Careers

At Tomorrow’s Aeronautical Museum, young children learn about the history of aviation and the activity of flying. “Kids are like film. All they need is exposure, and something beautiful develops. Aviation is that exposure,” Robin Petgrave, founder and executive director of Tomorrow’s Aeronautical Museum believes. Watch and be inspired by the following video about this […]

Safety management systems (SMS) — if someone in aviation whispers these three words in your ear, then it is time to sit up and listen. It’s a newly defined career in aviation — SMS director — and one that is growing quickly. A search on LinkedIn for “SMS officer aviation” lists SMS experts in companies […]

We were sitting on the porch, reading the paper. My wife, Cathy, held actual newsprint in her hand while I stared at the bright black-and-white copy and colorful photos on a tablet. As the newspaper rustled toward her lap, she looked over at me and asked, “Why is it that you want to be captain?” […]

When you meet American Airlines Miami-base Chief Pilot Capt. Brian Beach, you know he likes his job. Watch him interact with a few of the 2,300 pilots he leads and you’ll begin to think that Beach is good at his job too. You’ll have to get up pretty early in the morning to catch him […]

New England Airlines, which flies between Westerly, Rhode Island, and Block Island, Rhode Island, with six- and 10-seat aircraft, is one of many tiny scheduled airlines that fill specific transportation needs throughout the U.S. Director of Operations Bill Bendokas and his wife, Lois, both Block Islanders, started the airline in 1970. It is one of […]

In September, the FAA projected that one million drones would be sold around the holidays. If the estimations are correct, there are a lot of unmanned aerospace systems (UASs) taking to the skies with inexperienced pilots. But fear not; Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University – Worldwide is offering a free online course for new UAS users this […]

Pam Choi recalls her answer, soon after graduating from the FAA Academy, when the tower chief asked what best prepared her, a former waitress, to be an air traffic controller (ATC). “I said, ‘I’m guessing ATC is very similar to waiting tables: You’re either very busy or very slow, you have to be polite and […]

Today, December 17, marks a momentous occasion in aviation history; in 1903, it was the day Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first successful flight in a powered aircraft at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Just 22 years later on this landmark day, barnstormer John Paul Riddle and businessman T. Higbee Embry struck a deal, laying […]

JetBlue Airways is considering a new training program to get pilots ready for the copilot and captain’s seats. The program would take pilot candidates with no previous experience and train them to become competent airline pilots. Rather than training in smaller, cost-effecting airplanes, most of the flight training would focus on airline related tasks, such […]

“The wings are like an extension of my arms,” Red Bull Aerobatic Pilot Kirby Chambliss says. “I wanted to be the best in the world, and when you want to be the best in the world at anything, you’ve just got to practice more than anyone else.” Red Bull Aerobatic Pilot Kirby Chambliss practiced three […]