bombardier Inc. in Washington. He has 40 years of experience in the industry, starting as a staff assistant at Executive Airlines/Air New England and then later becoming its executive VP. He also managed the North American sales office for Short Brothers of Belfast in Washington. More New questions about aircraft mechanic licensing WFAA-TV Share
From Jan. 21, 2010: Between 2002 and 2008, Tobias Aerospace in San Antonio tested more than 1,400 aircraft mechanics. Some of them have told WFAA-TV they were given a license by Bryan Tobias, but never took a proper test. Three months ago, the Federal Aviation Administration sent every mechanic tested by Tobias a letter, notifying them they would have to be re-tested. They had two weeks to respond. More Republicans put new hold on TSA nominee Erroll Southers The Washington Post Share
From Jan. 14, 2010: The nomination of a former FBI agent to lead the Transportation Security Administration hit a new obstacle as several Republican senators expressed "serious reservations" about the nominee and pressed the White House for details of incidents in which he improperly accessed a confidential federal database years ago. More TSA: Passenger carries ammo on plane in Milwaukee Fox News Share
From Jan. 14, 2010: A passenger inadvertently carried shotgun shells onto a Dallas-bound Midwest Airlines plane at Milwaukee's airport before he realized his mistake and alerted flight attendants, authorities said. The man, who was not identified, did not mean any harm, saying he had forgotten that the ammunition was in his carryon bags when he boarded the flight, Transportation Security Administration spokesman Jim Fotenos said. More Bangor International Airport in Maine is awarded 3-year military flight contract Bangor Daily News Share
From Jan. 7, 2010: A Georgia-based military transit company has signed a three-year contract to use Bangor International Airport as its exclusive technical stop on the East Coast. BIA submitted a proposal earlier this fall and was selected by Global Aviation Holdings Inc. ahead of several other facilities for the breadth of services offered in Bangor, Maine, according to Airport Director Rebecca Hupp. More |
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