Sunwing Vacations and Sunwing Airlines will bring 18 Boeing 737s to the combined fleet, though initially the companies will continue independent operations.
In the concept of single-pilot operations, a pilot may spend long phases of flight, if not the entire flight, alone in the cockpit of a commercial aircraft.
Capt. Jason Ambrosi (ALPA), Capt. Otjan de Bruijn (ECA), and Capt. Jack Netskar (IFALPA)
Some in the airline industry want to remove pilots from the flight deck, increasing risk to the public and placing the safest mode of transportation in jeopardy
Spirit Airlines pilots have voted to ratify a new collective bargaining agreement, which includes provisions in case the ULCC's merger with JetBlue collapses.
The Air Line Pilots Association has told lawmakers that certifying the 737-7 and 737-10 without new flight crew altering systems is preferable to forcing Boeing to upgrade the last two 737 MAX family variants.
Capt. Joseph DePete, President, Air Line Pilots Association, International
Air Line Pilots Association, International President Capt. Joseph DePete on the necessity of upholding federal regulations that strengthened airline pilot qualification, training, and experience requirements.
U.S. pilot unions are joining airlines and manufacturers in opposing a potential coronavirus test requirement for domestic U.S. airline passengers, though a mandate to move forward with the proposal does not seem imminent.
Delta Air Lines has reached a tentative deal with the union representing its pilots to avoid more than 1,900 previously planned furloughs through at least January 2022.