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Gold bars from the sky, double dead: Odd stories that baffled Pinoys in 2018

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 25 01:38 PM

Gold bars falling out of the sky, dangerous clouds, and a case of "double dead" were among the strangest stories that grabbed the attention of our readers this year. Read more »

Travel TV's Captain Joy Roa: "I always said I was Italian in my past life"

Lora Marie Lumba
Updated as of Nov 06 11:59 AM

With four decades spent airborne, veteran aviator Captain Joy Roa is our resident eye in the sky. Read more »

Airline to recruit Saudi women as co-pilots

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 14 12:01 AM

Riyadh-based carrier Flynas has announced plans to recruit Saudi women to work as co-pilots and flight attendants for the first time, just months after the kingdom lifted a decades-long ban on female motorists. Read more »

From looking up at the sky to flying through the clouds

Cebu Pacific
Updated as of May 11 03:31 PM

More than just allowing everyJuan to fulfill their travel goals, the Philippines' leading carrier is also making dreams of flying come true for aviators, the corps of pilots of Cebu Pacific. Read more »

In milestone, all songs on Twenty One Pilots album go gold

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 03 05:47 AM

Twenty One Pilots has reached a milestone -- every song on the pop-rap duo's last album, "Blurryface," has been certified as selling gold or platinum. Read more »

Airlines, flight schools try to lure pilots with cheaper - or free - training

Reuters
Posted at Feb 09 05:16 PM

Pilots say the burden on cadets to pay for their flight training, which can cost more than $70,000, has been a key reason why enrollment has plummeted at flight schools. Read more »

Stone Temple Pilots back, with singer found by audition

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 16 01:23 PM

Grunge rockers Stone Temple Pilots are back with a new frontman, chosen in an audition of 15,000 applicants after their previous two singers died. Read more »

New pilots wanted: Cebu Pacific searches for 240 cadets

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 24 05:58 PM

From working in control towers, Dennis Veloso now sees a chance at fulfilling his childhood dream of becoming a commercial pilot, which seemed impossible before because of the millions of pesos required in aviation school. Read more »

Drunk Canadian pilot arrested after fainting in cockpit

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 01 08:44 AM

MONTREAL, Candada - A Sunwing pilot was arrested Saturday after being found intoxicated in a plane he was about to maneuver out of Calgary airport in western Canada. Read more »

Japan to train Philippine naval pilots to fly aircraft to be leased

Kyodo News
Posted at Nov 22 01:39 PM

TOKYO - Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force said Monday it will start training Philippine naval pilots next week to fly TC-90 aircraft to be leased to the Southeast Asian country from March for maritime patrol and other purposes. Read more »

Pilots, flight attendants can no longer 'breeze through' immigration: BI

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 14 05:40 PM

MANILA - Local and foreign pilots, flight attendants, and other airline staff are now subject to immigration inspection upon their arrival at various international airports nationwide, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) said Wednesday. Read more »