From Cockpit to Court: Delta Pilot Gets Foot Stuck in Moving Walkway at Denver Airport and Sues This post contains references to products from one or more of our advertisers. We may receive compensation when you click on links to those products. For an explanation of our… Johnny Jet , February 5, 2024
What Do Pilots Pack When They Travel? This post contains references to products from one or more of our advertisers. We may receive compensation when you click on links to those products. For an explanation of our… Spencer Marker , January 14, 2024
Airline Pilot Shares 6 Tips For Surviving the Holiday Travel Rush To most folks, the joy of the holiday season means spending quality time with family and friends. However, for many people, the holidays also mean trudging to the airport and… Spencer Marker , December 12, 2023
Bravo: American Airlines Captain Turns PA Into a TED Talk That Every Passenger Needs to Hear This post contains references to products from one or more of our advertisers. We may receive compensation when you click on links to those products. For an explanation of our… Johnny Jet , August 7, 2023
How Do Pilots Identify and Avoid Areas of Turbulence? In our Ask a Pilot series, pilot Spencer Marker answers aviation-related questions. You can check out past installments here. In this column, Spencer talks about turbulence: what it is, how… Spencer Marker , December 19, 2022
Southwest Investigating Pilot’s Anti-Biden Insult During Flight On Saturday, I wrote that something is really up at Southwest and American, after both Texas-based airlines had widespread delays and cancelations while their competitors didn’t. FYI: That trend is… Johnny Jet , November 1, 2021
Ask a Pilot with Spencer: What Does “Heavy” Mean? In our Ask a Pilot series, pilot Spencer Marker answers one of your aviation-related questions each week. See past installments here and submit your own to Whitney@johnnyjet.com. The big travel… Spencer Marker , February 21, 2021
Flight Attendants and Pilots to Watch on YouTube Yesterday, I wrote about the travel gadget that flight attendants never leave home without. As I mentioned in that post, because I’ve got a lot more time on my hands… Johnny Jet , October 20, 2020
Ask a Pilot with Spencer: Who Decides a Flight’s Route? In our Ask a Pilot series, pilot Spencer Marker answers one of your aviation-related questions each week (picking up this week after a short baby-related break). See past installments here… Spencer Marker , June 6, 2019
Ask a Pilot with Spencer: What Dictates an Airport’s Runway Layout? In our Ask a Pilot series, pilot Spencer Marker answers one of your aviation-related questions each week (picking up this week after a short baby-related break). See past installments here… Spencer Marker , April 10, 2019
Ask a Pilot with Spencer: What’s Up with Cockpit Windows? In our Ask a Pilot series, pilot Spencer Marker answers one of your aviation-related questions each week (picking up this week after a short baby-related break). See past installments here… Spencer Marker , April 3, 2019
Ask a Pilot with Spencer: Why Do Pilots Have to “Reset the System”? In our Ask a Pilot series, pilot Spencer Marker answers one of your aviation-related questions each week (picking up this week after a short baby-related break). See past installments here… Spencer Marker , March 26, 2019
Video: What It’s Like to Go Through Flight Training As our own Spencer Marker has written, commercial airline pilots must go through a lengthy initial training process and later “complete yearly recurrent training in order to keep [their] skills… Johnny Jet , January 21, 2019
Travel Book of the Week: “3 Feet to the Left: A New Captain’s Journey from Pursuit to Perspective” My buddy Brett Snyder from Cranky Flier just recommended a new aviation book titled “3 Feet to the Left: A New Captain’s Journey from Pursuit to Perspective” by Korry Franke. The… Johnny Jet , October 15, 2018
Video: Pilot Breaks Down in Tears on His Last Flight “Captain Rizalino Irizari had been flying from Davao to Cebu City in the Philippines last Saturday morning,” writes MSN.com, “a day before his 67th birthday. The flight had been delayed… Johnny Jet , August 21, 2018