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FLYING columnist Dick Karl explains to Sam Weigel how he made the transition from cancer surgeon to Part 135 pilot.

Piedmont Airlines is boosting pay packages to attract and retain pilots for the next two years as it eyes route expansion.

The event at Sun ‘n Fun Campus in Lakeland, Florida, will host flight instructor, aviation leaders and industry advocates.

Agricultural pilots have a history of success at the Stihl National Championship Air Races in Reno.

The ‘earn and learn’ program will allow participants to get paid while completing full-time certification and training toward their A&P certificates.

The regionals need pilots with experience to operate but such pilots are suddenly in huge demand by major airlines.

A&P technical training opens doors to career opportunities beyond working line maintenance or banging rivets on the hangar floor.

The airline’s unionized pilot group, which is part of the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA), said that 96 percent of the pilot group participated in the vote and that 99 percent voted in favor of strike authorization.

Spirit Airlines is partnering with CAE (NYSE: CAE) to launch the Spirit Wings Pilot Pathway program with a goal to widen its pilot pipeline as it looks to hire more pilots.

Sam Weigel offers advice about how the pros and cons of learning to fly in glass cockpit aircraft.