While many aspiring major airline pilots still take the traditional route, including getting a four-year undergraduate degree ...

The Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps Flight Academy, also known as JROTC, helped the students take this first ...

F lying on a private jet is commonly seen as the ultimate luxury for travelers. Around the world, private jet users can take ...

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The schedule is 20 days on, 10 days off Being a private-jet pilot is not a typical 9-to-5. Instead, Lucas works on a 20-10 schedule where she's on call for 20 consecutive days and off for 10.

Valentine was a certified private pilot but had only about 66 hours of flying experience. When he took off that afternoon, he had just one hour of experience using his instruments.

Having your private pilot certificate allows you to fly into Aviation Festivals held across the U.S. Hundreds of pilots gather at these festivals, and it’s a fantastic place to share experiences ...

After Delta, United, and American Airlines recently announced that they were hiking salaries, private aviation’s pilot shortage suddenly became even more acute, in no way aided by the fact that ...

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Eric Radtke is an airline transport pilot, Gold Seal flight instructor, advanced ground instructor and NAFI-accredited Master Flight Instructor. Eric has been involved in aviation education since ...

There are about 1,600 private flight schools in the U.S. today, down from roughly 2,400 before 9/11, says Bob Rockmaker, head of the Flight Schools Association of North America (FSANA).

Over the past 10 years, the pay for charter pilots has gone up considerably. What we see in the market today is that private-jet pilots can make between $86,000 and $217,000 a year.