Frontier Airlines may have lost the bidding war for Spirit Airlines, but its future as a standalone carrier looks bright—especially with its largest ULCC competitor now out of the picture.
The FAA has published a draft rule mandating the installation of secondary cockpit barriers on newly made Part 121 aircraft flown by U.S. carriers, a move intended to prevent intrusion when the flight deck door is open.
Republicans in the House and Senate have introduced legislation to raise the mandatory retirement age for U.S. commercial airline pilots from 65 to 67 years old, part of an effort to head off a deepening shortfall of qualified pilots in coming years.
Rudder inputs caused an American Airlines A321 to veer off the runway and strike its wingtip on the ground during a 2019 departure, the NTSB concluded.
Maybe it’s a coincidence that two different regulators released two similar messages on the same day reminding operators to keep their priorities straight.
The application will allow Joby’s U.S.-based certification to be concurrently validated by the UK’s Civil Aviation Authority, accelerating access to the British market.
