The New York Times – Music:
Daniel Harding scaled the heights of classical music. Then he set out to conquer the skies.
Category: Pilots
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Spirit Airlines Will Delay Plane Purchases and Furlough Pilots
The New York Times – Travel:
The low-cost airline, which has been unprofitable for four years, is trying to reduce costs after a federal judge blocked a proposed deal for JetBlue to acquire Spirit.
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An Airline Course Looks to Overcome Fear in the Skies
The New York Times – Travel:
Anxiety when flying might not seem so unreasonable these days, but a British Airways program seeks to reassure the lightly nervous and the abjectly terrified alike.
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Boeing Directs Airlines to Check 787 Cockpit Seats After Latam Incident
The New York Times – Travel:
The sudden plunge of a Latam Airlines 787 Dreamliner this week might have been caused by a flight attendant hitting a switch on a cockpit seat.
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A Musician Turned Pilot Shows It’s Never Too Late to Find a New Career
The New York Times – Travel:
Patrick Milando, an accomplished French horn player, now splits his time between the orchestra pit and the cockpit, where he teaches budding pilots like he himself once was.
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Storm Isha Diverts Dozens of Flights From England and Ireland
The New York Times – Travel:
Ferocious winds forced pilots to abort landings and divert passengers hundreds of miles from their original destinations.
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Cockpit Recording’s Erasure Hampers Boeing 737 Max 9 Investigation
The New York Times – Travel:
Cockpit voice recorders in the U.S. start rerecording every two hours, a limit that the National Transportation Safety Board says should be extended to 25 hours.
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Southwest Airlines Reaches Deal With Pilots Union
The New York Times – Travel:
The new contract would provide raises and better benefits, following similar deals at other big airlines.