The Delta outage: the chaotic impact

Delta outage

The Delta Outage – August 2016 If you’re training to become a commercial pilot at our flight schools in Florida  and Tennessee,  you’ll soon learn about the delicate art of flight schedules – and what happens if they don’t go to plan!  Last week’s Delta outage was a case in point… Delta Air Lines hit the…

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TALPA

TALPA

New runway conditions reporting guidelines from FAA will improve safety This month, the FAA detailed new standards designed to increase safety at airports across the US.  Intended to reduce the risk of accidents caused by runway overruns and runway contamination following bad weather, these new guidelines will be enforced from October 1, 2016. The new…

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Aviation News: Student Pilot Makes Emergency Landing

Student Emergency Plane Landing

Aviation News: The student pilot who made a safe emergency landing after engine failure Luckily, it’s not often that things fail to go to plan when you’re in the air, but this week, that’s exactly what happened for one student pilot from Georgia.  Sierra Lund was flying a solo-cross country from her home base, Atlanta…

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