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...American pilots believe the so-called regional jets will really be used to fly longer routes that would normally be flown by American Airlines pilots and that the Eagle pilots, who are represented by another union, the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA), will continue their encroachment on APA's turf. "The term regional jet is a misnomer," says Captain Rich Rubin, 47, who pilots a wide-body 767 on long-haul routes out of Miami. "It is a long-range, high-performance jet that flies at Mach .81 at 40,000 ft., like a 767. It will deprive...
American doesn't quite see that as a problem and contends it can't afford to let APA members fly the regional jets. Says American Airlines spokesman Chris Chiames: "We would be at such a disadvantage, we could not compete. The trend in the industry is to move to the regional jet, but this jet is not flown by the majors." The small jets are now flown by the likes of Comair, Delta's commuter affiliate, and Northwest Airlink, both of which have pay scales like American Eagle...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: An Air Force review of an uncomfortably close encounter between an F-16 and a passenger jet preparing to land at JFK airport in New York has concluded that the military air traffic controller was responsible for the incident. While the Nations Air flight had been cleared by civilian controllers to approach JFK, military air traffic control failed to inform the F-16 pilot that the airliner was in the area. While the F-16 pilot?s commander quickly instructed him to veer away from the airliner, Air Force officials so far have no plans to reprimand...
...skies off the New Jersey and Maryland coasts, F-16 jet fighters came so close to passenger-carrying planes that the Air Force grounded all such flights along the East coast until procedures are checked to ensure public safety. Both incidents involved the Air National Guard's part-time military pilots whose missions include coastal defense...
...flew from Puerto Rico to New York City's J.F.K. airport. Although the airliner's pilot did not see either F-16 (he learned of their stealthy approach via the blaring alarm of his onboard collision-avoidance system), one of the jets (flown by a male pilot) apparently hugged the airliner's tail for two minutes, while his female partner loitered farther away. Among the 84 people onboard, two flight attendants and a passenger were slightly hurt when they were thrown to the floor during the 727's evasive maneuvers, in which the pilot made sharp, 4,000-ft. changes...