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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With the Chapter 11 filing of American Airlines, the airline claims, for passengers, everything will be as it was, hunky-dory; not so for its workers. Now, the Director of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), the government safety net for corporate pension programs, publicly states that AA should not look to the agency as a place to toss their commitments to their employees.
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Just about everyone knows about Amelia Earhart, who disappeared in 1937 while attempting an around the world flight. Few remember a contemporary woman pilot, Elinor Smith, was born 100 years ago today.
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UPS Airlines to switch to ‘full-face oxygen masks’ in cockpits UPS said that it will retrofit the oxygen masks in the cockpit with “quick-donning” full face oxygen masks. “Safety is an absolute priority for our employees, our customers’ shipments and our aircraft,” UPS Airlines President Mitch Nichols stated. Installation of the new masks on UPS’s [...]
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Rail travel preferred over air travel, the Vegas Box for frequent Vegas travelers, why aren’t there more women airline pilots?
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After bringing to light more detailed safety information about TSA’s full body scanners, Ned Levi discusses the bottom line about the scanners. Ned explains why TSA’s reliance on these scanners makes air travel passengers less safe, and calls on TSA to abandon the scanners.
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Readers Digest in their November edition features an article, “50 secrets your pilot won’t tell you.” It is an hair raising, amusing and instructive. Here are some highlights from the article.
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Continental tests self-boarding at IAH, pilots’ alcohol limits debated, IHG tests tiered wi-fi
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Electric aircraft generates buzz, South Florida wants to put on air show, Congress ups pilot requirements
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Air India crash puts focus on safety, Boeing will develop 737 replacement, Pilots laid off at UPS
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