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New York Post
20-05-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Post
Pilots have this tiny detail on their uniform that you probably never noticed — here's what it's for
A pilot revealed the big meaning behind a small detail on their uniform. While flight attendants have their own designated uniforms, obviously so do pilots. And if you've ever taken a good look at a pilot when boarding a flight, you may have noticed that some of them have small gold stripes on their white-collared shirts — and there's a good reason for that. An Emirates pilot explained in a TikTok video posted by the airline that a pilot's epaulettes, or sometimes referred to as shoulder boards, indicate their rank. 'One bar is for a training pilot, two bars are for a first officer, three bars are for senior first officers and four bars are for captains, like me,' the proud Emirates aircrew explained. One of the commenters on the video said, 'Airlines mostly have slightly different rules regarding this.' And there is some truth to that. According to the flight training center, AeroGuard, 'Depending on the airline, two, three or four stripes are shown on a pilots' shoulders.' 'A flight engineer or second officer wears two stripes, a first officer wears three stripes on their pilot uniform and a captain normally wears four,' as explained on their site — which differs from Emirates' pilot rankings. When it comes to those in charge of flying planes — people are not only checking out their uniforms, they're also flirting with them. A 25-year-old woman named Tanya Pidgorodetskiy shared her chance encounter with a handsome pilot while she was flying home to Cleveland with her family in a series of TikTok videos. 'Every time I tell the story, people think I'm making it up,' Pidgorodetskiy captioned one of her clips. The pilot caught Pidgorodetskiy's attention when she was waiting to board a Frontier flight. She originally thought the good-looking stranger was going to be flying the flight she was soon getting on — but it turned out he was off-duty in uniform, flying as a passenger like everyone else. The two didn't interact on the flight but he did leave a sweet note when it was time to deplane. 'I was sitting in a row towards the back, and 20 minutes before landing, I got a tap on my shoulder, and it's that guy, and he handed me a napkin, and I was just so confused,' Pidgorodetskiy said in her video. 'I made my mom and my sister read it first. I was freaking out.' 'Hi, I'm sure you get notes like this all the time, but I would love to take you out to dinner and get to know you. If that's something you'd be up for, let me know,' the sweet note from the pilot read. And long story short — the two lovebirds have been dating ever since.
South China Morning Post
16-05-2025
- General
- South China Morning Post
Hong Kong's Cathay vows to instil safety and reporting culture in cadet training
Hong Kong flag carrier Cathay Pacific Airways has vowed to instil a great sense of safety and culture of reporting in its cadet pilot training, saying these areas formed an integral part of daily operations. The airline made the pledge on Friday as the first batch of 34 cadet pilots graduated from its training programme held partly in Hong Kong, including the inaugural in-house theoretical course by the Cathay Academy Flying Centre of Excellence. The 30 men and four women completed the programme after about 80 weeks of training split between Cathay City's simulators, ground theory training and flight practice in the United States and Australia. The quality of Cathay's cadet pilots came into in the spotlight last year after the company removed three cadet pilots from its training programme following three serious blunders at the US-based training centre AeroGuard – a wingtip collision with a fixed object, a bounced landing which caused a substantial impact to the aircraft's propeller and a plane that ran off a runway. The trainees reportedly elected to continue with their missions, but they were expected to have consulted their duty flight instructor before proceeding. During the graduation ceremony on Friday, Captain Chris Kempis, Cathay director of flight operations, said maintaining safety was an essential part of a pilot's job.
Yahoo
21-02-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Plane that landed after midair collision in Marana was operated by a flight school
One of the two planes involved in a fatal midair collision Wednesday at a regional airport north of Tucson was operated by a flight school. The plane was operated by the Chandler location of AeroGuard Flight Training Center. The two pilots on the Cessna 172S plane were not injured, said Matt Panichas, senior vice president of KWT Global, a public relations firm based in New York City. Panichas did not say if either of the two pilots aboard the Cessna was a student. Two people were killed following the collision at the Marana Regional Airport about 20 miles northwest of Tucson and west of Interstate 10, officials said. Authorities have not identified the two people killed in the collision. The second plane was a Lancair 360 MK II, according to the Federal Aviation Administration, which is investigating the collision along with the National Transportation Safety Board. The Cessna was on approach when it was struck from behind by the Lancair, the FAA posted on its website Thursday. After the collision, the Lancair crashed, which caused a fire, the FAA said. Marana crash: A midair plane collision near Tucson killed 2 people The Lancair is owned by a northern California resident, the FAA website said. The Lancair 360 MK II is an amateur-built fixed-wing aircraft, the FAA website said. It is a single-engine two-seat aircraft, according to the company's website. The Cessna 172S is a single-engine, four-seat aircraft, according to the Cessna website. AeroGuard has two flight school locations in Arizona, one at the Chandler Municipal Airport and one at the Deer Valley Airport, according to the school's website. AeroGuard also has a location in Austin, Texas, Panichas said. AeroGuard trains pilots for leading airlines, "providing students with a direct path to their careers," Panichas said in a written statement. The collision occurred about 8:28 a.m. Wednesday, the NTSB said. The Marana Regional Airport does not have an air traffic control tower, the FAA said. A crewed tower was supposed to be in place by the end of 2024 to accommodate an increase in traffic and improve safety. The completion of the tower was pushed back to March 2025 because of supply chain and other problems related to the COVID-19 pandemic, said Vic Hathaway, communications manager for the town of Marana. Growing airport: Where is the Marana airport? What to know about site of fatal crash This article originally appeared on Arizona Republic: One of 2 planes in fatal midair collision operated by flight school
Arab Times
20-02-2025
- General
- Arab Times
2 dead in small plane collision at a southern Arizona airport
WASHINGTON, Feb 20, (AP): A midair collision involving two small planes in southern Arizona killed two people Wednesday morning, authorities said. Federal air-safety investigators said each plane had two people aboard when they collided at Marana Regional Airport on the outskirts of Tucson. A Cessna 172 landed uneventfully and a Lancair 360 MK II hit the ground near a runway and caught fire, according to the National Transportation Safety Board, which is leading the investigation and cited preliminary information before its investigators had arrived. The Marana Police Department confirmed that the two people killed were aboard one aircraft and said responders did not have a chance to provide medical treatment. Police did not identify which plane they were in, but the operator of the Cessna -AeroGuard, a commercial flight training school - said its two pilots were not injured. Neither plane was based out of the Marana airport, the city said. The municipal fire department helped extinguish flames, said Marana police Sgt. Vincent Rizzi. AeroGuard spokesperson Matt Panichas declined to comment on specifics of the collision but said it's working closely with the investigative agencies. "We are deeply saddened by the two fatalities from this tragic accident, and our thoughts and prayers are with their families and loved ones during this difficult time,' Panichas said in a statement to The Associated Press. The collision came more than a week after a plane crash in Scottsdale killed one of two pilots of a private jet owned by Mötley Crüe singer Vince Neil. That aircraft veered off a runway and hit a business jet. It also followed four major aviation disasters that have occurred in North America in the last month. The most recent involved a Delta jet that flipped on its roof while landing in Toronto and the deadly crash of a commuter plane in Alaska. In late January, 67 people were killed in a midair collision in Washington, D.C., involving an American Airlines passenger jet and an Army helicopter, marking the United States' deadliest aviation disaster since 2001. Just a day later, a medical transport jet with a child patient, her mother and four others aboard crashed into a Philadelphia neighborhood, exploding in a fireball that engulfed several homes. That crash killed seven people, including all those aboard, and injured 19 others. The airport in Marana has two intersecting runways and operates without an air traffic control tower.
Asharq Al-Awsat
20-02-2025
- Asharq Al-Awsat
2 People Dead in Small Plane Collision at Southern Arizona Airport
A midair collision involving two small planes in southern Arizona killed two people Wednesday morning, authorities said. Federal air-safety investigators said each plane had two people aboard when they collided at Marana Regional Airport on the outskirts of Tucson, The Associated Press reported. A Cessna 172 landed uneventfully and a Lancair 360 MK II hit the ground near a runway and caught fire, according to the National Transportation Safety Board, which is leading the investigation and cited preliminary information before its investigators had arrived. The Marana Police Department confirmed that the two people killed were aboard one aircraft and said responders did not have a chance to provide medical treatment. Police did not identify which plane they were in, but the operator of the Cessna —AeroGuard, a commercial flight training school — said its two pilots were not injured. Neither plane was based out of the Marana airport, the city said. The municipal fire department helped extinguish flames, said Marana police Sgt. Vincent Rizzi. AeroGuard spokesperson Matt Panichas declined to comment on specifics of the collision but said it's working closely with the investigative agencies. 'We are deeply saddened by the two fatalities from this tragic accident, and our thoughts and prayers are with their families and loved ones during this difficult time,' Panichas said in a statement to The Associated Press. The collision came more than a week after a plane crash in Scottsdale killed one of two pilots of a private jet owned by Mötley Crüe singer Vince Neil. That aircraft veered off a runway and hit a business jet. It also followed four major aviation disasters that have occurred in North America in the last month. The most recent involved a Delta jet that flipped on its roof while landing in Toronto and the deadly crash of a commuter plane in Alaska. In late January, 67 people were killed in a midair collision in Washington, D.C., involving an American Airlines passenger jet and an Army helicopter, marking the United States' deadliest aviation disaster since 2001. Just a day later, a medical transport jet with a child patient, her mother and four others aboard crashed into a Philadelphia neighborhood, exploding in a fireball that engulfed several homes. That crash killed seven people, including all those aboard, and injured 19 others.
