Airplane News: Alaska Flight Academy, FAA Legal Interpretations, NTSB, Joby Crash, 777 Ungrounding

Join Greg in discussing the new flight academy brought to us by Alaska Airlines,  the updated FAA legal interpretations, the NTSB's conclusions on the Joby crash, and the FAA's decision to release the grounding of the 777.   Alaska Airlines and its regional airline, Horizon Air, have launched a flight academy  The school is partnered with Hillsboro Aero Academy in Oregon. Students will earn private through commercial, and a contingent job offer to become a first officer at Horizon Air. Horizon operates the Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 and the Embraer 175. https://thepointsguy.com/news/alaska-airlines-horizon-air-ascend-pilot-academy/  Joby’s eVTOL crash was due to a component failure says the NTSB. The aircraft did not have anyone in it, and was involved in a post-crash fire. ADS-B data shows that the aircraft hit 275MPH during testing prior to the crash, and was traveling at 114kts at the time of the crash.  https://www.avweb.com/aviation-news/ntsb-says-component-failure-caused-joby-crash/  The FAA is finalizing its airworthiness directive that will lift the grounding of 777s with Pratt and Whitney PW4000s This engine type was the one that experienced an unconfined failure over Colorado in February of 2021. United is the only carrier with 777 and the PW4000 in the US. https://www.avweb.com/aviation-news/faa-to-lift-grounding-of-united-777s