FAA-Tested Solution Helps Airlines Migrate From Decommissioned Networks To NextGen
AvFinity, a developer of data communication solutions for the aviation industry, today announced the availability of AvFinity NADIN CONNECT AIRS, a solution designed to speed aviation's adoption of the FAA's NextGen digital communications advancements. The AvFinity NADIN CONNECT AIRS provides rapid benefits from NextGen efficiencies and an up-to-24-month reduction in an aviation company's development time for a CMHP (Common Message Handling Protocol) solution.
Union Says Airlines Should Start Pilots At A 'Livable' Wage
Amid all the talk of a pilot shortage, the Air Line Pilots Association Int’l (ALPA) says that it will only exist if U.S. airlines fail to provide qualified pilots with career potential, adequate livable wages, and benefits. Although some within the airline industry blame the new pilot qualifications and training rules instituted by the FAA for a pilot shortage, the airline industry actually helped craft those rules and supported their passage.
Six former Continental Airlines pilots who now work for the merged United Airlines have filed a class-action lawsuit against their own union based on claims their seniority was unfairly stripped when the two airlines merged in 2010.
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