Pilots Reveal What It’s Really Like To Fly For A Living — And There Are So Many Misconceptions

From assumptions about who’s in the cockpit to what their schedules look like at home, myths about aviation persist.

The Real Reason Why Pilots Leave the Cockpit Door Open During Boarding

Cockpit doors are required to stay closed during flight according to federal regulations. But there's a reason pilots leave ...
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Blue Angel Pilots Do Crazy Stuff • Cockpit View

Blue Angels had the unique opportunity to photograph the first Blue Angels Super Hornet Delta over NAS Pensacola! The Blue Angels' signature "Delta" formation is composed of the pilots who fly in the ...

Pilots abort takeoff after window opens in the jet’s cockpit

A Delta Air Lines plane aborted its takeoff Wednesday morning after a window came open in the cockpit. Delta Flight 2261, a ...

Pilot crisis looms as airlines scramble to fill cockpits

Many airlines worldwide are struggling to fill their cockpits with experienced pilots as demand for air travel grows. Can signing bonuses and fast-track promotions make up for a massive retirement ...

Airport runway close calls spur hopes for wider adoption of cockpit alert technology

As a Boeing 757 aircraft prepared to land, an audio alert started blaring in the cockpit: "Traffic on runway! Traffic on ...

Cockpit recorders studied in ‘low-speed collision’ on LaGuardia taxiway

Their right wing clipped our nose and the cockpit. We have damage to our windscreen and ... some of our screens in here,” a ...