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Minimum-wage pilots? Here’s one way of looking at flight deck salaries

by Christopher Elliott on November 9, 2009

The average cockpit wage cost per average passenger fare per hour of flight is just $3.73 — almost half the minimum wage — according to analysis by Robert Herbst of the Web site Airlinefinancials.com.

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What we’re reading: MGM Grand’s Prima program, traveling pair ends up in wrong Sydney, drunk pilot blames European beer

by Steve Surjaputra on August 17, 2009

The MGM Grand Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas recently unveiled its VIP Privilege Program called Prima.

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NASA will release uncensored flight safety data tomorrow

by Christopher Elliott on September 29, 2008

Remember that controversial pilot survey conducted by NASA last year? Then you’ll probably also recall the uproar when, under pressure, the agency released the information earlier this year — albeit in what it calls a “redacted” form.

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