How Cathay Pacific went from the pride of the Pacific to a pandemic casualty — and clawed its way back to record profits, a growing fleet, and an open cockpit door for foreign pilots. Cathay’s Golden Age A lot of people don’t realize it, but Cathay Pacific’s history dates back to the 1940s, right
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For a foreign student pilot, finishing flight training is only the midpoint of the journey. A licence is worth little to a Canadian employer unless the pilot can also legally work, and a temporary permit eventually ends. The question that decides most careers is: what happens after graduation? Canada still offers one of the clearest
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Short answer: If you fail a pilot checkride, the examiner issues a Notice of Disapproval (FAA Form 8060-5) listing exactly which task or tasks you didn’t meet the standard on; you get credit for everything you passed for 60 days, and you go back to your instructor for targeted retraining and a logbook endorsement before
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Quick answer: Yes, airlines and flight schools run entire programs, called “ab initio” pathways, built specifically for people who have never touched the controls of an aircraft. You don’t need a private pilot license, prior flight hours, or even an aviation background to start. What you do need is the right medical fitness, an accredited
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Every year, hundreds of foreign students complete pilot training in the United States on an F-1 visa. Most of them share one goal: to fly for a US airline. The training is the easier half of the problem. The harder half is work authorization. A graduating pilot with an FAA commercial and Flight Instructor license
On Sunday, September 6, 2026, a Boeing 767-300 freighter, 21 Air Flight 7598, overran the runway after landing at Miami International Airport. The flight had departed San Juan, Puerto Rico, and touched down around 2 p.m. local time, according to the FAA’s accident and incident statement. The NTSB published an investigative update on September 9.
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There’s an old saying in flying that every new pilot learns on day one: “It’s much better to be on the ground wishing you were in the air, than in the air wishing you were on the ground.” There’s a particular shade of green-black that shows up on a Nexrad display, or out the windscreen
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A significant wave of international students and prospective pilots enrolled in flight training programs across Romania—an integral part of the European Union’s Schengen Area—are keeping a close eye on compensation dynamics across EU airlines. As aspiring aviators progress toward earning their EASA ATPL (Frozen) licenses, understanding regional earning potential and carrier structures is vital for
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Reviewed against current FAA testing data and AeroCadet’s Part 141 and Part 61 training standards. Quick answer: Passing your pilot license test comes down to two separate hurdles, the FAA knowledge test and the practical test (checkride), and both are built around a published standard, the Airman Certification Standards. Study the ACS directly, fly enough
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Quick answer: Commercial and military jets run on kerosene-based turbine fuel, mainly Jet A-1 or Jet A, while small piston aircraft use aviation gasoline (Avgas). A third fuel, Jet B, exists for extreme cold-weather operations, and a growing slice of the industry is now blending in Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF). Which one your aircraft needs
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