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All News

August 02, 2018

Airbus Launches Ab Initio Pilot Cadet Training Program

Mexico City-Based Pilot School Escuela De Aviacion Mexico To Be Launch Partner

In its latest Global Services Forecast, Airbus predicts that a total of 540,000 new pilots will be needed over the next two decades. To help meet this demand, it is launching the Airbus Pilot Cadet Training Program to include ab initio training.

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New Survey Shows Americans Strongly Opposed To Removing Pilots From The Cockpit

ALPA Survey Indicates Eighty Percent Say Two Pilots Required To Keep Flying Safe

As Congress debates a new FAA reauthorization bill, a survey commissioned by the Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA) shows Americans strongly oppose removing pilots from the cockpit because of the important role they play in aviation safety and security. Americans also solidly support today’s robust pilot-training requirements.

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Transport Canada Certifies 90-Seat Cabin Configuration For Q400 Aircraft

Launch Customer Spicejet Of India To Become First Airline To Take Advantage Of The Extra-Capacity

Bombardier Commercial Aircraft has announced that its 90-passenger Q400 aircraft configuration has received its certification from Transport Canada, becoming the first in-production commercial turboprop in the world to reach that capacity.

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Tianjin Airlines Fleet Reaches 100 Aircraft

Milestone Airplane Is An Airbus A321

Tianjin Airlines, one of the fastest-growing airlines in China, has acquired its 100th aircraft, an Airbus A321, B-302X. Executives of Tianjin Airlines attended the acquisition ceremony and celebrated this unique milestone in Tianjin Binhai Airport, China, on August 1st.

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CAIR Urges TSA To Drop 'Quiet Skies' Passenger Tracking Program

Cites Concerns About Religious, Racial Profiling

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), is calling on TSA to drop the secret "Quiet Skies" passenger tracking program that the Muslim civil rights organization says may single out law-abiding Muslim travelers for official harassment.

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Canada Certifies Union For WestJet Cabin Crews

Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Is The Certified Bargaining Agent

WestJet has received an interim certification order from the Canadian Industrial Relations Board confirming the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) as the certified bargaining agent for WestJet cabin crew members.

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GA Governor Nathan Deal Suspends State Sales And Use Tax On Jet Fuel

A4A Applauds Move Eliminating The Four Percent Tax

Georgia Governor Nathan Deal has issued an executive order suspending collection of the state’s 4 percent sales and use tax on jet fuel, effective Aug. 1. In FY 2018, the state sales tax on jet fuel amounted to more than $39 million in revenue.

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Pilot Unions Unite To Fight Attempts To Eliminate Pilots From The Flight Deck

Seven Unions And One Trade Association Join Forces To Remove Dangerous Provision From FAA Reauthorization Bill

During the 64th Air Safety Forum, hosted by the Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA), the unions representing the pilots of nearly 50 commercial airlines joined together to voice their opposition to a dangerous set of provisions that were added to the FAA reauthorization bill passed earlier this year by the U.S. House of Representatives.

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