While napping is not forbidden, the German trade union calls upon airlines to reassess if pilots are suffering from fatigue ...

Most German pilots admit to napping while on duty. U.S. pilots aren't allowed to do the same under our regulations.

Southwest Airlines debuted its first plane with a secondary cockpit barrier on Friday, Aug. 29. The new safety feature ...

In June 1990, British Airways Flight 5390 faced one of the most shocking incidents in aviation history. Just after takeoff, the cockpit windshield blew out, and Captain Tim Lancaster was violently ...

Almost 25 years after 9/11, there are still major security risks on airplanes without secondary cockpit barriers. That’s the ...

At the end of the day, every pilot must have a certain set of certificates and ratings to operate as an airline pilot. In the ...

BERLIN (AP) - A Lufthansa flight to Spain last year went without a pilot for 10 minutes after the co-pilot fainted while he was alone in the cockpit, German news agency dpa reported on Saturday.

Joseph Emerson, an off-duty pilot who attempted to cut fuel to engines during a flight carrying 84 people, accepted plea deals to avoid additional jail time.

A former Alaska Airlines pilot who tried to cut the engines of a passenger flight in 2023 has pleaded guilty or no-contest to ...

The Bahamas’ state-owned airline Bahamasair has confirmed that one of its pilots with 12 years of experience with the company ...

Joseph Emerson was subdued by the flight crew after trying to cut the engines of a Horizon Air flight from Washington state ...