On the Fly …

Donations cover slow-taxiing pilot’s lost pay …Spanair flaps didn’t deploy, warning didn’t work …Prince William will fly Apaches.

More than $7,500 in donations were collected to cover the lost pay of an American Airlines pilot suspended for allegedly taxiing too slow. A supervisor pilot was taxiing behind him and initiated the suspension for what he said was the other pilot's failure to clear a runway fast enough ...

A leaked report says the flaps on a Spanair MD-82 that crashed on takeoff in Madrid last month were not in the takeoff position. The report also said a cockpit warning that should have alerted the pilots did not work ...

Prince William will follow in the footsteps of his uncle, Prince Andrew, and fly a military helicopter. William will be deployed on Apache attack helicopters.