From assumptions about who’s in the cockpit to what their schedules look like at home, myths about aviation persist.

“Ground crew, maintenance personnel, or dispatchers may need to enter the cockpit to deliver paperwork, update flight plans, ...

Cockpit doors are required to stay closed during flight according to federal regulations. But there's a reason pilots leave ...

Southwest Airlines debuted its first plane with a secondary cockpit barrier on Friday, Aug. 29. The new safety feature creates a secured area when pilots need to exit the cockpit during flight.

A Delta Air Lines plane aborted its takeoff Wednesday morning after a window came open in the cockpit. Delta Flight 2261, a ...

Honeywell Aerospace engineers developed a "surface alert system" that gives pilots two aural warnings when they are 15 and 30 ...

Southwest Airlines is the first U.S. carrier to introduce the new security device. Here's what passengers should expect.

As a Boeing 757 aircraft prepared to land, an audio alert started blaring in the cockpit: "Traffic on runway! Traffic on ...

Coming from a long line of pilots, Maj. Turner says his first time behind the yoke was when he was under a year old, and he’s ...

Joseph Emerson, an off-duty pilot who attempted to cut fuel to engines during a flight carrying 84 people, accepted plea ...

Clip One// A-10 Thunderbolt II assigned to the A-10 Demonstration team, F-16 Viper assigned to the Viper Demo team and a WWII era P-51 Mustang perform a heritage flight over Sumter, South Carolina, ...

The Chinese airliner was forced to divert to Chengdu. No one was seriously hurt. A Chinese airliner was forced to divert to Chengdu on Monday after a front windshield broke, injuring two crew members, ...