While the FAA is ramping up hiring of air traffic controllers, new jobs for professional pilots are becoming harder to come by. Atlanta-based Aviation Information Resources Inc. said Monday that airlines hired 6,479 pilots last year, down from 13,157 …As real as it gets: CCBC still a leader in Air Traffic Control … – Beaver [...]

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Federal investigators said the left engine of the US Airways jetliner that ditched into the Hudson River was missing as reports emerged that the pilot who safely landed the aircraft had considered an emergency …Divers scour Hudson for engine As my Junior Senator from Tennessee spirals off into the land of unbridled conservative ideology, I [...]

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07 DEC 2008, ca 18:20Learjet 23XC-LGD – Servicio de Administraci??n y Enajenaci??n de Bienes (SAE), opf. Tl2 / 2 Lake Atlangatepec, Tlaxcala (Mexico)Unknown flight, during ApproachLearjet reported as making a 2nd landing attempt, suddenly began rapid ascent, then nose-dived into … (more)07 DEC 2008 – Servicio de Administraci??n y Enajenaci??n de Bienes (SAE), opf. Tl [...]

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Emirates, Australia celebrate 5 years and 10 million litres of fuel savings (AME Info)Emirates Airline has saved almost 10 million litres of jet fuel and 772 hours of flight time in the five years since working with Airservices Australia (ASA) to pioneer an innovative flight route planning and airspace management programme called Flex Tracks. A [...]

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So the big question here is will 24 jump the shark? There are those who would say that it already did last year.24 Cat Fight MYSORE: The National Building Construction Corporation , which has been entrusted with the construction of the Mysore airport, has been directed to complete the civil works by February-end. A review [...]

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04 JAN 2009 – Aero Cabo Cessna 650 Citation VII Accident04 JAN 2009, ca 17:30Cessna 650 Citation VIIXA-PYN – Aero Cabo0 / 5 Vancouver International Airport, BC (YVR) (Canada)Executive flight, during LandingThe corporate jet suffered an accident on landing at Vancouver International Airport’s runway 12. Th… (more) 11 JAN 2009, 06:58Xian MA60RP-C8893 – Zest Airways0 [...]

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SHANGHAI, Jan 15 (Reuters) – Air China , the countrys flag carrier, said on Thursday its passenger volume fell 1.70 percent in 2008 after years of double-digit growth as a slowing economy dents air travel demand. Air China carried 34.25 million …Air China 2008 passenger volume falls on weak demand – Forbes China Eastern Airlines [...]

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