Sentences with phrase «as flight crew»

His daughter Kirstie Turner will remain as Ground Operations Manager, while son James continues as flight crew on the Citation Bravos and also FBO manager.

Central to this facility is an advanced sampling platform, the Grumman Gulfstream I (G - 1), as well as its flight crew, technical and engineering support staff and state - of - the - art instrumentation.

Not exact matches

A bit more than hundred years ago, before the plane was invented, there was simply no such job as pilot, flight attendant or ground crew.

Though Americans might not see AirAsia or Firefly's uniforms as particularly revealing, female flight crew members feature prominently in AirAsia's marketing materials.

As one pilot explained to me, not backing them up «would cause massive issues for the lines of communication among the crew and diminishes the already fragile authority flight attendants have over passengers.»

The twin - engine Bombardier CRJ700, operated as a United Express commuter flight from Aspen to Denver, made a normal landing at about 2:20 p.m. local time and was on the taxiway before the flight crew was alerted to the fire electronically, SkyWest spokeswoman Marissa Snow said.

As Microsoft noted in a Tuesday blog post, people are already using HoloLens for training flight crews and aircraft mechanics.

SpaceX, along with Boeing (ba), also has a contract with NASA to fly astronauts to the International Space Station as part of the «Commercial Crew» program, with the first crucial test flight slated for the second quarter.

«We tend to have a culture where... people don't generally speak up,» said Jason Tan, a former Singapore Airlines flight attendant who works as a consultant training cabin crews in Asia and the Middle East.

A Korean Air Lines Co executive, whose dismay over the way she was served macadamia nuts led to a plane returning to its gate to expel the cabin crew chief, has stepped down as head of in - flight service, the airline said on Tuesday.

Weaks» statement refers to a technological glitch that forced Southwest to cancel 700 flights just last week, as well as «chaotic crew scheduling» during the summer and the holidays when flight volumes tend to increase.

The incident occurred on March 14 at Entebbe International Airport as the Emirates crew prepared Flight EK730, a Boeing 777 - 300ER, for boarding.

Instructor Profile: Joined the civil aviation industry as a cabin crew member with Adria Airways in 1997 and stayed with the airline for 20 years holding several position as Flight Ops Officer, Station Manager, Ground Ops Manager and Facilitation & Aviation Security Manager.

Salaries and wages for flight crews increased significantly as a result of the competitive marketplace for talent and increasing seniority of our pilots and inflight teammates.

As SpaceX and Boeing race to begin test flights of their crew - rated vehicles by year - end 2018, all eyes are on the commercial launch providers ---- and what their success will mean for the American entrepreneurial space industry.

Assuming that all crewed commercial test flights proceed according to schedule, this could be seen as a valuable foundational period for a fledgling industry.

Furthermore, the crew offered me no in - flight assistance, repeatedly failed to serve me meals, and I even had to take my daughter to the toilet with me as there was nowhere else to put her.

Unite, which represents BA's cabin crew, had pledged not to strike over the Easter break as it continues to resist a pay freeze and staff cuts on long - haul flights.

The flight crew, she added, did nothing as Kokito barked.

As the city hailed the flight crew involved in the near - miraculous water landing of a jetliner and lauded the rescuers of its passengers from the frigid Hudson River, state officials...

The moon flight is scheduled to launch afterSpaceX flies NASA astronautsto the International Space Station as a part of the Commercial Crew Program.

Veteran astronaut Andy Thomas, a crew member on this year's inaugural flight of the reengineered space shuttle, says that stars from dry, unpolluted earthly locations look as good as or better than they do through the shuttle's glass view port.

The first crewed flight for SLS and Orion would be in 2021 or 2022 as part of this mission, which the agency sees as a step towards a human mission to Mars in the 2030s.

NASA's new software algorithm will make real - time adjustments as the vehicle pushes toward space, helping improve performance and enhancing crew safety in the particularly stressful parts of the flight.

«A crew itinerary is called pairing, which is constructed by a set of duties, consisting of a number of flights, with sit - time and rest period in between as needed, according to the regulations,» the authors explain.

From NASA: «NASA's Commercial Crew astronauts Doug Hurney, Eric Boe, Bob Behnken, and Suni Williams are working closely with Boeing and SpaceX this year as each company works toward flight tests.»

NASA currently envisions the first two SLS flights, EM - 1 and 2, as part of the agency's Asteroid Initiative mission proposal, which aims to robotically redirect a small Near - Earth Asteroid into orbit around the Moon by the end of the decade, to be later visited by human crews.

For one thing, they penetrate commercial airlines, dosing passengers and flight crews so much that pilots are classified as occupational radiation workers.

GAO cites the CCP program manager as explaining that its analysis is based not only on statements from the companies, but takes into account that the companies «are aggressive and use their schedule dates to motivate their teams» and «assume an efficiency factor in getting to the crewed flight test that NASA does not factor into its analysis.»

Four astronauts training for test flights with NASA's Commercial Crew program joined the festivities at Space Launch Complex 41 Thursday morning as one of the highest steel beams was placed on the Crew Access Tower during a «topping off» ceremony with United Launch Alliance,

Kelly was a backup crew member for the station's Expedition 23/24, where Kornienko served as a flight engineer.

If everything goes according to plan, the first commercial flight will be a watershed moment as it will mark the first time that a private company has provided the U.S.» space agency with crew transportation services.

The day before the hearing, NASA Acting Administrator Robert Lightfoot announced that he had requested an internal NASA study to assess the feasibility of launching a crew on the first SLS / Orion flight instead of waiting for the second launch as currently planned.

As for the safety of commercial crew flights, Michael Lopez - Alegria of the Commercial Spaceflight Federation (CSF) said CSF agrees that «the principle that NASA should have the final say so in safety is key.»

Even if crewed flights begin in early 2018 (which is unlikely), the ISS may very well stop being operated as a NASA - supported outpost as early as 2024 and may cease operating altogether by 2028.

NASA provided money across several commercial crew contracts to help fund Dragon's development, as its primary customer was intended to be NASA cargo flights to the International Space Station.

The date of the first SLS flight is yet to be determined as the agency discusses the possibility of including a crew on that maiden voyage.

NASA's Commercial Crew Program, which will employ private contractors to transport astronauts to the International Space Station, has taken a step closer to crewed flights as the two prime contractors conduct the latest round of tests of their spacecraft parachute systems.

I pack an empty water bottle and ask the crew to fill it up for me as soon as I board the flight with mineral water.

American audiences are probably most familiar with Ronald Fraser's performance as Sergeant Watson, one of the gutsier members of Jimmy Stewart's ill - fated airplane crew in Flight of the Phoenix (1965).

After a refueling stop in Yemen, they force the plane to Entebbe, Uganda, and bring the 250 - plus hostages, including some 84 Israelis and the Air France crew (Dennis Menochet is perhaps the performance MVP as the flight engineer), into a sealed - off area of the terminal building.

The comedy about the crew and passengers on discount Jackpot Airlines» weekend jaunts from [see title] and back starred Dylan McDermott as kooky Captain Dave and UnREAL alumna Kim Matula as Ronnie, the level - headed flight attendant who miraculously keeps her wacky friends, er, grounded.

Per Deadline, Bloodline «s Kyle Chandler will star as astronaut Deke Slayton, who was one of the original Mercury Seven astronauts and later became NASA's Director of Flight Crew Operations.

Among the passengers were the majority of the Marshall University football team (known as the Thundering Herd), along with many of the coaching staff (including head coach Rick Tolley), as well as some of the boosters, and the flight crew.

Crew members on the Chinese icebreaker Xue Long scanned the southern Indian Ocean on Wednesday as they assisted in the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.

It required both flight crew training and the specific training for back ups, such as working as a member of a ground operational team in the Payload Control Center.

In January 2018, the carriers filing on - time performance data reported that 20.38 percent of their flights were delayed — 5.30 percent of their flights were delayed by aviation system delays, compared to 5.58 percent in December; 6.16 percent by late - arriving aircraft, compared to 6.72 percent in December; 4.93 percent by factors within the airline's control, such as maintenance or crew problems, compared to 5.46 percent in December; 0.72 percent by extreme weather, compared to 0.56 percent in December; and 0.04 percent for security reasons, compared to 0.05 percent in December.

In December 2017, the carriers filing on - time performance data reported that 19.73 percent of their flights were delayed — 5.58 percent of their flights were delayed by aviation system delays, compared to 3.60 percent in November; 6.72 percent by late - arriving aircraft, compared to 3.89 percent in November; 5.46 percent by factors within the airline's control, such as maintenance or crew problems, compared to 3.61 percent in November; 0.56 percent by extreme weather, compared to 0.16 percent in November; and 0.05 percent for security reasons, compared to 0.04 percent in November.

In March, the carriers filing on - time performance data reported that 5.70 percent of their flights were delayed by aviation system delays, compared to 6.92 percent in February; 8.09 percent by late - arriving aircraft, compared to 9.09 percent in February; 6.11 percent by factors within the airline's control, such as maintenance or crew problems, compared to 6.78 percent in February; 0.39 percent by extreme weather, compared to 0.74 percent in February; and 0.02 percent for security reasons, equal to 0.02 percent in February.

In June, the carriers filing on - time performance data reported that 4.83 percent of their flights were delayed by aviation system delays, compared to 4.75 percent in May; 6.98 percent by late - arriving aircraft, compared to 5.56 percent in May; 5.62 percent by factors within the airline's control, such as maintenance or crew problems, compared to 4.59 percent in May; 0.50 percent by extreme weather, compared to 0.58 percent in May; and 0.04 percent for security reasons, compared to 0.03 percent in May.