by Jim Campbell | Feb 9, 2026 | Aviation, News, Transportation
Cuba Says It Will Run Out of Jet Fuel As Soon As Tuesday Air Canada says it is suspending service to Cuba effective Monday as the Caribbean island’s major airport warns it will run out of jet fuel.In an official notice to airmen (NOTAM) posted to the Federal...
by Jim Campbell | Feb 9, 2026 | Aviation, News, Transportation
Airline Emerges From a Poorly Managed Weather Crisis and Financial Quarrels The CEO of American Airlines has caved, agreeing to meet face-to-face with the airline’s pilots’ union over concerns regarding the company’s operational reliability and...
by Jim Campbell | Feb 8, 2026 | Aviation, News, Transportation
Bankrupt Airline Left to Bounce Between ORD’s Common Gates Spirit Airlines is officially out of the gate-owning side of operations at Chicago O’Hare (ORD), sacrificing its final two preferential-use gates to United in exchange for $30.2 million. This...
by Jim Campbell | Feb 8, 2026 | Aviation, News, Transportation
Part 141 School Will Accept Private Pilots To Join Instrument Rating Phase Of Training A Florida airline academy is now accepting students who hold a FAA Private Pilot Certificate (PPL) onto its FAA Part 141 program, allowing them to join training at the instrument...
by Jim Campbell | Feb 8, 2026 | Aviation, News, Transportation
Air-Traffic-Control Trainee Failure Rate One Aspect Of Review The Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Inspector General has launched an audit of the FAA Controller Training Academy in Oklahoma City to reviews delays in training enough air traffic...
by Jim Campbell | Feb 8, 2026 | Aviation, News, Transportation
Will The Organization Survive Its Own Dishonesty? The AOPA issues that blew up last week have turned into a full-fledged scandal… with former CEO Darren Pleasance now confirmed as having been fired despite the blatantly false narrative published by AOPA and its...
