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IATA calls for end to in-flight distancing measures but no bathroom queues
May 19, 2020 - 3:00 PM

The trade association for the world's major airlines is proposing a range of measures aimed at relaunching the global air travel industry — including an end to in-flight physical distancing rules — that run counter to the established policies of Canadian carriers and the federal government.
Surge in airline hiring boosts interest in aspiring pilots
March 15, 2018 - 6:04 AM

DALLAS - Major U.S. airlines are hiring pilots at a rate not seen since before 9-11, and that is encouraging more young people to consider a career in the cockpit.
An Afghan woman goes from refugee to military pilot
December 07, 2016 - 4:24 AM

KABUL - From a childhood as a refugee, Capt. Safia Ferozi is now flying a transport plane for Afghanistan's air force as the country's second female pilot, a sign of the efforts to bring more women into the armed forces.
Malia Obama to take gap year before entering Harvard in 2017
May 01, 2016 - 12:44 PM

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama's daughter Malia will take a year off after graduating high school in June before enrolling at Harvard University in 2017, a year later than had been widely expected, the president and his wife said in a long-awaited announcement Sunday.
Sick on a plane? Odds are good that there's a doctor on board and you'll be fine, study finds
May 29, 2013 - 2:35 PM

Is there a doctor on board? Surprisingly often, there is — in half of in-flight medical emergencies — and sick airline passengers almost always survive, a new study finds.
Simulation laboratory a cutting-edge tool in training surgeons to be
July 09, 2012 - 2:33 PM

TORONTO - It's a pivotal event that comes in the education of all would-be surgeons. At some point, medical students who plan to make a career of opening up and fixing other human beings have to make that first cut.
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Lifestyle News

IATA calls for end to in-flight distancing measures but no bathroom queues

Surge in airline hiring boosts interest in aspiring pilots

An Afghan woman goes from refugee to military pilot

Malia Obama to take gap year before entering Harvard in 2017

Sick on a plane? Odds are good that there's a doctor on board and you'll be fine, study finds

Simulation laboratory a cutting-edge tool in training surgeons to be

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