NEW YORK – Every few months, a pilot somewhere in the world is stopped before a jet takes off because of suspicion of drunkenness. It makes headlines and gives nervous travelers another reason to ...

A "pilot deviation" occurs when a pilot violates any of a certain set of rules outlined by the Federal Aviation Administration, something they want to avoid.

DAVID MARIA, GOOD EVENING. UNTIL ABOUT EIGHT YEARS AGO, THERE WERE BASICALLY NO RULES. DRONE TECHNOLOGY TOOK OFF A LOT FASTER THAN GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS COULD KEEP UP. AND THEN IN 2016, THEY LAID ...

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Federal Aviation Administration will revisit a decision to exempt cargo airlines from new rules to prevent pilot fatigue, saying it made “errors” in cost calculations used to ...

WASHINGTON -- The government told passenger airlines Wednesday they'll have to do more to ensure pilots aren't too tired to fly, nearly three years after the deadly western New York crash of a ...

Days from now, some pilots could be packing heat behind the reinforced cockpit door of airliners filled with screened passengers, X-rayed baggage and, occasionally, an armed air marshal. After months ...