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The Fact and Fallacy of the Looming ‘Pilot Shortage’

Posted January 24, 2013 by Patrick Smith

As the pundits have it, our airlines are running out of pilots. But is this true?

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US Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River, New York, USA on 15 January 2009. (Photo by Greg L via wikimedia, CC-BY)
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The Heroics of Captain Sully and the “Miracle on the Hudson”

Posted January 15, 2013 by Patrick Smith

As the public understands it, Sully saved 155 lives through nerves of steel and superhuman flying skills. The truth isn’t quite so romantic.

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Hainan Airlines pilots don't want to hear this.
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New Chinese Airline Pilots Must Pass The Smell Test – Literally

Posted November 14, 2012 by Matt Molnar

Managers at Hainan Airlines are sniffing the armpits of pilot candidates to keep bad smells off of their airplanes.

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Clayton Osbon mugshot.
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Judge Orders Former JetBlue Pilot To Stay Away From Planes

Posted November 9, 2012 by Matt Molnar

Former JetBlue Captain Clayton Osbon has been allowed to go home by reason of insanity, but is banned from going near planes.

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An Omni Air International Boeing 767-200ER (N234AX) at JFK Terminal 4. (Photo by Kaz T.)
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Omni Air Pilot Arrested After Seattle Carjacking

Posted November 6, 2012 by Matt Molnar

An Omni Air pilot was arrested Saturday night after carjacking a man in front of a Seattle hotel.

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Osama bin Laden is marked as "deceased" on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted List web page following the US raid that left him dead.
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VIDEO: Navy Seal Mark Owen Credits Army Pilots for Success of Bin Laden Raid

Posted September 9, 2012 by Matt Molnar

We thought we had a pretty good idea of the Army’s helicopter badassery during the raid that killed Osama Bin Laden. We now know even more.

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Patrick Smith's traveling bag of gizmos and gadgets. (Photo by Patrick Smith)
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Lost Inside the Pilot’s Gadget Bag

Posted July 23, 2012 by Patrick Smith

All those gadgets, chargers, adapters and cords are supposed to make my life easier. I’m not so sure.

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Gulf Air Baby George Francis was so named after the carrier's IATA airline code, GF.
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Baby On Board: How to Add a Passenger In-Flight

Posted July 16, 2012 by Patrick Smith

Every so often you end a flight with one more “soul” than you started with.

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United's Boeing 777-200ER (N768UA) service to Narita takes off from LAX's Runway 25R. (Photo by Brian Gershey)
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United Airlines Pilots Invite Execs to Tour Their ‘LAX Ghetto’

Posted May 23, 2012 by Matt Molnar

Disgruntled United Airlines pilots have invited their corporate overlords for a meet and greet in the Los Angeles parking lot where many of them sleep.

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Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor.
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Air Force Pilots Balk at Flying the World’s Most Expensive Fighter Jet

Posted May 1, 2012 by Cora Currier, ProPublica

The pricey F-22 Raptor jet has just gotten back up in the air, but the safety problem that grounded it doesn’t seem to be resolved.

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