My favorite part is how the lower level pax faces are ass level with the upper deck… https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/chaise-longue-double-level-airplane-seat-returns ..read more

Title 14 in the Code of Federal Regulations has VI chapters. Which should I read first, to get a better understanding of how (new or proposed) flight routes are regulated? Edit - I just went through the chapters. Ch VI looks like it's related to financing, Ch V looks miscellaneous Ch III looks like it might have some guidance on it, but Ch II seems to deal with the surrounding issues more directly Ch I apparently has three volumes but it probably sets the context for the later stuff. I... Read more ..read more

So I'm developing a fine appreciation for the suction-cup sunshades on the airplane, and a seething hatred for the knuckleheads who cinch the adjustment knob on the visor so tight, flipped backwards, that I need a set of channel locks to break it loose. That said, there are two things I'm strongly considering adding to my flight kit, because Melanoma nearly killed my Dad and I'd like to stay ahead of this one and maybe not age so quick. 1) Sun/cooling sleeves. I do have at least one... Read more ..read more

My first airline as a dispatcher, left before they folded (96-06). Good times and great people. I dispatched airplanes to every continent but Antarctica, and just about every country we were allowed to operate in. View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gFbTQ0JdOs ..read more

Hand built. Technically, aren't all airplanes hand built? Have to trust the hands that built them though. Prominent local OB-GYN involved in fertility fraud scandal killed in plane crash Dr. Morris Wortman, an OB-GYN whose reputation was tainted by fertility fraud allegations, died in a plane crash in Orleans County Sunday. www.democratandchronicle.com ..read more

This evening, the MEC voted unanimously on the following resolution: THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the UAL MEC authorizes the Master Chair to conduct a strike authorization vote, and; THEREFORE BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED THAT the Master Chair will inform the Company (UAL) and our pilot group of the intent to conduct a strike authorization vote ..read more

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Ameriflight Makes Aviation History With FAA Approval for Large-Scale Drone Delivery Service in the U.S. Dallas-based Ameriflight plans to operate the Matternet M2 drone for commercial delivery—focusing on health care and e-commerce deliveries to customers in dense urban and suburban environments across the country. The approval will enable what Ameriflight calls "the first fully operational... dallasinnovates.com Not only small drones but the Caravan sized, 5,400lbs payload Saberwing UAV ..read more

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We are a flight school / airplane rental (piper, bonanza, cirrus) located at Van Nuys airport, looking for: -office manager who is a student pilot or wants to become a CFI (work and fly) -CFI/CFII ..read more