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| FAA can end ACS logjam, groups say |
| The FAA can get back to its long-stalled effort to publish new airman certification standards, now that the Department of Transportation has removed obstacles that froze the project in 2019, aviation groups told FAA Administrator Steve Dickson. The groups urged the FAA April 1 to make the publication of ACS volumes an agency priority.
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| United Airlines plans to open flight school in hiring push |
| United Airlines began accepting applications for its flight academy on April 6, part of a push to hire 10,000 pilots by 2030. The airline acquired a flight school in 2020 but had to postpone training because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The company has also said it will start hiring pilots again, starting with 300 candidates whose hiring process was halted by the pandemic, according to CNBC.
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| AME guidance released for pilots who have had COVID-19 |
| The FAA on March 26 released much-anticipated guidance to aviation medical examiners about how to handle medical certificate applications from pilots and air traffic control specialists who have had confirmed cases of COVID-19. As long as the pilot or ATC specialist is otherwise qualified, an AME can issue a medical certificate when the person who had a confirmed case of COVID-19 has fully recovered and was asymptomatic or had a mild infection, had a prolonged infection but was not hospitalized, or was hospitalized but did not require intensive care.
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| Simulated clouds in real aircraft |
| A Wisconsin National Guard helicopter pilot with a degree in aeronautical engineering has created a simple device that could dramatically improve training, priming every pilot who uses it to transition without hesitation to basic attitude instrument control. The Icarus attaches to a helmet or visor, and features a face shield with variable opacity that is under another pilot's control.
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