Sentence examples for left pilots from inspiring English sources

The vote left pilots, who rejected a tentative contract this month, as American's only major work group that has not reached consensual deals with givebacks.

The Sept. 11 hijackings have left pilots wanting more knowledge about activity in the passenger cabin, without stepping through their newly fortified doors.

The F.A.A. also faces questions over why it approved limited training procedures for the Boeing jet, which left pilots unfamiliar with new software in the plane.

One area of focus is whether the training procedures on Boeing's jet, greenlighted by the Federal Aviation Administration, left pilots unprepared to deal with new software on the plane.

And he said the current crisis, which has led to about 1,000 canceled flights in five days, was the result of a shoestring communications system that left pilots and flight attendants in the dark, and an undersize reservation system.

The increasing sophistication of planes has in some circumstances left pilots even more susceptible when things go wrong: when readings have not tallied or the controls don't function as they should.

AF447 was lost after a sequence of events in which sensors failed, causing the autopilot to be disabled, and changing the aircraft's control system to a mode that left pilot and co-pilot hopelessly confused, as chillingly captured by the flight recorders: "We completely lost control of the airplane, and we don't understand anything!

Its failure could leave pilots exposed to the harsh Arctic environment as they await rescue.

The opening episode, "Pilot Error," explores issues like pilot training, fatigue and how increased automation might leave pilots bored or distracted.

But the striking pilots are expecting Delta to force the question soon, leaving pilots at other carriers to choose between union solidarity and defying their management.

In at least one previous incident, a similar Airbus plane suffered a total electrical failure, leaving pilots briefly without any flight or navigation displays, or radio contact.