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Oct 15 2009, Marco Villa

“This is your captain speaking. We are making great time toward our destination. In the meantime, I’ll be dimming the lights so I can get some sleep. Goodnight to all.”

That’s what you may be hearing soon on U.S. airlines if the pilot union...

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In this 2008 photo provided by the Department of Public Safety, State Police Sgt. Andrew Tingwall, a pilot, stands in front of the New Mexico Department of Public Safety’s Adam A500 plane parked at the airport in Santa Fe, N.M. The state of New Mexico...