One of the most recurrent messages I hear from pilots (and not only pilots) is “Why would I report this if nothing will ever change?”  The disappointment and frustration with some of the reporting channels that exists in Europe is striking. Pilots don’t feel confident and comfortable to

ITA (Italia Trasporto Aereo) Airways officially launched on 15 October, effectively replacing Alitalia as Italy’s proud flag carrier, that had held the title for 75 years. This has marked the reboot of the Italian aviation industry as we knew it, with major consequences for crew.

A third of European airlines are an excellent place for pilots to work at, according to survey results released today by the European Cockpit Association. The survey asked pilots to look at criteria like the use of precarious atypical employment forms in their airlines, contractual

Once-known for high social standards and excellence, Scandinavian Airlines SAS is on course of ruining its reputation and alienating employees, passengers, and politicians all at the same time. The airline has left hundreds of loyal employees behind after the Covid crisis, some with over

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If you think the debate about ‘masks’ vs. ‘no masks’ during the pandemic was heated, gear up for the next episode: vaccine mandates. In the US and several other countries across the world, vaccine mandates are introduced as a way of boosting vaccination levels. Unsurprisingly, those ideas

There is a lot of talk and hope of a ramp up, a recovery, airlines emerging from the crisis or new startups but the reality is that airlines are not recruiting pilots. Operations are still far below the 2019 levels and the prospects of the upcoming winter season are bleak.

A few weeks ago on a North Atlantic crossing, while engaged in a discussion with the First Officer, he somehow surprised me with a strong belief, that the world would never again see another security breach of the 9/11 magnitude. 20 years have passed since the disastrous attacks using

This quick, concise and anonymous online survey is the opportunity for European pilots to rate their airlines and determine where they sit on the social/unsocial scale. Pilots will be asked to answer ‘yes’ or ‘no’ to a number of questions on the use of atypical employment models,

Incorporating artificial intelligence in commercial aircraft with the aim of helping pilots might be a wise step. But the idea to completely substitute a pilot with AI raises all kinds of safety questions and opens an ethical debate about the role of humans that is equally, if not more,

T&E, Lufthansa, the Global Alliance Powerfuels, pilots representatives, and other aviation industry and energy players had called on the European Commission to set ambitious targets for e-kerosene, a green synthetic fuel, when proposing the world’s first sustainable jet fuel law earlier