Monthly Features
Self Defense for Flight Crews
Avoiding a threat requires being aware that a threat exists. At what stage of situational awareness are you operating? In Part One (Aero Crew...
Skywest Airlines
With more than 45 years of flight, SkyWest Airlines continues to soar to new heights. The airline has new aircraft, extended flying agreements with...
Self-Defense for Flight Crews
As airline flight crews, we have always been at a disadvantage when it comes to defending ourselves and our passengers, inflight as well as...
Aviator Bulletins
New SkyWest Pay Agreement
SkyWest pilots have approved a new pay agreement! This new agreement includes average scale increase of over 17% for SkyWest pilots and raises first-year...
Health & Fitness
Boost Travel Health with Technology
Depending on where you find yourself in life, traveling full-time as a professional flight crew member can be either a blessing or a curse....
Reduce Chronic Back Pain; A Continuation
As mentioned in last month’s article, if your muscles are not working together properly, disfunction will show in your movement patterns. This can lead...
Contract Talks
The Compensation Big Picture
Beyond the importance of developing a sensible quality of life and work-life balance is the issue of money – compensation. There are many forms...
Does Your Pilot Contract Offer You A Reasonable Quality Of Life?
You’ve just accepted your sign-on bonus offer with your new airline and now you’re ready to begin the primary stages of ground school. After...
The Railroad Labor Act
In the United States, airline pilots work under an agreed-upon contract that establishes the conditions for protecting the airline and the pilots during regular...
Safety Matters
Colgan 3407
On February 12, 2009 at 10:17PM, less than a month after US Airways 1549 had made a successful landing on the Hudson River, Colgan...
Learn to Fly
Challenges of Weather
I was operating a flight from IAD to SAT, my first day off of high minimums, as a captain. (I would be able to be...
Skills Learned on Each Road
One of my favorite things about a brand-new type rating or certificate is that it gives you a new license to learn. Shortly after...
LATEST ARTICLES
New SkyWest Pay Agreement
SkyWest pilots have approved a new pay agreement! This new agreement includes average scale increase of over 17% for SkyWest pilots and raises first-year...
JetReady Expands its Charter Fleet with the Addition of a New...
JetReady – private jet charter operator – continues to grow its existing charter fleet and is proud to announce their newest Hawker 800 aircraft...
Challenges of Weather
I was operating a flight from IAD to SAT, my first day off of high minimums, as a captain. (I would be able to be...
Fábregas Receives Most Admired CEO And Reader’s Choice Awards
Envoy Air Inc., the largest wholly owned regional airline subsidiary of American Airlines Group (AAG) announced that the Dallas Business Journal recently named Envoy...
Work Rules and Rigs
In my previous article, A Month in the Life of a Line Holder, I briefly touched upon the subject of pilot contract work rules...
Trans States Airlines and Frontier Airlines Roll out Pilot Flow Program
Each month, new hire pilots at regional operator Trans States Airlines sit down to dinner with the Chief Operating Officer, Flight Ops leadership, and...