Another Boeing whistleblower has come forward, this time alleging safety lapses on the 777 and 787 widebodies

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Boeing 787s at Boeing's Washington assembly line.
Boeing 787s at Boeing's Washington assembly line in June 2022.

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I'm married to an airline pilot. He's away from home for days at a time, but it works for our lifestyle.

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My husband and I on our honeymoon in Hawaii.
My pilot husband and I took our honeymoon in Hawaii last year.

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Demand for air travel is soaring, but it seems to be a less popular choice for Americans

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An Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-800 jet flies past the U.S. Capitol dome as it comes in for a landing at Washington Reagan National airport in Arlington, Va.,
An Alaska Airlines plane flies past the Capitol in Washington, DC.

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This new 'blended-wing' plane looks like a military stealth bomber and just got the green light to fly after decades of development

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White JetZero Pathfinder jetliner.
JetZero wants to build a very widebody plane called Pathfinder that uses a revolutionary "blended-wing body."

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Airline pilots at Delta, American, and United can make more than $500k a year — here's how their pay compares

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United Airlines Pilots
Airline pilots at American, Delta, and United are paid upwards of $474 per hour in 2023, increasing to nearly $500 per hour over the next four years.

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Boeing's new chairman is trying to repair broken trust with some of its biggest customers

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Steve Mollenkopf, CEO of Qualcomm, speaks during a meeting of the Economic Club of Washington December 7, 2017 in Washington, DC
Steve Mollenkopf.

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A startup wants to fly passengers in its supersonic plane by 2029, but high costs and unproven technology have some experts raising their eyebrows

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Boom Supersonic's Overture flying among clouds.
Boom Supersonic is developing a faster-than-sound passenger jetliner, but it has a laundry list of challenges to overcome.

Boom Supersonic

The Justice Department is meeting with the families of those who died in the Boeing 737 Max crashes as it considers a criminal probe

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The families of the victims of the Ethiopian Airlines crash of the Boeing 737 Max jet held a vigil in front of the US Department of Transportation headquarters in Washington, DC on Sept. 10, 2019,
Families of victims of the 2019 Ethiopian Airlines crash holding a vigil.

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People injured on the Latam Boeing 787 that dropped midair last month are being offered up to $7,650 in compensation, law firm says

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Passengers stand at the LATAM Airlines check-in counters at Auckland International Airport in Auckland on March 12, 2024.
Passengers stand at the LATAM Airlines check-in counters at Auckland International Airport on March 12, 2024, after the midair drop.

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A British Airways jet came 'extremely close' to a drone that was flying 24 times above its legal maximum altitude, report says

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A collage of a British Airways Airbus A321 and a quadcopter drone against blue skies.
A British Airways aircraft and a drone.

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