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Meet the trainees paying $136,000 to become the next generation of airline pilots
Skyborne's course in England takes 18 months, demands rigorous study and costs plenty, but is a tic…
Pete Syme
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A first officer fainted during a flight to Lisbon. It's a reminder why commercial airplanes should always have 2 pilots.
An easyJet pilot fainted during a flight from London to Lisbon on Saturday. The incident shows why …
Mikhaila Friel
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Govt amends aircraft rules; commercial pilot licenses to be valid for 10 years
Commercial pilot licenses will now be valid for ten years, with the government amending rules as pa…
PTI
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Nepal just suffered another fatal plane crash. Its aviation safety record is so poor that all its airlines are banned from flying to most of Europe.
A Saurya Airlines flight due to travel to Pokhara crashed during takeoff in Kathmandu, killing 18 o…
Nora Redmond
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Polaris Dawn spacewalk: Watch live as SpaceX's commercial astronauts attempt mission's historic EVA
The Polaris Dawn mission attempts a historic spacewalk today. Watch live as SpaceX's commercial ast…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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British Airways' new Bridgerton-style safety video features actors in period dress. One safety expert says it's 'excellent' — but it has drawbacks.
In the wake of so many in-air safety incidents this year, safety experts still love it, but passeng…
Paige Bruton
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Fainting, heart attacks, and death. How pilots handle medical emergencies in midair.
An easyJet copilot fainted mid-flight, highlighting how airlines handle medical emergencies with tr…
Mikhaila Friel
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DGCA revises regulations to boost seaplane operations under UDAN scheme
DGCA informed that these pivotal amendments will streamline infrastructure procedures, pilot traini…
ANI
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Aviation safety is built on the 'Swiss cheese' model – but the Japan Airlines crash shows the holes sometimes line up
A theory that air accidents are often the result of a series of smaller errors may explain why an A…
Taylor Rains,Tom Porter
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An airline CEO who suggested pilots should fly while fatigued to help ease the labor shortage has been accused by a union of endangering passenger safety
József Váradi, CEO of European airline Wizz Air, drew criticism after he appeared to urge aircrew t…
Stephen Jones
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India has 3x more women pilots than the global average
There are at least 15% women pilots in India out of the total number of pilots.This percentage is t…
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Civil aviation regulator DGCA to begin special safety audit of all Indian airlines after Kozhikode crash
The FOQA is the process of obtaining and analysing all kinds of data from flights to improve …
PTI
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Qantas pilots landed a plane with just one working engine, and the airline says it was safe to do so
The Qantas pilots turned off one of the engines manually to make an emergency landing in Perth.
Marielle Descalsota
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Right-wing commentators have a theory about plane safety concerns and they say diversity is to blame
Right-wing commentators such as Elon Musk have baselessly decided that DEI initiatives are to blame…
Alia Shoaib
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US pilots are worried that 5G rollouts can trigger altimeter failures in aircrafts
As high-speed 5G wireless networks roll out across the world, pilots in the US are reporting freque…
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I just became a pilot after spending $80,000 on flight school. Here's what the intense training program was like.
"I don't regret it at all," a 32-year-old commercial pilot said. "I don't see myself being anything…
Kim Dahlgren
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Flying taxis could take to the skies by next year. Here's why the aviation industry is so excited about eVTOLs.
Flying-taxi companies such as Archer and AutoFlight hope to change the daily commute with electric …
Pete Syme
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Air India pilots are up in arms after the national airline ‘unilaterally’ declared ‘leave without pay’
Air India pilot association in a letter tells chairman Rajiv Bansal that any unilateral change by A…
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Pilots are exhausted. A new survey suggests 3 out of 4 European pilots dozed off over the course of a month while flying a plane.
Pilots are so exhausted that they're struggling to stay awake while operating flights, a new survey…
Grace Dean
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10 JetBlue, American Airlines, and Southwest pilots are suing the CDC over the federal mask mandate, saying it encourages unruly behavior and 'impairs pilots' health'
A small group of pilots working for major US airlines have launched legal action to try to end the …