Fri, May 01, 2015
We often hear about airline pilots wanting higher wages, but here’s a case where the airlines require the pilots to pay them for the privilege of flying their airplanes.
There is a growing trend in Europe that requires young pilots to pay an airline for flying its aircraft and passengers. The European Cockpit Association strongly denounces what they call an unacceptable practice used by airlines and intermediary agencies in Europe, and calls upon EU decision-makers to ban such “Pay-to-fly” schemes. As the pilots of Sun Country picketed Friday outside of Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, the Southwest Airlines Pilots' Association announced support of the Sun Country Airlines pilots' efforts to obtain an improved contract. A man on a family vacation in Hawaii was pursued and tased by a park ranger at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on Saturday after flying a 3-inch micro quadcopter over the rising lava lake at Halema'uma'u Crater to capture some images. All this... and MORE in today's episode of Airborne!!!
Airborne 04.30.15 is chock full of info in this Daily news episode for Thursday, April 30th, 2015... Presented by Aero-TV veteran videographer and Airborne Host Ashley Hale, and supported by ANN CEO/Editor-In-Chief Jim Campbell, Chief Videographer Nathan Cremisino, and Aero-Journalists Tom Patton, and Earl Downs, this episode covers:
- European Cockpit Association: Pay-To-Fly Schemes For Young Pilots Must Stop
- Southwest Pilots Support Sun Country Pilots' Efforts Toward An Improved Contract
- Drone Operator Tased In Hawai'i Park
- True Blue Power To Secure STC Caravan Main Ship Batteries
- Ashley Hale Hands Over Airborne Unlimited’s ‘Left Seat’ To Brianne Cross
- Aero-Community Update: AEA
- Multi-Rotor Unmanned Aircraft System Type Certification Filed With The FAA
- House Armed Services Committee Would Cut KC-46, LRS-B
- NASA Balloon Reaches Australia After Nearly One Month Of Flight
- Textron Reports First Quarter 2015 Income Up 48.4 Percent
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