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How airlines plan to create a new generation of pilots amid fears of decade-long cockpit crisis
Andy Cross | Denver Post | Getty Images Even before the coronavirus pandemic grounded U.S. airlines in March 2020, a shortage of qualified pilots was looming. Today, even though air travel has come back much stronger and earlier than expected — and major carriers are returning to profitability — the struggle to maintain enough cockpit […]
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United gives pilots 5% raises early, citing return to profitability
A United Airlines Boeing 777-200 lands at San Francisco International Airport, San Francisco, California. Louis Nastro | Reuters United Airlines on Thursday said it was giving pilots 5% raises that were part of a pandemic cost-reduction agreement months ahead of schedule, citing the carrier’s return to profitability and upbeat outlook. United is offering the raises […]
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Tropical Storm Nicole snarls travel in Florida, Orlando airport to suspend flights
This GOES-East GoeColor satellite image taken at 2:36 p.m. EST and provided by NOAA shows Tropical Storm Nicole approaching toward the northwestern Bahamas and Florida’s Atlantic coastline on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. NOAA | AP Tropical Storm Nicole snarled Florida travel on Wednesday, prompting at least one airport to suspend operations as forecasters warned of […]
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It’s vacations vs. shopping this holiday season, and travel has the edge
Retailers have a new threat this holiday season: wanderlust. Americans are returning to the skies, filling hotels, swarming theme parks — and they’re showing a willingness to spend more of their money on trips. That is setting up the fiercest holiday season battle for consumers’ wallets since before the Covid pandemic, with persistent inflation already straining household budgets […]
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The most significant U.S. airways are negotiating pilot contracts, and talks are turning rocky
Delta Airways pilots make their way to Terminal 4 to picket for a new agreement at JFK Intercontinental Airport on September 01, 2022 in New York Town. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Photographs U.S. airways are rewarding again, and their pilots want a bigger slice of the industry’s recovery. The greatest airlines in the state […]
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American Airlines pilots’ union rejects new contract proposal
American Airlines jet parked at LaGuardia International Airport in New York. Adam Jeffery | CNBC American Airlines pilots’ union on Wednesday said its board of directors rejected a tentative agreement for a new contract, the latest in a series of setbacks in labor talks across major U.S. airlines. The Allied Pilots Association, which represents roughly […]
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Delta pilots vote in favor of potential strike as contract talks drag on
Delta pilots picket for a better contract outside of John F. Kennedy International Airport. Leslie Josephs | CNBC Delta Air Lines pilots voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike if contract talks between the carrier and the union don’t lead to an agreement, the labor group said Monday. A strike wouldn’t be immediate and it would […]
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How United Airlines expects electric planes to change the way passengers make travel decisions
United Airlines, the nation’s No. 3 carrier, has a contract to buy electric 30-seat planes from startup Heart Aerospace, which Heart said it plans to introduce in 2028. Heart Aerospace One of the hardest things to figure out about cutting greenhouse gas emissions has been what to do about aviation, since most commercial jets are […]
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American Airlines offers pilots higher raises in new contract proposal
Pilots talk as they look at the tail of an American Airlines aircraft at Dallas-Ft Worth International Airport. Mike Stone | Reuters American Airlines‘ pilots union is weighing an offer for higher raises in a new two-year contract proposal, the latest attempt to seal up a labor deal at the country’s largest airline. If approved […]
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Airways have the travellers. Now they need to have the planes
The initially U.S.-designed Airbus jetliner moves down the assembly line at the company’s factory in Cellular, Alabama, U.S. on September 13, 2015. Image taken on September 13, 2015. Alwyn Scott | Reuters Air vacation demand from customers is demonstrating no sign of easing, airline executives stated this thirty day period. But new planes are in […]
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