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FAA Cuts New York Flights Over Controller Shortage

FAA aviation authority officials in a conference room reviewing airspace charts and documents

In March 2023, the Federal Aviation Administration took an unusual step: it asked every airline flying into New York to reduce the number of its daily flights. The request followed a deepening staffing crisis at the Terminal Radar Approach Control facility — known as TRACON — that manages the airspace above New York City. With only 54 percent of its required air traffic controllers in post, the facility was struggling to handle the volume of traffic safely, raising serious concerns about delays and safety heading into the busy summer travel season.

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Last Boeing 747 Delivered After 54 Years of Production

The last Boeing 747 ever built, in Atlas Air livery, at the Boeing Everett delivery ceremony

On 1 February 2023, the very last Boeing 747 left the factory in Everett, Washington. Boeing delivered the aircraft to Atlas Air, an American cargo airline. The delivery ended 54 years of production for one of the most famous planes in aviation history.

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FAA System Failure Triggers First US Ground Stop Since 9/11

American Airlines aircraft grounded at a major US airport during the FAA nationwide ground stop, January 2023

On 11 January 2023, a single accidental deletion brought the United States’ entire commercial aviation system to a standstill. A federal database of flight safety notices failed, triggering the first nationwide ground stop since the September 11 attacks in 2001. More than 9,500 flights were delayed and over 1,300 cancelled before operations slowly resumed later that morning.

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Southwest Airlines Holiday Meltdown Cancels 16,900 Flights

A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 at a snow-covered airport gate in winter

In the last week of December 2022, Southwest Airlines cancelled nearly 17,000 flights and left more than two million passengers stranded across the United States. A powerful winter storm started the crisis, but a major failure in the airline’s crew scheduling software quickly turned a bad weather event into a record-breaking disaster.

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Precision Air Turboprop Crashes into Lake Victoria, Killing 19

A Precision Air ATR 42 turboprop in purple livery flying over Lake Victoria, Tanzania

On the morning of 6 November 2022, a Precision Air ATR 42 turboprop aircraft crashed into Lake Victoria while on approach to Bukoba Airport in northwest Tanzania, killing nineteen of the forty-three people on board. It was the deadliest commercial aviation accident in East Africa in several years, and it prompted a detailed safety investigation that identified serious failures in how the crew handled a deteriorating situation.

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Tips for an airline interview in English

8 tips for an airline interview.

We all know that interviews make us feel nervous at the best of times, but when you’re doing one in English when English isn’t your first language, it’s even more challenging. Of course there are things that you can do to help you feel less nervous.

First of all, when doing an aviation interview, you have to be aware of what the procedure is going to be; what is the first step in the process, what’s going to happen after that. The first thing that interviewees usually have to do is to hand in some paperwork to the company when they arrive to do an interview process. This verification process makes sure that everything is in order before beginning the interview process. Make sure that you have all of these documents ready before you leave for your interview process and have copies of them if needed. One thing you don’t want is a distraction because there’s a problem with your documentation. Be organised and have it all ready in advance.

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