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Featured
Air Pockets When Flying: Air Turbulence FAQs
In my more than three decades as an airline pilot, there is one topic of questions my passengers ask me more about than anything else:…
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Airlines
How pilots handle airplane inflight emergency situations
Do you ever wonder how airline pilots fly and handle your plane in an emergency situation? Are you wondering what is going on in the…
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737 MAX
The latest Boeing 737 MAX Order Cancellations
The original 5,000 or so orders for the 737 MAX is dwindling by the month. The latest 737 MAX actual and intended cancellations appear to…
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Airlines
Airline-dependent jobs make total aviation job losses huge!
Millions of worldwide airline jobs are currently in great danger as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Daily news about airline industry layoffs, cutbacks, and…
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Airlines
Could investing in Norwegian Air Stock now make you rich?
Investing in Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (NWARF) airline stock at this time could be considered a great opportunity. It could also be considered a bad…
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Airlines
United Airlines furloughing up to a whopping 45 percent of its employees!
United Airlines (UAL) has announced that a massive 45 percent of its employees or 36,000 of its U.S. workforce may be furloughed starting October 1st!…
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Airlines
How do airplane cabin passenger oxygen masks work?
Do you seriously pay attention to the passenger oxygen mask demonstration when you fly? Well, should your oxygen mask come down inflight, you’d better know…
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737 MAX
737 MAX Recertification Process: When can airlines fly the MAX again?
The 737 MAX recertification process has reached a major milestone to get the latest model of the efficient and otherwise reliable 737 workhorse editions flown…
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Airlines
What are the Differences in Coronavirus Precautions among US Airlines?
Months into the coronavirus pandemic there is still no Federal set of rules for coronavirus precautions or protections for U.S. airlines. Neither the CDC (Centers…
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Airlines
The EU bans American passengers from visiting Europe
In the latest COVID-19 move the EU (European Union) has banned American passengers from visiting countries in Europe. At the same time, the EU is…
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Airlines
At the Flying Peak of COVID? US passengers and COVID-counts both UP!
Aviation expert Alex Martinez Rivera analyzes the odd relationship between the positive upswing of US airline passengers versus the fact that the COVID–counts are going…
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Airlines
Which Airlines have Liquidated or become Bankrupt by the Coronavirus?
Several airlines have already liquidated or become bankrupt as casualties of the coronavirus. This in spite of only being at the beginning of what is…
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Airlines
How Norwegian Air could go from Survival to Profit
Norwegian Air has chosen to enter a holding pattern as its strategy to go from survival to profit. Analyzing the airline’s long-term strategy, it appears…
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Airlines
British Airways First B787-10 Dreamliner Delivered
Scores of AvGeeks lined up below the landing path of London Heathrow (LHR) today to watch British Airways’ (BA) proud new B787-10 Dreamliner arriving. The…
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Airline Jobs
Solutions to your airline job loss due to the coronavirus crisis
Have you lost your airline job, or are you about to lose your job because of the crisis that has hit the airline industry since…
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Airlines
Aviation Employee mass layoffs unavoidable without CARES Act Extension
Aviation labor union leaders have sent a letter to Congressional leadership to call on lawmakers to extend the Payroll Support Program (PSP) in the CARES…
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Airlines
560 SAS (Scandinavian Airlines) Pilots Terminated
Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) today announced they have terminated the employment of 560 of its pilots. The laid-off SAS pilots, with recall rights as non-paid furloughed…
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Airlines
3 Norwegian Air Staffing Supplier Subsidiaries Bankrupt!
Three Norwegian Air staffing supplier subsidiaries of OSM Aviation have gone bankrupt. The bankruptcy affects 571 employees, who were pilots and flight attendants for the…
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Airlines
Lufthansa and UFO flight attendants agree on coronavirus crisis package
German airline Lufthansa and its independent flight attendant union UFO have agreed to a concession package designed to help the airline through the crisis. The…
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Airlines
Can a Plane Land and Take Off on Autopilot?
The answer to whether a plane can land on autopilot is YES. An airplane equipped to land by itself on autopilot is described as having…