Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., warned that lawmakers supporting a proposal by Sens. Kyrsten Sinema, I-Ariz., and Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., to reduce airline pilot qualifications would have "blood on ...

FAA’s proposal to increase the qualifications for first officers and other pilots has the potential to deplete the available pool of pilots and impose burdensome new costs, says the Regional Air Cargo ...

Comments made by a top US airline executive suggest efforts to ease flight-hour rules for new pilots might lack support from at least one major US carrier. Speaking on 17 May, United Airlines chief ...

A pilot shortage faced by US regional carriers has in recent weeks proven to have broader fallout, with a top US Air Force general supporting possible changes to pilot qualification rules and with two ...

Tennesse Garvey, chairman of OBAP's board of directors (Photo credit: Organization of Black Aerospace Professionals) Editor’s note: The following is a response to some who have recently questioned the ...

Legislators put aside proposed rule changes they had asked for to strengthen river pilot qualifications and were sold as a way to open up the cliquish professional ranks while guaranteeing safety on ...

CAMP HUMPHREYS, South Korea -- Aircrews from the 2nd Combat Aviation Brigade acquired a special qualification recently when they conducted Deck Landing Qualifications with their 2nd Republic of Korea ...

In aviation, we train to obtain knowledge and skills for initial qualification and certification as pilots and flight instructors, maintenance techs, flight dispatchers and flight engineers (if there ...