Airline pilots making in-flight errors say they're 'rusty' because of pandemic [Los Angeles Times]
Airline pilots making in-flight errors say they’re ‘rusty’ because of pandemic [Los Angeles Times] A pilot preparing to pull a passenger jet away from an airport gate forgot to disengage the parking brake, damaging a part of a towing vehicle that was trying to pull the plane to the runway. Another pilot had so much trouble landing a passenger jet on a windy day that it took three tries before the plane touched down successfully. In another incident, the first officer forgot to turn on the anti-icing mechanism that ensures the altitude and airspeed sensors on the outside of the plane are...