Pilots

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.

Keith Rosenkranz grabs headlines when he charters an entire Delta Airbus A330 aircraft to celebrate his retirement in style.

In a memo this week, the airline told pilots that Boston was the first base outside its existing hubs opened in “quite a while.”

Spirit Airlines pilots and their union have raised concerns over the airline’s decision to issue furlough notices to pilots.

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

Mesa is the latest airline to reduce its pilot workforce, citing “a significant and unexpected reduction in pilot attrition levels.”

After nearly three years in operation, ultra-low-cost carrier Allegiant is closing down its Austin base early next year.

Even as hiring trends change, some carriers are still offering lucrative sign-on bonuses to new pilots with some nearing $200,000.

The Dallas/Fort Worth-based carrier said in a Thursday memo that it would pause pilot new hire classes through the end of this year.

With serious runway incursions increasing in the U.S., the new onboard technology is being touted as the ‘next big thing’ in aviation.