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Consolidation of the airline industry continues as Southwest Airline (SWA) enters the fray with a bid for Frontier. SWA just doubled down on their aggressive move into the Denver market. If their bid for Frontier is accepted this will be a much tougher merger than their past acquisitions.

A huge pilot shortage is looming, especially for the small Commuter or Regional Airlines. Recently proposed crew rest requirements will drive a need to hire more pilots. Pending legislation will slash the available pool of Federally Qualified Part 121 (scheduled carrier) airline pilots.

Southwest Airline has put in a counter-bid to buy Frontier Airline….more later.

I found this article on the back pages of ATW; it details airspeed problems on Air France Flight 1905. The problems were again associated with the pitot system of an Airbus. However there was a very significant data point: it was a 320 not a 330/340 series aircraft.

I love competition! So I’m having a contest for the most creative review of the sample chapter I’m Twittering of my novel. The winner gets a signed hard bound copy of Project Seven Alpha, American Airlines in Burma 1942. I also love simplicity; so you can leave the review on Facebook, Twitter [...]

Or is it tweeting? Anyway; I thought I’d try something new. On Saturday I will start sending a chapter of my novel one sentence at a time via Twitter. To read along click here for the site and register to follow pilotPOV .

It only took 19 years. The NTSB started pushing pilot fatigue issues in 1990, no action was taken. After the Colgan Air incident in Buffalo, the FAA and Congress got onboard, now it appears airline executives are as well. ATW (Air Transport World) is an industry magazine for managers and airline insiders; [...]