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This is Twenty One Pilots in its purest form. Opener “City Walls” is a five-minute litmus test, with gigantic “oh-woah” hooks, soaring choruses, fuzzy bass tones, overdriven drums, and yes, rapping. It’s also pure fan service; the deeply ludicrous $1 million music video frequently calls back to past work and the song itself interpolates their single “Holding on to You.” …

A United Express flight from Aspen to Houston ran into severe turbulence while flying over Texas. Flight data shows the plane dropped 4,000 ft in less than a minute before stabilizing. The pilots declared an emergency before diverting the flight and landing the aircraft safely in Austin. The extent of injuries suffered by any passengers onboard is not clear at …

Army Pilots Might Have Struggled to See Passenger Jet Before D.C. Crash  The New York Times How a fragile aviation system led to disaster near Washington  Politico NTSB hearing reveals air traffic controllers should have warned passenger plane about helicopter before collision, but didn’t  CNN Key takeaways from 3-day hearing on deadly D.C. midair collision  CBS News ‘This should have never happened’: DC crash …

Pilots for Army Black Hawk Discussed Changing Course Before Crash  The New York Times Less than a second before hitting a passenger jet, helicopter instructor told pilot to change course, NTSB hearing reveals  CNN Helicopter in deadly DC airport collision had faulty altitude gauge, NTSB says  BBC NTSB hearing: Army helicopter’s location system wasn’t working before deadly D.C. plane crash  The Washington Post NTSB …

Spirit Airlines to furlough 270 pilots, demote 140 more on downsized schedule  Reuters Spirit Airlines to furlough 270 pilots, demote more than 100 others as it prepares to cut flights  CNBC Spirit Airlines to Furlough 270 Pilots as It Reduces Flight Schedule  Bloomberg.com Spirit Airlines to furlough 270 pilots in restructuring plan  USA Today Spirit to Furlough Over 250 Pilots  AirlineGeeks.com Source link

Facebook Tweet Email Link Reuters  —  Spirit Airlines said on Monday that it will furlough about 270 pilots while demoting another 140, as the cash-strapped budget carrier looks to scale down its workforce to match a downsized schedule. The furloughs will go into effect on November 1, while designation downgrades for captains will take place on October 1, the company …

A Spirit Airlines Airbus A320 taxis at Los Angeles International Airport after arriving from Boston on September 1, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. Kevin Carter | Getty Images News | Getty Images Spirit Airlines said Monday that it will furlough 270 pilots this fall as the carrier prepares for a smaller off-season schedule to try to find its financial footing. …