Before being delivered or coming out of maintenance checks, an aircraft’s proper function and operation must be confirmed.

Flight schools, charter companies, and major airlines all require someone or a group of leaders to oversee their flight operations.

Though pilots play a critical role in maintaining aviation safety, air traffic controllers also have important positions in ensuring safe skies.

Equally as important to frontline positions are the backdoor office jobs that ensure flights keep running smoothly around the clock.

From the biggest airports in the world to the small strip down the street, managers are essential to ensuring safe and smooth operations around the clock.

While passenger aircraft go to a select number of popular destinations, cargo flights are often required to go into a wider array of regions.

Crews are equally often asked to fly as a passenger for work. Otherwise known as ‘deadheading,’ it is a common practice at most air carriers.

Airlines, charter companies, and even flight schools have limits on how much their crews can work before taking mandatory time off.

Aviation is defined by communities. It is impossible to become a pilot, spotter, or enthusiast without finding some sort of community.

Chinese aircraft manufacturer COMAC has reportedly begun development on a new widebody airliner dubbed the C939 to compete with Airbus and Boeing.