Pilots

Female Pilot Kicks 'Sexist' Passenger Off Plane

AP | Posted 05.23.2012

SAO PAULO -- A Brazilian airline says one of its female pilots tossed a passenger off a flight because he was making sexist comments about women flyin...

Pilot Busted For Carrying Loaded Gun On Plane

AP | Posted 05.19.2012

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- An airline pilot is accused of trying to board a flight at Buffalo for New York City with a loaded revolver in his bag, and authoriti...

Torture In The Air: A Traveler's Rant

Tom Alderman | Posted 04.25.2012

Tom Alderman

Many of us have a genuine anxiety about flying. It's not so much that the plane will fall out of the sky -- although to some of us it's always a possibility -- it's more about the entire truly tortuous air travel experience.

UPDATE: Sleepy Pilot Thought Venus Was A Plane

Reuters | Posted 05.08.2012

UPDATE 5/8/2012 (non-Reuters copy): Passengers on board the Air Canada flight that took a dive after the pilot mistook the planet Venus for an oncomin...

When Pilots Go Postal

George Hobica | Posted 05.29.2012

George Hobica

Thousands of airplanes take off and touch down every day without incident, but every now and then -- as we were so vividly reminded this week with the story of the JetBlue pilot and his midair meltdown -- things can go spectacularly wrong.

Your Cracked Skull Is Someone Else's Brilliant Idea

Christine Negroni | Posted 05.09.2012

Christine Negroni

At first glance it might not seem that President Obama and kid-rocker Justin Bieber have much in common. But both men had just a tad too much altitude going through the doorway of aircraft and -- boom! -- the celebrity noggins got a good crack while the paparazzi snapped photos.

CBS' Sherlock Holmes Pilot Casts Female Watson

TVLine | Posted 02.27.2012

Further proof that CBS’ in-the-works Sherlock Holmes reboot will take the iconic franchise in a radical new direction: The network has cast Lucy Liu...

Excerpts From Hot New Sitcom: Leave it to Nietzsche

Doug Lieblich | Posted 04.28.2012

Doug Lieblich

Every year, hundreds of pilot scripts jockey for a coveted position on a network's primetime lineup. One such script, was the highly lauded pilot Leave it to Nietzsche.

Tired Pilots Are Falling Asleep At The Controls

Posted 02.23.2012

British pilots warned members of Parliament Tuesday that if proposals to increase pilot flying time are approved, it will be a danger to public safety...

'Scrubs' Alum Sarah Chalke Books New Pilot

TVLine | Posted 02.04.2012

'Scrubs' alumn Sarah Chalke has landed the lead in an ABC multi-camera sitcom pilot called "How to Live With Your Parents for the Rest of Your Life." ...

'Always Sunny' Star Gets Fox Pilot Deal

Posted 01.10.2012

Fox is quickly making pilot order moves for the 2012-2013 season. In addition to the comedy about a single mom and her brother who moves in to be the ...

'Thank You for Your Service'

William Spear | Posted 02.29.2012

William Spear

How many of us have stopped to offer our thanks to others not in uniform but working below the radar and behind the scenes, dedicating their lives "in service" to a profession or cause?

How Panic Doomed Air France Flight 447

Jeff Wise | Posted 02.07.2012

Jeff Wise

How, in the age of satellite navigation and instantaneous global communication, could a state-of-the art airliner simply vanish?

Pan Am Days: A Near Miss At JFK

Carole Mallory | Posted 12.29.2011

Carole Mallory

I was feeling safe and secure beneath the navigator's seat belt when I saw the nose of a gigantic jet coming straight at us.

In Europe, Fatigued Pilots Could Be 'Drunk' Pilots

Posted 12.20.2011

Under proposed new aviation rules in the European Union, pilots could see their duty hours go from nine to 13 hours, reports the Daily Mail. That mean...

Lee Speigel

UFO Sightings Increase 67 Percent In 3 Years

HuffingtonPost.com | Lee Speigel | Posted 10.26.2011

Unemployment, gas prices, and fear over global warming aren't the only things skyrocketing -- so are mysterious objects rocketing through the sky. ...

Racy Pics Spark Airline Investigation

AOL Travel News | Posted 10.08.2011

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Airlifting Animals In Need: Nonprofit Connects Pilots With Pet Rescuers

Gimundo | Posted 08.11.2011

John Quimby, an IBM executive from West Chester, Ohio, has been a recreational pilot for years. He always used to feel like his hobby was a wasteful p...

Tales of Pan Am: 350 Eggs... But Who's Counting?

Helen Davey | Posted 07.17.2011

Helen Davey

It was on a night flight from JFK to Buenos Aires, early in my 20-year career as a stewardess, when I faced one of my biggest challenges: cooking and dishing a full breakfast for over 100 passengers.

A Ride in the Cockpit of an Airbus A318

Peter Mandel | Posted 06.18.2011

Peter Mandel

The flakes have mushroomed into a blizzard. We reach 'decision' speed (where there is not enough runway left to stop) and this is the second that Cavender tells me that our number two engine is out.

Airport Body Scanners: More Radiation Than You Think?

Gayle Greene | Posted 05.25.2011

Gayle Greene

Media discussions of airport scanners have focused on privacy issues, but these pale beside the danger of increased radiation exposure.

'Crash Pads': Are Sleepy Pilots Flying Your Plane?

Posted 05.25.2011

An ABC News report that airs Wednesday on World News and Nightline shows the conditions many pilots are forced to deal with when trying to sleep betwe...

Pilot's Licenses Still Short On Security Measures

AP | JOAN LOWY | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — In an attempt to improve security, Congress told the Federal Aviation Administration in 2004 to come up with a pilot's license that...

U.S. Air Force Plan To Train Over Southwest Colorado And New Mexico Sparks Concerns

Posted 05.25.2011

The U.S. Air Force thinks the rough-hewn peaks of southwest Colorado and northern New Mexico make excellent surrogates for the treacherous mountain ra...

Pilots Take Security Complaints to the Right Folks

Christine Negroni | Posted 05.25.2011

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Christine Negroni

As ridiculous as it looks, sometimes the belt and suspenders approach makes sense