Asks FAA To Allow Time To Be Logged When Second In Command Is Not Required For A Flight
Part 135 cargo carrier Ameriflight has submitted a comment to the FAA concerning flight time requirements asking for a ruling concerning logging flight time by a Second In Command (SIC) pilot when such a position is not required for a flight.
Executive Council Says Contract Will Not Be Considered
The master executive council of ALPA on Monday gave an emphatic "no" to a contract proposed by American Eagle that would have established a "B scale" for pay and benefits offered to newly-hired pilots.
Order Valued At $2.85 Billion, Includes 50 Firm Orders
A final agreement has been signed between Embraer Commercial Aviation and International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC) for 50 firm E-Jets E2 orders: 25 E190-E2s and 25 E195-E2s. The firm order has an estimated value of $2.85 billion at current list prices. The contract, announced as a Letter of Intent (LOI) at the Paris Air Show, in June, also contains options for an additional 25 E190-E2s and 25 E195-E2s, bringing the potential order to up to 100 aircraft.
Cite Possible Problems With Auto-Throttle, Emergency Slides
This development was probably inevitable. A group of 83 passengers who were aboard Asiana Flight 214 which crash-landed at San Francisco International Airport July 6th have filed a lawsuit against Boeing for what they say are defects in the manufacture of the 777.
Senior managers for the airline that will be the result of the proposed merger of US Airways and American Airlines were announced this week by senior vice president Robert Isom.
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