Personal experience: how much do American pilots earn and what do they fear

American pilot Russell Sherwood honestly spoke about the pros and cons of his work, what pilots are afraid of and what they spend a salary of 30+ thousand dollars a month on. His story was published by Kyky. Sherwood admitted that the main difficulty of being a pilot...

Ukrainian pilots will be trained in the USA: they will be taught how to fly F-16 fighters

In October, the United States will begin flight training for Ukrainian pilots on F-16 fighter jets, the Pentagon said. Training will begin after the pilots complete English language training next month at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas, Pentagon spokesman General Pat...

Bird in a cage: Russian pilots are not allowed to work abroad, but they have nothing to do at home

Pilots of Russian airlines sent to layoffs or retired faced difficulties when trying to find work in other countries: the Federal Air Transport Agency does not confirm information about them at the request of aviation authorities, Kommersant reports. As a result, they could not switch to foreign airlines, according to various estimates, ...

The shortage of pilots in the United States plays into the hands of foreigners: they rushed en masse to fill vacancies

Pilots are again in high demand in the US, but carriers cannot find enough of them, so foreign pilots have rushed to fill the empty seats. Reuters writes about it. United States of America immigration lawyers are reporting a sharp increase in visa inquiries and applications…

The pilot of the plane burned down in Sheremetyevo was charged: he does not admit his guilt

The Investigative Committee of Russia (ICR) has charged Denis Evdokimov, the crew commander of the Aeroflot Sukhoi Superjet 100, in connection with the crash at Sheremetyevo Airport that occurred in May 2019. The BBC writes about this. He is accused of violating security rules...

Hundreds of pilots sue Boeing over 737 MAX issues

More than 400 pilots have joined a class action lawsuit against US aircraft manufacturer Boeing, seeking millions in damages due to the company's "unprecedented cover-up" of "known design flaws" on the latest release of its best-selling aircraft. The Boeing 737 MAX series, first announced in 2011 and introduced ...

Investigation of the crash: pilot error accelerated the spread of fire in an aircraft burned down in Sheremetyevo

After interrogating the pilots of the burnt SSJ100, the investigators concluded that the crew had made mistakes. After landing, the pilots did not turn off the engines, in addition, a window was opened in the cockpit, which could indirectly affect the spread of fire. Employees of the Investigative Committee and the Federal Air Transport Agency are checking the actions of the crew of the burnt ...

How to get a private pilot license in the USA for two months

Nikolai Batrakov from Russia outlined step by step how to get a pilot's license in the USA, how much it costs and what you need to prepare for. I am a light aircraft pilot. In less than a year, I went from being an aerophobe to being a private pilot in the United States. To achieve your goal, ...

Shock: the pilots were just a short online course on managing Boeing 737 Max 8

Pilots who switched to Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft from older 737 models took a short, self-guided online course that did not mention the new system, which is at the center of the investigation after two air crashes, CNN told CNN. Pilots from Southwest Airlines and American Airlines passed ...

There was a record with the death words of the crew of the An-148 and video crash

Records of the latest negotiations between the crew of the An-148 that crashed in the Moscow region and the ground control service have been published. The pilots of the airliner are given instructions, after which the pilots say goodbye and switch off. “Domodedovo. Good afternoon. Dial up the flight level,” says the dispatcher on the first recording. At the end of the negotiations, the captain of the liner...

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