During the Great Recession a dozen years ago, smaller communities in the US lost aircraft departures at a rate five times greater than losses at larger airports. US Editor Chuck Weirauch outlines the regional airlines status and outlook.
Try this combination: (1) learning a new airplane, (2) adapting to a new way of flying, (3) limited ATC and other resources (4) managing crew risk in a pandemic, and (5) navigating through the smoke of massive wildfires. Regional airline training veteran Paul Preidecker describes his new career flying on-call medical missions.