Perfect storm: a combination of factors means being an airline pilot no longer holds the appeal it once did - James Lauritz/Digital Vision/Getty It’s not the news that summer holidaymakers were hoping ...

CONCORD, Calif. -- Airlines around the world are scrambling to fill vacant pilot seats, but are they willing to sacrifice safety to do that? That's the debate raging right now in the airline industry.

(The Hill) – American Airlines will eliminate service for three cities following the Labor Day holiday weekend as a result of staffing shortages, marking the latest hiccup for the airline industry ...

Travellers heading to or through Switzerland this summer may find themselves unexpectedly grounded. The country’s national airline, Swiss, has confirmed it will cancel around 1,400 flights from now ...

HAMPTON, Va. — A nationwide pilot and air traffic controller shortage have left many facilities understaffed. Some of the country's top programs are working to combat this by training the next ...

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 some ...

A fierce competition is underway between IndiGo and the Air India group for airline captains. New flight duty rules have led ...

Aviation experts and pilot groups say IndiGo’s unprecedented scheduling crisis this month was due in part to an industry ...

The aviation industry is facing an unprecedented global pilot shortage, with over 602,000 new pilots needed by 2042, according to Boeing's latest Pilot and Technician Outlook report. In the United ...

ZURICH—Lufthansa subsidiary Swiss International Air Lines (Swiss) says it has too few pilots to maintain planned flight operations and must cancel approximately 1,400 flights through the end of ...

Nick Pizzariello Jr.’s fascination with aviation kicked into gear when he was 7 years old. Now, at age 13, Pizzariello wants to become a commercial pilot. Pizzariello’s career decision was reinforced ...

The Air Force currently has no plans to recall retired pilots. An airman guides a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster after it returned from delivering cargo to Baghdad, Jan. 9, 2016 to a base in an ...