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AF 447: Final Moments, a Few Thoughts

I have always felt I’d be doing my flight students a disservice not to mention that while soaring aloft is an unmatched experience, it can and will snuff out a life in a moment if the pilot becomes too complacent … no matter how sophisticated...

Published Mon, Oct 17 2011 4:41 AM by Jetwhine

Filed under: Air Traffic Control, The Buzz, Airlines, Blogging, Flight Training, pilots, airline pilots, Aviation Marketing, glass cockpits, Air France 447, CNN, france, a330, bonin, climb, colgan crash, david, dubois, Jean-Pierre Ortelli
Flying Job Scales Tilt Toward Pilots

When I wrote the second edition of Professional Pilot Career Guide a few years back, a great economy was in full swing with many more flying jobs than there were pilots to accept. If it had not been for the economy taking a nosedive in 2008, the pilot...

Published Tue, Sep 13 2011 3:45 AM by Jetwhine

Filed under: The Buzz, Airlines, Business Aviation, Blogging, Flight Training, airline pilots, Aviation Marketing, American Airlines, American, pilot careers, American Eagle, dream, eagle, fltops, Fltops.com, louis, louis smith, smith, wages, won’t
Pilot or Panic?

There’s no small amount of irony in the fact that Rockwell Collins announced it’s new “One Touch Safe Mode,” button at the Paris Air Show this week … at least to me. The button, integrated into the avionics giant’s popular Pro Line Fusion integrated...

Published Thu, Jun 23 2011 9:30 PM by Jetwhine

Filed under: The Buzz, Airlines, FAA, Business Aviation, Blogging, airline pilots, Airbus, Air France 447, professional pilots, Aviation Security, Garmin Perspective, Rockwell Collins
Air France 447: The Cost of What We’ll Learn

There is some good news to report as we approach the two year anniversary of the the Air France 447 accident in the South Atlantic during the late evening hours of May 31, 2009. An unmanned submarine exploration team headed by the Woods Hole Oceanographic...

Published Mon, May 2 2011 12:52 AM by Jetwhine

Filed under: Air Traffic Control, Airlines, Airports, FAA, Business Aviation, Flight Training, airline pilots, Airline Travel, Air France 447, aircraft accidents, aircraft data streaming, flyht.com. Matt Bradley, international flying, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
NATCA’s Future and the Public Employee Debate

A number of Republican governors have been pegging the media’s popularity meters the past few weeks with talk of pouncing on the collective bargaining rights of public service employees, one of the last havens of solid unionism left in America, short...

Published Mon, Mar 7 2011 8:56 PM by Jetwhine

Filed under: Air Traffic Control, The Buzz, Airlines, Airports, FAA, Flight Training, NATCA, airline pilots, Aviation Marketing, Bobby Sturgell, Marion Blakey, air traffic controllers, Randy Babbitt, Scott Walker
FAA: Credit Where it’s Due

Regular Jetwhine readers know that a story posted here relating to the FAA is not unusual, nor is the fact that I tend not to be terribly supportive of some of the people who work there. Regular readers should know that I try – note the word try – to...

Published Mon, Feb 14 2011 6:48 PM by Jetwhine

Filed under: Air Traffic Control, The Buzz, Airlines, Airports, FAA, Business Aviation, Flight Training, NATCA, airline pilots, Aviation Marketing, Bobby Sturgell, Marion Blakey, air traffic controllers, Fox TV News, Randy Babbitt, FAA Administrator
Pilots & Their Professional Standing

A sure indication of age is the change in status of a profession once held in high regard. Embodied by the airline pilot, I’m talking about aviators who gets paid to transport people or cargo on a regular run. Once a respected and well-paid position,...

Published Sun, Feb 6 2011 6:38 PM by Jetwhine

Filed under: Airlines, FAA, Blogging, Flight Training, airline pilots, GI Bill Flight Training, bus, cargo, college, College Aviation Programs, demise, institute, profession, programs, transport
The Future of Aviation, LaHood Style

OK, I might as well just come out and say it right from the start … I’m pretty miffed. But I’ve actually been angry since the NBAA convention in Florida last fall when I heard Tom Buffenbarger, president of the International Association...

Published Mon, May 17 2010 5:55 PM by Jetwhine

Filed under: Airlines, Airports, Business Aviation, Blogging, Flight Training, Jetwhine, airline pilots, Aviation Marketing, AOPA, Cessna Aircraft, EAA, Department of Transportation, Ray LaHood, NBAA, business aviation pilots, Addison Airport, Chicago Executive Airport, Jack Pelton, President Barack Obama, Tom Buffenbarger, Van Nuys Airport
Learn-to-Fly Day Coming to an Airport near you … I Hope

Despite my buddy Scott Spangler’s somewhat guarded endorsement of the international Learn-to-Fly Day scheduled for May 15th, I’m jumping on the bandwagon next Saturday at out local flying club in Chicago. Events are taking place in 147 cities across...

Published Sun, May 9 2010 11:57 PM by Jetwhine

Filed under: Airlines, Airports, Blogging, Flight Training, airline pilots, Aviation Marketing, Light sport aircraft, sport aviation, student pilots, CFI’s, Flying Clubs, Learn-to-Fly Day
Controller Kudos

OK, I have to admit that occasionally Scott and I say a few things that upset folks, but only to pilots and air traffic controllers. Almost everyone else is safe … for now. But along with the ability to lob criticism on people and topics that we...

Published Tue, Mar 23 2010 3:57 PM by Jetwhine

Filed under: The Buzz, FAA, Flight Training, pilots, ATC, NATCA, airline pilots, air safety, Air Traffic Controller, Archie League Safety Awards
Eating our Young: The Final Flap About NWA 188

I’ve actually been trying to write this article for quite awhile. It was much tougher than I thought simply because I’m what my wife the psychologist would call conflicted, unsure of where I stood, or at least I was until a few days ago. If...

Published Tue, Feb 2 2010 11:17 PM by Jetwhine

Filed under: The Buzz, FAA, Blogging, Jetwhine, airline pilots, Delta Airlines, Midway Airlines, NTSB, airline safety, NWA 188
When the Feds Revoke Your Pilot’s Certificate

You NEVER, EVER want to receive a letter like this one from the FAA telling you that all your months or years of hard work and effort to win your pilot’s certificate have just gone up in smoke. After flying past Minneapolis a few weeks back, the...

Published Thu, Nov 5 2009 1:18 AM by Jetwhine

Filed under: The Buzz, FAA, Flight Training, airline pilots, air safety, GA pilots, Pilot privleges, pilot license revocation, Northwest Flight 1588
The Top 10 Reasons They Missed MSP

Just like Alice falling down the rabbit hole, unraveling the real story behind the Northwest/Delta Airlines crew who forgot to land at MSP just keeps getting curiouser and curiouser. Brings to mind the gap in the Nixon Watergate tapes. If that doesn’t...

Published Mon, Oct 26 2009 1:24 AM by Jetwhine

Filed under: The Buzz, air travel, airline, Jetwhine, airline pilots, Northwest Airlines pilots miss Minneapolis, Top 10 reasons to miss landing at Minneapolis
FAA’s Babbitt Might Just be a Standup Guy

FAA’s new administrator for the past 70 days, Randy Babbitt, last week spoke about regional airline safety centered around fallout from the crash of Colgan 3407. The audience in Washington was receptive, helped in part by the fact that they were...

Published Mon, Aug 10 2009 9:00 PM by Jetwhine

Filed under: The Buzz, FAA, air travel, NATCA, airline pilots, air traffic controllers, Air Line Pilots Association, airline safety, Randy Babbitt, Stand-ups, Colgan 3407, Continuous Duty Overnights, regional airline safety
Artful Flying

One thing you never want to do is give me a book to review. I read them quickly, but often take forever to getting around to telling people what I thought of the experience, which pretty much defeats the purpose of the review … at least from the...

Published Sun, Jun 28 2009 11:41 PM by Jetwhine

Filed under: Airlines, Blogging, Flight Training, air travel, airline pilots, Aviation Marketing, Light sport aircraft, General Aviation, Artful Flying, Airbus A380, Michael Maya Charles

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