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13,989 Pilots Employed By 6 Major Airlines: Center Amid IndiGo Chaos
Six major domestic airlines have employed 13,989 pilots, with Air India and its low-cost arm, Air India Express, having 6,350 and 1,592 pilots respectively and IndiGo having 5,085 cockpit crew, Parliament was informed on Monday.
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Pilots' Body Call Out IndiGo's "Prolonged, Unorthodox Lean Manpower Strategy"
Pilots' body Federation of Indian Pilots (FIP) has alleged that IndiGo, despite getting a two-year preparatory window before the full implementation of new flight duty and rest period norms for cockpit crew, "inexplicably" adopted a "hiring freeze."
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American Airlines Pilots Make Emergency Landing Believing Someone Was Breaking Into Cockpit
In panic, the pilots turned flight 6469 and returned to Omaha Airport.
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From Cockpit To Cabin: Malaysia Airlines' First All-Women Flight Crew Takes Off
From check-in counters, through security and maintenance, and up to the pilots and cabin crew, women were in charge at every stage of the journey.
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"Unfortunate": Supreme Court On Pilot's "Fuel Cut-Off" Mention In Air India Crash Report
"Unfortunate": Supreme Court On Pilot's "Fuel Cut-Off" Mention In Air India Crash Report
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British Airways Pilot Leaves Cockpit Door Open For Family. This Happens Next
The incident was reported to US authorities, leading to the pilot's suspension.
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Indian-Origin Delta Pilot Arrested From Cockpit 10 Minutes After Landing
A Delta Airlines co-pilot was arrested 10 minutes after his flight landed at San Francisco International Airport on Sunday at around 7:05 am IST. Rustom Bhagwagar, 34, was taken into custody on charges of child sexual assault.
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Mumbai-Bound Air India Express Flight Aborts Takeoff Due To Technical Issue
A Mumbai-bound Air India Express plane, with around 160 passengers onboard, aborted takeoff due to a technical snag at the Delhi airport on Wednesday evening, according to a source.
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NASA’s X-59 Moves Closer to First Flight with Advanced Taxi Tests and Augmented Vision
NASA and Lockheed Martin’s X-59 experimental aircraft, engineered for quiet supersonic travel, is undergoing taxi tests at the U.S. Air Force’s Plant 42. Unique features include its AR-enabled camera vision system and a boom-reducing shape. The X-59 continues NASA’s legacy at Plant 42, home to iconic aerospace programs like the F-22 and Space...
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Jeju Air Crash Initial Probe Suggests Pilot Error, Victims' Families Protest
The initial results of an investigation into December's devastating Jeju Air crash in South Korea showed that, while the plane's both engines sustained bird strikes, its pilots turned off the less-damaged one just before its crash-landing.
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New Air India Crash Details As US Media Accesses Pilots' Last Conversation
The two pilots involved were Captain Sumeet Sabharwal and First Officer Clive Kunder, who had total flying experience of 15,638 hours and 3,403 hours.
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Should Cockpits Have Video Cameras? Air India Crash Rekindles Debate
The deadly Air India crash has renewed a decades-old debate in the aviation industry over installing video cameras monitoring airline pilot actions to complement the cockpit voice and flight data recorders already used by accident investigators.
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Who Were Two Pilots Who Flew Air India Jet That Crashed
Investigators probing a deadly Air India crash said in a preliminary report that the aircraft's engine fuel switches were flipped to an off position briefly, leading to confusion in the cockpit and putting focus on the pilots flying the Boeing 787.
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'Why Did You Cut Off Fuel?' Last Chat Of Pilots On Crashed Air India Plane
A month after the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad that killed at least 270 people, a preliminary report into the worst aviation accident in India in decades showed the engines' fuel switches shifted from 'RUN' to 'CUTOFF' after take-off.
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Turkey Sandwiches And Stealth: How Pilots Prepare For B-2 Bomber Missions
Before strapping into the cockpit of the US Air Force's B-2 Spirit stealth bomber for missions that can stretch beyond 40 hours, pilots undergo weeks of preparation that focuses not only on flight plans, but what to eat.
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13,989 Pilots Employed By 6 Major Airlines: Center Amid IndiGo Chaos
Six major domestic airlines have employed 13,989 pilots, with Air India and its low-cost arm, Air India Express, having 6,350 and 1,592 pilots respectively and IndiGo having 5,085 cockpit crew, Parliament was informed on Monday.
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Pilots' Body Call Out IndiGo's "Prolonged, Unorthodox Lean Manpower Strategy"
Pilots' body Federation of Indian Pilots (FIP) has alleged that IndiGo, despite getting a two-year preparatory window before the full implementation of new flight duty and rest period norms for cockpit crew, "inexplicably" adopted a "hiring freeze."
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American Airlines Pilots Make Emergency Landing Believing Someone Was Breaking Into Cockpit
In panic, the pilots turned flight 6469 and returned to Omaha Airport.
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From Cockpit To Cabin: Malaysia Airlines' First All-Women Flight Crew Takes Off
From check-in counters, through security and maintenance, and up to the pilots and cabin crew, women were in charge at every stage of the journey.
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"Unfortunate": Supreme Court On Pilot's "Fuel Cut-Off" Mention In Air India Crash Report
"Unfortunate": Supreme Court On Pilot's "Fuel Cut-Off" Mention In Air India Crash Report
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British Airways Pilot Leaves Cockpit Door Open For Family. This Happens Next
The incident was reported to US authorities, leading to the pilot's suspension.
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Indian-Origin Delta Pilot Arrested From Cockpit 10 Minutes After Landing
A Delta Airlines co-pilot was arrested 10 minutes after his flight landed at San Francisco International Airport on Sunday at around 7:05 am IST. Rustom Bhagwagar, 34, was taken into custody on charges of child sexual assault.
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Mumbai-Bound Air India Express Flight Aborts Takeoff Due To Technical Issue
A Mumbai-bound Air India Express plane, with around 160 passengers onboard, aborted takeoff due to a technical snag at the Delhi airport on Wednesday evening, according to a source.
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NASA’s X-59 Moves Closer to First Flight with Advanced Taxi Tests and Augmented Vision
NASA and Lockheed Martin’s X-59 experimental aircraft, engineered for quiet supersonic travel, is undergoing taxi tests at the U.S. Air Force’s Plant 42. Unique features include its AR-enabled camera vision system and a boom-reducing shape. The X-59 continues NASA’s legacy at Plant 42, home to iconic aerospace programs like the F-22 and Space...
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Jeju Air Crash Initial Probe Suggests Pilot Error, Victims' Families Protest
The initial results of an investigation into December's devastating Jeju Air crash in South Korea showed that, while the plane's both engines sustained bird strikes, its pilots turned off the less-damaged one just before its crash-landing.
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New Air India Crash Details As US Media Accesses Pilots' Last Conversation
The two pilots involved were Captain Sumeet Sabharwal and First Officer Clive Kunder, who had total flying experience of 15,638 hours and 3,403 hours.
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Should Cockpits Have Video Cameras? Air India Crash Rekindles Debate
The deadly Air India crash has renewed a decades-old debate in the aviation industry over installing video cameras monitoring airline pilot actions to complement the cockpit voice and flight data recorders already used by accident investigators.
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Who Were Two Pilots Who Flew Air India Jet That Crashed
Investigators probing a deadly Air India crash said in a preliminary report that the aircraft's engine fuel switches were flipped to an off position briefly, leading to confusion in the cockpit and putting focus on the pilots flying the Boeing 787.
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'Why Did You Cut Off Fuel?' Last Chat Of Pilots On Crashed Air India Plane
A month after the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad that killed at least 270 people, a preliminary report into the worst aviation accident in India in decades showed the engines' fuel switches shifted from 'RUN' to 'CUTOFF' after take-off.
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Turkey Sandwiches And Stealth: How Pilots Prepare For B-2 Bomber Missions
Before strapping into the cockpit of the US Air Force's B-2 Spirit stealth bomber for missions that can stretch beyond 40 hours, pilots undergo weeks of preparation that focuses not only on flight plans, but what to eat.
