Tag Archive: pilot

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29/09/2015 Nicole Williams Blog

How to pack for a weekend trip

Packing always seems like a daunting task, especially when you are packing for what seems like a simple weekend trip; but as always, nothing is as easy as it seems. Did you forget your toothbrush? What about your deodorant? Those two are among the top 5 things forgotten the most when packing for a trip,…

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13/08/2015 Nicole Williams Blog

Congress trying to Re-regulate Airlines

A hot topic this week is Congress once-again attempt to re-regulate airlines. While some are in favor of their suggested regulations, claiming the impact would be in the favor of the consumer, not everyone agrees. In this blog we will touch on some of the main points because at the end of the day, we…

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23/06/2015 Nicole Williams Blog

Do Flight Simulators make a better Pilot?

It is common for airlines and schools to use flight simulators to train their future pilots. Flight simulators have even become popular is larger areas of the aviation industry, such as commercial training, NASA, and more. Even with the progress made through flight simulators the industry is currently seeing a decline in the purchase of…

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05/05/2015 Nicole Williams Blog

Avatar Airlines plan to keep us guessing

Avatar Airline is coming back in a whole new way…or at least that’s the impression you will get with their new indiegogo campaign to get them back up in the air! They are claiming to bring back the airline that will offer “50% or less in airline fees, no baggage fees, free wi-fi, and more”! Basically…

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28/04/2015 Nicole Williams Blog

Airline customer service is changing

Recently USA Today wrote that airline customer satisfaction was up, but industry ranks low. Would you say you are satisfied with your airline customer service? Recently I had a friend from Washington, D.C. visit me in Florida. She is from Africa and normally flies internationally so this would have been her first flight traveling within…

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31/03/2015 Nicole Williams Blog

Tips on how NOT to be an anxious flyer

When flying was first invented one of the key concerns was safety, particularly the safety of passengers. Those concerns were put to rest for the majority once the design of planes became these phenomenal luxury means of travel. Unfortunately in the past ten or so years flight safety  and anxiousness have once again become the major concern…

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03/03/2015 Nicole Williams Blog

Airline safety and you equals questions

I don’t know if anyone else has noticed but there has been a lot of safety issues these past few weeks. First there was the letter issued by United to their pilots regarding some issues. Then there was news about Southwest missing inspections on over 100 of their airplanes. All this to come after Malaysia…

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17/02/2015 Nicole Williams Blog

Sadiq Gillani’s future of airlines

Sadiq Gillani is the senior vice president at Lufthansa Group, where he is responsible for developing the group’s direction in corporate strategy, portfolio strategy, innovation and business development. You can see more about Sadiq Gillani’s background here. He is also a lecturer at Stanford GSB and a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda…

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03/02/2015 Nicole Williams Blog

5 Things every Aviation Geek should do

If you love aviation, whether you work in the industry or not, we have created a list of 5 things every aviation geek should do! Add them to your bucket list, plan to do them this year, or just make sure you get it done before you die; either way you won’t want to miss…

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27/01/2015 Nicole Williams Blog

Why are airlines cutting back and still making money?

If you are familiar with Spirit Airlines then you should already know where I’m heading with this article. Why are airlines who have a reputation for bad customer service and cramped airplanes, like Spirit Airlines, still one of the most profitable airlines in the US? And why are we still flying on these airlines? More…

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