Last month the FAA finalized its rule changes dealing with pilot work and rest hours to keep fatigued pilots out of the cockpit. Ned Levi examines the new rules to see if they fulfill Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood’s promise to “do everything possible to make sure pilots are rested when they get in the cockpit.”
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What causes delays besides weather, FAA release pilot fatigue rules give airlines two years to comply, Gulf Air cancels eight Boeing 787 orders
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This weekend, we seem to be a bit hard on the airlines. Then again, these stories focus on airline actions. Firstly, Delta fights to take away FF miles from a traveler who they say, “Complains too much,” Secondly, the airline association is fighting safety efforts proposed by the FAA regarding pilot fatigue. Finally, we take a look at what airlines pay pilots — less than window washers?
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JetBlue pilots reject unionization, Caesars to open Linq in 2013, pilots safety rules delayed by FAA
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Qantas to make cuts to international services Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce said that the airline will be making cuts to “loss-making international operations.” In an interview broadcast on Sunday, Joyce said the current loss-making model of Qantas’ international business was not sustainable over the long term. It has been supported, he said, by profitable [...]
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Vegas.com offers baggage fee rebate, Boeing plans to bring 787 to Farnborough, Lawmakers criticize delay in pilot fatigue ruling
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Ned Levi has surveyed the state of the commercial airline industry in light of a year of serious security and service failures. To combat those problems Ned has suggested New Year’s resolutions for the government and the airlines.
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At the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee hearings this week, pilot fatigue was front and center. Sen. Rockefeller (D-WV), committee chairman started off the hearings auspiciously.
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Our Laura Townsend Elion managed to get out Top 10 list of reasons that the Delta (Northwest) pilots managed to miss Minneapolis by 150 miles.
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The latest excuse offered by the pilots of Northwest flight 188 for missing the Minneapolis airport by 150 miles is, my laptop made me do it! Kinda. Actually in pilot-speak, they claimed they “lost situational awareness.” According to federal investigators, the wayward crew blamed their oversight on a perfect storm of individually trivial events that [...]
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