Report: Pilot Shortage Looming in the US

Training, Tax Credits Among Ideas to Solve Pilot Crisis Wall Street Journal U.S. airlines are facing what threatens to be their most serious pilot shortage since the 1960s, with higher experience requirements for new hires about to take hold just as the industry braces for a wave of retirements. Jack Nicas has details on Lunch ... See all stories on this topic »

Higher calling for Air Force pilot ESPN I don't hit the ball as well as I used to, but I had the best sports psychologists you could ever hire with fighter pilot training. If I had been the mental player then that I am now, I would have won a lot of mini tour events. ” -- U.S. Air Force ... See all stories on this topic »

Movie review – 'Flight' charts dark territory StarNewsOnline.com (blog) Just over a decade ago as Denzel Washington was getting accolades for “TrainingDay” and playing a bad guy he pointed out it was new for him as an actor and that he also hadn't done many comedies (save for “Carbon Copy” in 1981, maybe). With “Flight” ... See all stories on this topic » StarNewsOnline.com (blog)

Chinese air force to reduce pilot training costs People's Daily Online Reforms related to theoretical study, the pilot selection process, training subjects and methodology have taken place, He Weirong, deputy commander of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force, said at an international symposium on military flight ... See all stories on this topic »

Communities mourn loss of two men killed in training flight crash Irish Times The remains of pilot instructor Niall Doherty from Roscrea, and flight student Damien Deegan from Crinkle, Birr, were taken from the aircraft shortly before 11pm on Sunday. The men, members of the Ormand Flying Club, had been on a training flight when ... See all stories on this topic » Irish Times

Front Porch: Boeing test pilot gives talk at flight museum HeraldNet Darcy-Hennemann is responsible for flight training operations in 20 campuses globally. She was named chief pilot for the 777 program in January 2007. The talk is free from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the aviation center at 8415 Paine Field Blvd. A special "Meet ... See all stories on this topic »

Devon Skerry carries on mentor's passion for flying Monadnock Ledger Transcript If not for Take Off and Grow, a program that Schlieben founded in 2008, Skerry said he would never have obtained his pilot's license. The cost associated with all the ground training and flying lessons would have been too much for him as a high school ... See all stories on this topic »

Report: Pilot Shortage Looming in the US WFJA Classic Hits and Oldies 105.5 FM By next summer, new pilots must have more training time in the cockpit — a safety rule that takes effect just as older pilots reach the mandatory retirement age of 65. According to the Journal, the rule will require new pilots to clock in at least 1 ... See all stories on this topic »

Local pilot remembers days of war Russellville Courier Anderson joined the United States Air Force at the age of 19 in 1942 and said he spent so long at basic training in Texas, he was afraid he would never see action during the war. After completingtraining, Anderson was stationed in Italy. “At first ... See all stories on this topic » Will Diageo's Rs 11000 crore deal with Mallya save Kingfisher? NDTV Vijay Mallya has struck a Rs 11,000 crore deal with the world's largest spirits group, Diageo, which will now have a controlling stake of 53.4 per cent in Mr Mallya's crown jewel United Spirits. The big question: how much cash will Mr Mallya now divert ... See all stories on this topic »