Markus Wahl has been named as the new president of Germany’s pilot union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) after previous president Martin Locher resigned in a surprise move.

A senior official with Airlines for America (A4A) defended the airline industry’s record on emissions reduction before the US Congress, saying that the proposed Green New Deal’s (GND) call to replace air travel with high-speed rail ignores progress carriers have made toward increasing fuel efficiency and developing new technology.

Searchers on Feb. 26 recovered human remains from the scene of the Atlas Air flight 3591 crash, but flight-data recorders still had not been found three days after the Boeing 767-300 dived steeply into a marsh in Trinity Bay, Texas, according to witness reports.

As the industry is assigning an increasing importance to manual piloting skills, regional turboprop manufacturer ATR has received a certification for the use of a full flight simulator in stall recovery training.

Three members of Oregon’s congressional delegation are urging the comptroller general of the US to consider the impact of an “arbitrary” provision from the 2012 FAA Modernization and Reform Act that they say has jeopardized funding to rural airports across the country.