Are United Airlines Flight Attendants Engaging In Sickout?

United Airlines claims that there has been “a substantial increase” in the number of flight attendants calling in sick, representing fraud and abuse of sick leave. As negotiations over a new labor contract continue, are flight attendants engaging in a sickout? Sickout? United Airlines Concerned About “Substantial Increase” In Flight Attendants Calling In Sick A…

Is United Airlines Bringing Back McDonald’s Onboard?

A teaser post on Instagram has me wondering if United Airlines might be bringing back McDonald’s onboard? Let’s take a look at the history of their past partnership and whether it could return. Is McDonald’s Making A Comeback On United Airlines Flights? Back in the 1990s, United Airlines partnered with McDonald’s to offer “Friendly Skies…

Cockroaches Found Crawling Onboard Air India Flight From San Francisco

An Air India passenger on flight AI 180 from San Francisco to Mumbai via Kolkata was startled mid-air when cockroaches were spotted in the cabin. The airline conducted a mid-flight deep clean in Kolkata and launched a full investigation, but what prompted this in the first place? Air India Apologizes After Cockroaches Found On San Francisco–Mumbai…

6 IFR Procedures Most Instrument Pilots Rarely Fly

Let’s face it, there are a lot of IFR procedures we don’t use in our everyday flying. If you’re an instrument-rated pilot and fly IFR all the time, how many times have you flown these procedures in the past 12 months?