All articles by David Learmount – Page 19
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NewsAirspace congestion threat to business aviation at the Olympic Games
Some customers intending to charter business aircraft to visit the Olympic Games in August-September next year may find themselves barred from access to airports near London because of lack of airspace capacity or airport slots, general aviation specialists said at the Business and General Aviation Day (BGAD) meeting at Cambridge ...
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World pilot skills need boosting – RAeS
Inadequate pilot skills in airlines across the world are a worry for all international agencies, but no-one has yet presented a clear course of action to...
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EASA proposes new instrument flying ratings
The European Aviation Safety Agency has just published a proposed rule creating a simpler instrument rating (IR) aimed at encouraging private pilots to win the qualification, and a new full IR entailing less theoretical knowledge but the same flying test.
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German parliamentary tourism committee examines toxic cabin air issue
On 21 September, a cross-party committee of the German Bundestag (parliament) heard evidence that cabin air in airliners is frequently contaminated by organophosphate neurotoxins from engine oil, and that all aircraft should be fitted with toxic fume detection and filtration systems as compulsory.
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BA pilots win holiday pay battle at European court
The European Court of Justice today ruled that British Airways should base its pilots' holiday pay on overall earnings and not just on basic pay.
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IHST reinforces strategy for improving helicopter safety, starting with training
International Helicopter Safety Team reinforces strategy for improving helicopter safety, starting with training
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How 9/11 changed air travel
The 11 September 2001 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center and Pentagon was unprecedented in scale and ingenuity. But the global commercial airline community was first truly shaken by international terrorism in December 1988, when Pan American flight 103 was blown out of the sky over Lockerbie, Scotland.
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Aeromechanical says it meets BEA specifications for data streaming
A Canadian company says its equipment would meet specifications for the flight-data transmission capability that French accident investigator BEA has recommended in its latest interim report on the Air France flight 447 crash in the Atlantic.
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BA recruitment drive aims to attract less well-off pilots
British Airways aims to broaden the pool of potential pilot recruits with its new Future Pilot Programme (FPP), which it claims will put an end to the situation in which only the rich can raise the finance to complete pilot training to airline level.
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Bristow goes operational with TCAS for helicopters
Bristow Helicopters has begun operations using TCAS2 (traffic collision avoidance system) for the newer additions to its helicopter fleet.
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SESAR names the price of Single European Sky
A high-level European Commission task force has put a €30 billion ($42.6 billion) price tag on the Single European Sky project, but warns that the cost of delaying its implementation by a decade could rise to as much as €150 billion.
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BEA releases chilling transcript of AF447 crew fight to save aircraft
French accident investigator BEA has released a transcript of flight deck conversation...
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NewsFire risk in air freight increases dramatically
Fires in aircraft freight holds caused by lithium batteries for consumer electronic equipment has been a growing worry for airlines, particularly in the...
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NewsGlobal airline safety performance in the first half of 2011
Airline safety in the first half of 2011 reflects poorly on Eastern-built aircraft, and countries that consistently perform badly have shown no signs of improvement
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ACARS use doubles in five years despite next generation datalinks
Use of the traditional airline datalink ACARS (airborne communications addressing and reporting system) has doubled in five years, reaching a landmark two million messages a day
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NewsCongressmen mount bill to make ETS illegal
Two US Congressmen, one a Democrat, the other a Republican, are leading a move to make participation by US carriers in the imminent European Emissions Trading Scheme illegal.
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NewsIce in fuel caused PC12 crash says NTSB
The 22 March 2009 fatal crash of a Pilatus PC-12 at Butte, Montana was the result of a series of operational errors by the pilot, according to the US National Transportation Safety Board.
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NewsCathay first to sign up for revolutionary simulation system
Cathay Pacific and partner carrier Dragonair will be the first airlines to fit a motion-modifying system to all full flight simulators to make them feel...
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NewsLufthansa commences daily biofuel flights with A321
Lufthansa has launched the world's first regular scheduled commercial flights powered by biofuel. For six months, a Lufthansa Airbus A321 will fly...
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NewsEASA reviews business aviation safety
Business aviation safety performance in Europe is good but static, according to the European Aviation Safety Agency's latest annual safety review.