Ryanair pilots in Ireland have announced strike action just days before Christmas. Trade union the Irish Air Line Pilots’ Association announced that a majority of its 84 Ryanair-employed members backed industrial action in a secret ballot which took place this weekend. Ryanair was told of the strike – which will take place on 20 December…
Germany’s pilot union “Vereinigung Cockpit (VC)” calls for a major Ryanair strike – the first ever strike in the low-cost carrier’s history This announcement by VC comes after the pilot’s unions in Italy and Portugal had called their members to strike against Ryanair due to disputes over pay and working conditions. The airline’s Dublin based…
After suffering a 12 hour delay in Montreal, British Airways flight 94 was ready to go back home when Montreal Tower noticed a lot of smoke coming from its number 2 engine/main landing gear causing the emergency vehicles to come out to inspect the area. As well as causing the aircraft to shut both engines…
QantasLink, the regional subsidiary of Qantas Airways, has opened a new partnership with five Australian universities to enable graduates to transition into a career as a commercial pilot. RMIT University, Griffith University, UNSW, the University of Southern Queensland and Swinburne University of Technology students will now be able to apply for the 12-week transition course at the…
A Russian fighter jet pilot has given a whole new meaning to ‘flight inspection.’ A video apparently shot in Syria shows a Su-30SM peeking inside a military transport plane just after an airdrop, flying mere meters from the open ramp. The video of the mind-blowing stunt, which surfaced on Russian social media this week, was…