NEW YORK, Sept. 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- JetBlue Airways today announces the appointment of John Allen to the position of Vice President, Chief Safety Officer, effective immediately. Mr. Allen is responsible for maintaining JetBlue's focus and practice of safe operations both in the air and on the ground. Mr. Allen will report to James Hnat, JetBlue's Exec...

The Transport Committee supported provisions to ensure that aviation safety professionals - such as pilots and air traffic controllers - are protected when reporting any mishaps or mistakes and that the information they provide is not misused. BRUSSELS - EU pilots and air traffic controllers welcome the EU Parliamentarians' positive vote on the proposed...

Last week, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a final policy allowing the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to enforce certain of its safety standards for aircraft cabin crewmembers during aircraft operation. The policy ends the FAA's nearly 40-year assertion of sole jurisdiction over in-flight wo...

Have pilots become over-reliant on computers in cockpits? The NBC Bay Area Investigative Unit travels to the University of Iowa's Operator Performance Laboratory, where a NASA-funded $1.2 million research project is studying the relationship The use of automation in cockpits has made commercial flying safer than ever, but it is also raising safety issue...

MIAMI - Airlines will need nearly half a million new commercial pilots worldwide by 2032 as they expand their fleets, an industry forecast released today predicts. Boeing, the Chicago-based airline manufacturer, said today that airlines will have to hire 498,000 pilots - about 25,000 each year - to support all the new aircraft they are expected to add to ...

Air passengers are concerned about proposed changes to flying rules that could lead to an aircraft being flown by a pilot who has been awake for 22 hours, according to a new poll. Nine out of 10 people are worried about potential changes to shift patterns being voted on by MEPs in October, a survey by British Airline Pilots Association (Balpa) has revea...

Carriers Boost Salaries to Hire Seasoned Crews, Causing Shortage Across Asia By JEFFREY NG HONG KONG-China is snapping up the world's supply of senior pilots, contributing to a global shortage and creating headwinds for Asia's fast-expanding airlines. China is among the world's fastest-growing air-travel markets, with domestic passenger traffic second o...

Pilots shouldn't rely solely on in-cockpit avionics such as multifunction displays to keep them out of severe weather or temporary flight restrictions. The avionics systems and subscription services have limitations and may not show real-time weather and temporary flight restriction information. Accidents caused by delays of up to several minutes in dat...

For a widebody twinjet operated by a US carrier into a US airport to crash on final approach in good weather is a statistical shock. It wouldn't have been such a surprise ten or 20 years ago, but these things 'just don't happen now', so they are disproportionately shocking when they do. Let's look at why it's such a surprise. * North America's commerci...

The FAA plans to order inspections of LiveTV in-flight entertainment system radomes on certain Boeing 737NGs, after 26 reports of radomes being cracked due to mishandling during installation or maintenance. In a draft directive published Aug. 5, the FAA says a "lack of dimensional controls" on manufacturing drawings can lead to preload stress ...