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Airline pilots and their extremely rigorous training

 Rathke A few of you may have had the privilege of visiting the flight deck of a commercial airliner, and found yourself fascinated by the myriad levers, buttons, and other mechanisms surrounding the captain and co-pilot. After seeing that instrument panel, have you ever wondered what kind of training a pilot has? Of course, they must have a flight license, but how do you study for it? How long does it take? Are there other requirements along with flight training itself? Here's a quick…

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6 tips for finding cheap airline tickets

  Travelers who are passionate about wandering to new destinations often put a hold on their exploration owing to expenses. In order to fulfill all their travel wishes, and to save money for their next trips, they need to cut down flight expenses. If your someone who wants to save on travels, cutting down on flight booking cost is one of the ways to reduce your expenses. Flight tickets costs vary depending on the day of the week, time of the week, and holidays. Follow these simple tricks to…

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Standing Tall, Guiding All: A Look at Air-Traffic-Control Towers

 Tiia Monto You’ve all no doubt noticed that building, at or near the airport, which  resembles a lighthouse. In fact, air-traffic-control towers are lighthouses of a sort, albeit much more sophisticated and with many more functions. But what's inside an air traffic-control tower? Does is have more than one floor inside? Why is it so tall? Are they all the same? Here's a post to clarify a few things about one of the most complex buildings at any airport.read post  

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  • Anil June 29, 2010 at 7:25pm
    It would depend on the range and route and other factors. I have flown EMB and CRJ and also small 6 seaters; all within 200-300 miles range. Where Jetblue deploys it is the question.
  • Ed Wetschler June 29, 2010 at 6:58pm
    Thank you, Embraer. The company has designed a plane that doesn't have room for a (costly) co-pilot. If JetBlue buys those planes, will you fly JetBlue?
  • Ed Wetschler June 28, 2010 at 3:24pm
    "A whopping 93 percent of the total 3197 respondents to an eTurboNews poll claim that airlines are under-performing in terms of customer service." Can the airlines, in fact, restore good service (when I was a kid it was great service) without increasing fares?
  • Vincent Russo June 24, 2010 at 4:19pm
    I just joined to let off steam. my favorite cousin just called to say virgin atlantic is going to install great new entertaiment internet system. she's steamed cause her husband was one of the people trapped on that plane in Conneticut. Shouldn't company should be working on getting takeoff and landing right, not this other stuff?
  • Cessy Meacham June 16, 2010 at 11:41pm
    Can anybody give me a feed back using GOL Airlines in Brazil?
  • José Balido June 14, 2010 at 6:46pm
    In the news today: Allergy risk may force airlines to ban peanuts. We must of course prevent passengers with severe allergies from going into anaphylactic shock in midflight, but is there a better solution?
  • Tripatini June 14, 2010 at 5:10pm
    Find out how new search engine InsideTrip.com adds a new dimension to airfare searches, now on our member blogs.
  • David Paul Appell June 12, 2010 at 5:03pm
    Very good point, Charlie. You might want to post this on our Media Only group, too. And kudos to you for everything you do out there.
  • Charlie Leocha June 12, 2010 at 4:49pm
    Greetings Group,
    On Thursday, June 17th, I will be testifying before the Senate Commerce regarding the Continental/United merger. As a consumer, I feel that reducing our network carriers effectively to three carriers is asking for the disappearance of competition. Domestically there will be Delta, United and American with more than 50% of the traffic and internationally, the alliances will control 85% of the traffic. A consumer nightmare and another industry with members "too big to fail."

    I am also working like mad speaking with staffers to mandate that airlines report their fees to central reservation systems at the same time they announce airfares. This way the online systems can figure out a way to allow consumers to compare total air transportation cost. Airfares and beginning to mean less and less with penny airfares already showing up on Spirit.

    Please, all of you writers, take a look at this portion of the FAA reauthorization. We need articles stating that consumers should know the total costs for air travel including airline fees as they do their travel planning, not only at the time of purchase.

    If you want to talk about it, send email to me at leocha@consumertravelalliance.org.

    Thanks for your help.
  • José Balido June 12, 2010 at 3:58pm
    Video surveillance on airplanes: a step too far?

    eTN reported yesterday that "Information received from Lufthansa sources speaks of the development of a new surveillance system in commercial aircraft, developed by Lufthansa Technik, which is part of the Lufthansa Group. The new system will become available on the market in early 2011..."

    How do you feel about having your every move watched and recorded while you're on a plane? Is it a justifiable invasion of privacy in the name of more security? Or is it yet another invasion of privacy with dubious benefits?
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