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Boeing completes 737 MAX software update, working on pilot training plan

Tamara Mathias, Reuters
Posted at May 17 08:14 AM

Boeing Co said on Thursday it had completed a software update for its 737 MAX jets, which have been grounded worldwide since March after they were involved in two fatal crashes. Read more »

Not more fun in PH

Editorial cartoon by Dennis Gasgonia
Posted at May 04 09:55 AM

It hasn't been fun in the Philippines for thousands of passengers of Cebu Pacific affected by the more than 100 flight cancellations of the country's largest airline.  Read more »

Not more fun in PH

Editorial cartoon by Dennis Gasgonia
Posted at May 04 02:16 AM

It hasn't been fun in the Philippines for many passengers of Cebu Pacific affected by the more than 100 flight cancellations of the country's largest airline. Read more »

SAS pilots go on strike as wage talks collapse

Reuters
Posted at Apr 26 02:42 PM

A strike across the three Scandinavian countries could impact some 170,000 passengers during the weekend, the company said. Read more »

US FAA, global aviation regulators to meet May 23 on Boeing 737 MAX

David Shepardson, Reuters
Posted at Apr 26 01:37 PM

The US Federal Aviation Administration said Thursday it is inviting top civil aviation officials from around the world to a May 23 meeting to discuss the now-grounded Boeing 737 MAX. Read more »

US airlines sending teams to review Boeing 737 MAX upgrade this weekend

Tracy Rucinski, Reuters
Posted at Mar 23 12:29 PM

The 3 US airlines that own Boeing Co's 737 MAX are meeting the US manufacturer this weekend to review a software upgrade for the jet that has suffered 2 fatal crashes in 5 months, officials from the airlines told Reuters. Read more »

PH aviation gears up to meet soaring demand for commercial pilots

Jan Yumul, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 23 09:22 PM

MANILA - With Boeing's estimated global demand for pilots expected to soar 800,000 in the next 20 years, Philippine aviation leaders are gearing up to ensure locally trained talents don't get left behind. Read more »

US pilots have reported problems with Boeing 737 MAX since 2018, records show

Delphine Touitou, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Mar 14 05:00 PM

The US decision on Wednesday to ground the Boeing 737 MAX came after authorities noted similarities between two recent crashes, eerily echoing reports from American pilots who complained of problems with the plane late last year. Read more »

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 »