Here's a good article about the human factor, automation in flying and the Air France 447 crash. Long article but good read.
http://www.vanityfair.com/business/2014/10/air-france-flight-447-crash
"On the one hand, if the pilot restrains a fart, all the drawbacks previously mentioned, including impaired concentration, may affect his abilities to control the plane," they said. "On the other hand, if he lets go of the fart, his co-pilot may be affected by its odour, which again reduces...
... coming to a regional airline soon, right?
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/05/airbus-boeing-regional-idUSL6N0G40JD20130805?feedType=RSS&feedName=marketsNews&rpc=43
Incident: EVA B773 at San Francisco on Jul 23rd 2013, descended below safe height
By Simon Hradecky, created Thursday, Jul 25th 2013 18:05Z, last updated Thursday, Jul 25th 2013 18:05Z
An EVA Airways Boeing 777-300, registration B-16701 performing flight BR-28 from Taipei (Taiwan) to San...
There was a big 3 day meeting in Denver this Mon, Tues and Wed consisting of Skywest Inc, SAPA, ASA/XJet and ALPA. Anyone know what it was about and outcome?
Colgan Air to shut down by late September
July 25, 2012
Colgan Air plans to layoff its last remaining 53 employees based at Albany International Airport by Sept. 22, according to Examiner.com.
Colgan, a division of Pinnacle Airlines Corporation, provided regional flying for United Airlines and...
At Skywest, management has expressed the idea of allowing pilot time pilots. There's a lot of pilots for and a lot against. Won't go into my reasons but I am dead set against it. Those that do go part time will lose their benefits except travel/jumpseat. Curious what everyone out thinks of the...
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