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A Dassault Falcon Jet Employee says "Place is shady to work for."

From Dassault Falcon Jet Employee (Past Employee - 2010) Rating 1.0 out of 5 Fri, 10 May 2013 Pros As long as you did your work they left you alone Cons Management is looking to hire their friends and will look past the rest. Advice to Senior Management Get rid of management and start over. Add a Comment

American reopens job posting for flight attendant positions

Flight attendants wanted. American Airlines re-opened its flight attendant job posting on Friday as it expects to add 1,500 new flight attendants this year. The carrier had previously accepted flight attendant applications in November and over 20,000 job applicants submitted their resume in less than a week. "Our focus remains on finding great people that can deliver the level of service our customers expect of the new American," the carrier said ...

Six Exclamations You Never Want to Hear in the Cockpit Six Exclamations You Never Want to Hear in the Cockpit

6. Weve lost the cabin Southwest Flight 812 was climbing through 34,000 feet when there was the sound of an explosion and the oxygen masks dropped. The pilots, recognising a rapid decompression, immediately began a descent. A 5-foot by 1-foot (152cm by 30cm) tear in the fuselage skin opened the aircraft right up and the flight crew had no idea what was happening in the back. As they descended, they declared an emergency with the chilling words, W ...

Judge officially approves American-US Airways merger

The signed court document from U.S. bankruptcy judge Sean Lane that approves the American Airlines-US Airways merger was filed on Friday. The court order finalizes Lane's ruling at a March 27 hearing to approve the merger agreement with the exception of American chief executive Tom Horton's $20 million pay package. "Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Order, for the reasons stated by the Court in the Decision, the American CEO Letter ...

On This Day in Aviation History On This Day in Aviation History

1909 Birth ofValentina Stepanovna Grizodubova, one of the first female pilots in theSoviet Unionand aWorld War IIpilot. 1913 First bombing attack against asurface ship Didier Massonand Captain Joaqun Bauche Alcalde, flying for Mexican RevolutionistVenustiano Carranza, dropped dynamite bombs on Federalist gunboats atGuaymas, Mexico. 1961 A Convair B-58 Hustler (shown above) cruises at a speed of 1,302 mph and wins the Blriot Trophy after becoming ...

Citation Latitude: first prototype to be built Citation Latitude: first prototype to be built

Cessna is expecting to see a first flight and the start of trial campaigns for its Citation Latitude in early 2014, and has begun the production of the first parts to be used to build the aircraft prototype. Their production was begun following a long period of engineering, analysis and modeling so that the manufacturing and metal-cutting tools could be made. Cessna indicated that it was on schedule for the creation of its first prototype, and is ...

A Lineage for China A Lineage for China

At the ABACE (Asian Business Aviation Conference Exhibition) show, Embraer revealed that it had sold a Lineage 1000 in the Chinese market for a customer whose identity has not been revealed. The aircraft will be delivered by the manufacturer in May this year. This new order has been an opportunity for Embraer to establish its presence in a small way on this market of the future. Since its launch of the range in 2004, the Brazilian aviator has alr ...

EASA and FAA Certification for the Falcon 2000S and 2000LXS EASA and FAA Certification for the Falcon 2000S and 2000LXS

Dassault recently reached a significant milestone during its most recent two flagship programmes, the Falcon 2000S and the Falcon 2000LXS. The two aircraft, launched in 2011 and 2012 respectively, received their certification from the European authorities (the EASA) and the American authorities (FAA) just a few days apart. The manufacturers catalogue presently features four aircraft the Falcon 2000S, the 2000LXS, the 900LX and the Falcon 7X. The ...

Learjet 75 Aircraft Set for World Debut at EBACE 2013

Back to all Press Releases May 10, 2013 Montral Aerospace Bombardier Aerospace announced today that just one year after launching the Learjet 70 and Learjet 75 aircraft, it is returning to this years edition of EBACE with the first production Learjet 75 jet. Alongside the debutante will be three additional class-leading jets. The Challenger 300 , Challenger 605 and Global 6000 aircraft will all be on display from May 21 May 23, 2013 in Geneva, Sw ...

American agrees to pay $24.9 million to settle FAA safety claims

American Airlines has agreed to pay the Federal Aviation Administration $24.9 million to settle $162 million in safety claims made by the agency. According to bankruptcy documents filed on Thursday, American agrees to also perform additional training of its maintenance personnel and increase its oversight of third-party maintenance providers. "This settlement recognizes the many changes, including enhancements to our maintenance and engineering p ...