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#racialized. #AvGeek fan of #AirlineVideosLive & #BigJetTV
I'm aiming for this account to be
#aviation / #aviationenthusiast focused as my Mastodon is more miscellany.
I work for
🇨🇦's civil air navigation service provider (ANSP) but the views here are my own and not my employer's.

The number of pilots declining a promotion to captain has at least doubled in the past seven years, pilots union spokesperson Dennis Tajer told Reuters.

https://t.co/dqvfGn5BbO

Why your aircraft captain is so young

The labor shortage money can't solve

Axios
"the Federal Aviation Administration has been posting videos meant to explain what's causing trouble, featuring air traffic controllers speaking in layperson's terms, TV meteorologist-style." #FAA #transparency #airtrafficcontrol #ATC #severeweather #climatecrisis

RE:
https://mastodon.social/users/axios/statuses/110742917865722018
I don't like the pro-capitalist stance of this article, but sharing it because it potentially affects #freight/#cargo #pilots.
#aviation

RE:
https://mastodon.social/users/Celeste_pewter/statuses/110738096097290104

A judge has ordered American Airlines and JetBlue to terminate their Northeast partnership, as a result of which they will cease the sale of each other's tickets later this month. This marks the end of a key collaboration between the two major airlines.
- By Leslie Josephs

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/07/14/american-airlines-jetblue-joint-bookings-end-after-july-20-after-northeastn.html
More: https://hypeaviation.com/story/american-jetblue-to-end-sales-of-each-others-tickets-next-week-after-judge-orders-breakup/123042/
#jetblue #aviation

United Airlines has reached a preliminary four-year labor deal with its pilots, offering up to 40% pay raises. This comes amid a wave of negotiations between airlines and labor unions, prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic's impact on the industry.
- By Leslie Josephs

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/07/15/united-reaches-preliminary-4-year-labor-deal-with-pilots-with-up-to-40percent-raises.html
More: https://hypeaviation.com/story/united-reaches-preliminary-4-year-labor-deal-with-pilots-with-up-to-40-raises/123150/ #aviation

The National Weather Service issued an inflight warning to pilots after a volcano in Alaska's Aleutian Islands started erupting, producing a significant ash cloud. The ash cloud's height warranted weather service intervention due to possible aviation hazards.

https://apnews.com/article/alaska-volcano-ash-cloud-aleutian-islands-20ffcb04b2a4534927dcdfcd548cb584
More: https://hypeaviation.com/story/alaska-volcano-spews-ash-cloud-high-enough-to-draw-weather-service-warning-for-pilots-9oqus9vr/123148/
#alaska #aviation

Alaska volcano spews ash cloud high enough to draw weather service warning for pilots

An erupting volcano in Alaska’s Aleutian Islands sent up a cloud of ash Friday, prompting the National Weather Service to issue an inflight warning to pilots. The Alaska Volcano Observatory says the Shishaldin Volcano began erupting July 11. A U.S. Coast Guard overflight confirmed lava erupted the same day within the summit crater. A significant explosion at 1:09 a.m. Friday produced an ash cloud that reached up to 40,000 feet and drifted south over the Pacific Ocean. Volcanic ash can cause a jet engine to shut down. Shishaldin is one of the most active volcanoes in the Aleutian volcanic arc.

AP News
(Day 3: 2/2)
Here are some photos from flying in Adam (my friend’s) de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver #seaplane. He is one of two pilots at Island Wings Air Service. If you ever get to #Ketchikan #Alaska and want to go for a flight definitely hit him up. They do an amazing tour. https://www.islandwings.com
Flightseeing in Ketchikan | Island Wings Air Service

Scenic floatplane, flightseeing and bear tours in the Misty Fjords National Monument.  See the Misty Fiords and glacier from Ketchikan, Alaska

@MikeFromLFE we are programmed and destined to discount things we don’t experience. And we forget in a generation. Sometimes less. Often led by dangerous fools who object to regulations. Regulations are always the result of something nasty to someone. As, I think @rosamundi said the other day “Safety rules are written in blood”.
Passenger plane crash-lands at Mogadishu's international airport, injuring several people