I read the letters from Capts. David M. Phipps and Tom Olsen on pilot training and Frances Fiorino’s article “Safety Under Scrutiny” (AW&ST Feb. 1, pp. 11 and 50) with interest as I too have seen a ...

We know: it might seem like an absurd question. After all, becoming a commercial pilot requires thousands of hours of training, rigorous testing, and ongoing certification, so how could someone who ...

The Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) is calling for a renewed emphasis on fundamental flying skills as automation becomes more common in air carrier operations. In a recent interview at the Skift ...

The article “Quality or Quantity” provides a useful summary of circumstances in the pilot profession. The point of Dick Leland, president of the National Aerospace Training and Research Center, that ...

A US Army UH-72 Lakota, which the service says is too advanced to teach its student pilots elementary flying skills and is now looking at fielding a more basic solution. (US Army) The US Army is ...