Averted Disaster on Horizon Air Flight Renews Scrutiny on Mental Health of Those in the Cockpit October 27, 2023 By Claire Rush and Gene Johnson PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — What authorities describe as an off-duty pilot`s attempt to shut down the engines of a Horizon...
Pilot Groups Raise Alarm About the Push for One-Person Cockpits on Flights May 5, 2023 By Mathieu Dion Global pilot organizations called on regulators to continue requiring multiple aviators on commercial flights, saying that efforts to shrink to...
Explainer-Do 5G Telecoms Pose a Threat to Airline Safety? January 5, 2022 U.S. telecom companies and airlines have been fighting for weeks over the potential impact of 5G wireless services on aircraft,...
Airlines Urge WHO to OK Quarantine-Free Travel After Vaccines January 28, 2021 By Christopher Jasper The airline industry has called on the World Health Organization to rule it’s safe for people to fly without quarantining...
Stale Cockpit Air Could Dull Airline Pilot Performance August 10, 2018 By Alan Levin That poorly ventilated conference room isn’t the only place with the potential for sick-air syndrome. Airliner cockpits can also have...
American’s Pilots Say It Flies On the Edge of Safety Rules August 3, 2016 By Mary Schlangenstein Efforts by American Airlines to keep flights on schedule during the summer travel season are on the verge of violating...
U.S. Boosts Training to Identify Airline Pilots’ Mental Health Issues June 14, 2016 By Alan Levin U.S. regulators have increased training for the doctors who screen airline pilots so they can better spot mental health issues...
Drones Considered Big Threat to Airline Safety April 6, 2016 By Justin Bachman You’re landing at New York’s LaGuardia Airport on the “expressway” approach—it’s called that because you come in low enough to...
Two Years After Jet Goes Missing, Airlines Slow to Adopt Safety Technologies March 8, 2016 By JOAN LOWY Airline safety standards are changing in the wake of the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 nearly two years ago,...
Airlines Learn From Accident Close Calls, Room for Improvement Still Needed November 2, 2015 Travel via large U.S. commercial airlines is among the world’s safest transportation modes, but airlines may be lulled into a...