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The pilot is thinking about this as he reaches for a can, weighing the injustices of the world, philosophizing, daydreaming, ruminating -- things that, again, his manuals neither command...
It breaks open and sinks to the bottom, resulting in mass casualties. I have to ask: Would... of "the pilot." With respect to that last one, I fail to understand how after decades of...
Oshkosh Pilot Shop. Across the street a gigantic, windowless brown building rises like the... Curious about his background and clientele, I decide to play journalist and ask if he'll do a...
Will I be safer flying Qantas than any other airline? And what happens to pilots who screw up?
Malcolm Gladwell claims cultural issues can play a big role in plane crashes. The pilot begs to differ.
The voting period for the Ask the Pilot readers' poll has been extended a third week. Please send your choice of favorite and/or least favorite airline prior to next Friday, April 30, to...
TikTok users have found a new reason to fly with Delta Airlines after discovering there is actually a little-known card-trading game of the sky - and all you need to do is ask the pilot politely.
It's from SN Brussels Airlines, the de facto national carrier of... about the idea of three lions chewing an upended airplane seat. I conclude there is not. The image is simply disturbing....
journalist ask the obvious question: Who were these alleged smugglers, and where are they... A pilot friend of mine worked for a time in Azerbaijan. The national airline of Azerbaijan is...