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Patrick Smith's Ask The Pilot: When a Pilot Dies in Flight Archived 2015-05-02 at the Wayback Machine, AskThePilot.com website, 2013, which in turn cites: Smith, Patrick. Cockpit Confidential: Everything You Need to Know About Air Travel: Questions, Answers, and Reflections, Sourcebooks, 2013, ISBN 1402280912, ISBN 978-1402280917.
As radio sets became increasingly sophisticated and easier to operate, the function was taken over directly by a FO or SO, and still later by the pilot-in-command and co-pilot, making the radio operator's position redundant. [3] [13] [14]
Commercial pilot licence: Can be paid, compensated to fly, or hired by operators and are required to have more training and experience than private pilots. Multi-crew pilot licence (MPL): Can act only as co-pilot in multi-pilot aircraft. Airline transport pilot licence: Can act as pilot-in-command of multi-pilot aircraft.
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The Allied Pilots Association said that 73% of pilots who took part voted in favor of the four-year contract, which it valued at $9.6 billion. ... Airlines pilots have approved a new contract that ...
In August 2017 financial company UBS predicted pilotless airliners are technically feasible and could appear around 2025, offering around $35bn of savings, mainly in pilot costs: $26bn for airlines, $3bn for business jets and $2.1bn for civil helicopters; $3bn/year from lower pilot training and aviation insurance costs due to safer flights ...
The pay-to-work program [1] — mostly referred to as "pay-to-fly" [2] or "p2f", also known as "self-sponsored line training" [3] —is an aviation industry practice whereby a professional pilot operates an aircraft on revenue-earning commercial operation [4] by paying for it. [5]
With the frenzied summer travel season in full swing and the aviation system straining to keep up, Congress is expected to vote on legislation that over the next five years will shape the agency ...