An agreement signed by Embry-Riddle Aeronautical
University’s Commercial Airline Pilot Training (CAPT) program
and Focus Air, a cargo carrier covering the Pacific Rim, clears the
way for CAPT graduates to be hired as flight crewmembers by Focus
Air.
Horizon Air Mechanic Auctions Off "Christmas Bonus" On
EBay
Sometimes employers miss the mark. And sometimes employees have
interesting ways in which they call that lack to the attention of
the world around them. One truly inventive protest against
corporate insensitivity has allegedly shown up on EBay where an
alleged Horizon Air mechanic auctioned off his holiday bonus... a
coffee mug.
Spanish carrier Air Europa has signed a firm contract for three
new Boeing 737-800 airplanes. The airplanes are part of Air
Europa's ongoing short- and medium-haul fleet renewal and
expansion. The order is valued at $195 million at list prices.
Deliveries will begin in January 2006.
Talk about a close call... how'd you like to have been sitting
in the FO's seat when that lightning bolt hit?
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SKYWEST SKW6095, AN EMBRAER 120 ACFT, REPORTED A LIGHTNING STRIKE
CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE OUTER PANE OF THE WINDSCREEN ON THE FIRST
OFFICER'S WINDOW, 10 MILES WEST OF FELLOWS, CA
Jazeera Airways, the new, privately owned airline of Kuwait, has
placed a firm order with Airbus for four A320s and taken options on
four more, becoming a new customer. It plans to begin services in
February 2005 with two leased Airbus A320s, serving key business
and leisure destinations throughout the Middle East.
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