Off-duty pilot facing attempted murder charges said 'I'm not right' before trying to turn off plane's engines: report

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An off-duty pilot on an Alaska Airlines flight tried to shut down the plane's engines mid-flight, officials said.

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Federal authorities have been probing roughly 5,000 pilots suspected of withholding major health issues that could imperil their ability to fly safely, report says

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Veterans Affairs investigators discovered that thousands of American pilots may have falsified their medical history.

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An American Airlines pilot launched a $23.5 million lawsuit, claiming airport staff racially profiled him after he failed to wear a mask

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An American Airlines plane sits at the gate.

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Pilots at Australia's national airline made sexist, misogynistic remarks about female colleagues and the company's CEO in an online forum, report says

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A Qantas Airways insider said the airline has an ingrained 'sexist' culture.

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Kyrsten Sinema raked in more than $100,000 from the airline industry as she pushed to alter pilot training requirements

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Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona at the Capitol on May 9, 2023.
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona at the Capitol on May 9, 2023.

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We became the first mother-daughter duo to copilot an international flight — here's how the FedEx trip happened and what it was like

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Teri Eidson and Nicole McCallister.

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American Airlines has opened a new $250 million employee-only hotel in Texas, with 600 rooms — see inside Skyview 6

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Actual photo of American Airlines' Skyview 6 tavern.

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An airline had to remind its pilots to keep cockpits 'sterile' after one invited a friend onto the flight deck and asked crew to serve her food and alcohol, reports say

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An Air India plane.

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I was the first woman to be hired as a pilot by a major US airline in 1973. When I first started, they called me 'the little girl' and a uniform for women didn't even exist.

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Bonnie Tiburzi, the first woman to fly as a pilot for American Airlines, posing for a picture in the cockpit of a plane.
Bonnie Tiburzi was hired as a pilot by American Airlines in 1973, becoming the first woman in the US to fly as a pilot for a major commercial airline.

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Airlines are combating the pilot shortage by paying pilots more, making it easier to become one, and hiring from Australia

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Airline pilot walking through an airport.

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