In just over a week, he said he and his team ferried 23 Spirit planes from airports around the country to the Arizona desert.

Air traffic control audio records showed the exchanges between controllers and the pilots of some of Spirit Airlines' final flights overnight Saturday, shortly after the airline announced it was ...

Airlines are no longer competing on price and schedules alone. They are competing on experience, and sometimes, even the smallest gestures can make the biggest difference. As they like to say, ”It’s ...

There are numerous perks to being a pilot. You get to look cool in uniform as you walk through the airport, travel the world in probably very short stops, and can pontificate about what's outside the ...

Hawaiian Airlines pilots will lose their long-standing allowance for beards as Alaska Air Group implements a combined pilot uniform and appearance policy following their merger. The policy change is ...

Leadership for the union that represents 16,000 American Airlines pilots is threatening to take criticisms of senior management to stakeholders if the carrier's board of directors refuses to meet with ...

For the first time, a United pilot has reached a position that has never before been held by a woman, marking a long-term trend for female aviators. A United Airlines 787-9 Dreamliner. A United ...

These pilots are flying sky-high in more ways than one. According to Aviation A2Z, a recently negotiated contract with notable pay hikes has made Alaska Airlines pilot salaries among the strongest in ...

American Airlines’ leadership is facing a rare public rebuke from within its own ranks as the unions representing flight attendants and pilots have publicly questioned and criticized CEO Robert Isom’s ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Charlotte-based reporter Ted Reed covers airlines and airline labor. Now it is American Airlines pilot leaders, meeting this week ...

Pilot ranks, denoted by stripes on their uniform, indicate seniority, experience, and the level of responsibility for the aircraft, crew, and passengers. Pilots typically advance through ranks (Cadet, ...

That paycheck has a lot of zeros in it. Pilots’ paychecks vary depending on the airline they work for and the hours they’ve flown in a given year. According to an American Airlines captain’s paystub ...