Pilots

They only awoke after the autopilot disconnected. An Ethiopian Airlines flight missed its landing last week after its two pilots fell asleep, according to reports. Aviation Herald states that the incident involved Flight ET-343 which was flying from Khartoum in Sudan to Addis Ababa in Ethiopia on Monday (15 August). The outlet says that the […]

3 years ago

They say the jobs will be necessary to operate Ryanair’s 210 new Boeing 737 “Gamechanger aircraft”. 5,000 new pilot and cabin crew jobs are set to be created over the next five years as airline giant Ryanair has committed to investing €50M in a new Dublin simulator and training centre. The airline announced a new […]

4 years ago

Looks like vapes aren’t always the safest option… An Air China staff member has been accused of putting a flight in danger after taking a puff of his vape while flying the aircraft. The co-pilot has been accused of sending the plane he was flying into a “rapid emergency descent”, as the vapour from his e-cigarette […]

8 years ago

This would make a lot of sense.

9 years ago

Who would hop on board the inaugural flight?

9 years ago