Fri, Jan 12, 2024
Delta said it will hire fewer pilots in 2024 than it did in 2023, rolling back to about half of what it onboarded last year.

The change might sound spooky to those eyeing the airline industry for a future career, with fears of a recession and omnipresent inflation always in the back of student pilots' minds. The airline reiterated that it still plans to hire 1,000 new pilots this year, and that it's still a pretty high number for an average year. Eye catching images of an Airbus A350 engulfed in flames greeted American viewers waking up to begin their 2024, after a ground collision occurred at the Tokyo Haneda airport. While specifics are often long awaited in cases like these, it’s generally understood that the incident included an accidental contact between Japan Airlines JAL-516 and a Japanese Coast Guard Dash-8. Charges against a 62-year old Michigan drone pilot have been dropped, after his lawyer tendered a copy of his Pilot certificate to the Oceana County Sheriff’s Office. The story gained some local notoriety after news broke that the pilot, Donald Muckel, had been arrested for flying a drone over an
electrical substation. All this -- and MORE in today's episode of Airborne-Unlimited!!!

Airborne 01.04.24 is chock full of info in this Daily News Episode, Thursday, January 4th, 2024... Presented by Aero-TV veteran videographer and Airborne Host Holland Lee. Holland is supported by ANN Chief Videographer Nathan Cremisino, as well as ANN CEO/Editor-In-Chief Jim Campbell. This episode covers:
- Delta Throttles Back on Pilot Hiring
- JAL Flight Collides with Japanese Coast Guard Aircraft
- Michigan Man Cleared of Drone Charges
- USAF Vet Caps 31 Years With Bills-Patriots Flyover
- SpaceX Slings Steel At Unprecedented Rate
- Samson Sky Nets Another Patent
- Turkish ANKA-3 Takes Flight
Get Comprehensive, Real-Time, 24/7 coverage of the latest aviation and aerospace stories anytime, at aero-news.net. And be sure to join us again tomorrow, for the next edition of "Airborne Unlimited" here on Aero-TV. Thanks for watching. See you, again, tomorrow!
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