All articles by David Learmount – Page 35
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Airbus reveals A380-linked pilot systems secrets
Until now, Airbus has been keeping secret two radical new safety-related avionics solutions that have emerged during its A380 development programme
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Australian safety oversight found wanting by ICAO
Australia has promised to correct by the end of the year shortcomings in its aviation safety oversight system. The faults were discovered by the International...
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Business aviation fights back against extravagant perceptions
The business aviation industry is fighting back against the perception that it is an environmentally unfriendly extravagance.
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EBACE: Safety management system implementation for business aircraft operators may face delay
The European Aviation Safety Agency has received so many comments on its notice of proposed amendment requiring business aircraft operators to operate safety...
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EBACE: European Commission rejects EBAA emissions monitoring proposal
The European Commission says it sees no reason to change the regulations setting out how business aviation operators will be required to calculate the emissions...
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NewsEBACE: Why business aviation pilots need the Safety Standdown
A new study of global business aviation safety standards has shown that, in much of the sector, accident rates are significantly higher than for airlines,...
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EBACE: Business aviation not as safe as it is cracked up to be?
Accident figures show that corporate aviation is much more risky than it thinks, but what can be done to improve it?
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EBACE: European economy boosted by business aviation
Does it make economic sense to fly on corporate aircraft? Many dismiss business aviation as an extravagance, but statistics suggest...
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US researcher nears cabin contamination blood marker breakthrough
A US medical researcher is "just months away" from identifying blood markers in the blood of air crew and passengers that would link neurological degeneration...
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Business aviation not as safe as it's cracked up to be?
Accident figures show that most aspects of business aviation are much more risky than was previously believed, but what can be done to improve it?
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Civil simulators special: Going through the motions - are motion systems for simulators on their way out?
Has the value of six-axis flight simulators been overrated? New research suggests their benefits may have been exaggerated
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NewsPilot misjudgement the most common factor in European helicopter accidents
Pilot judgement and actions is the most frequent single contributory factor in European helicopter accidents, according to a European...
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North Sea Super Pumas get airborne again
More than half the fleet of Eurocopter AS332L2s serving the offshore oil...
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Cabin air chemicals far more toxic than previously believed, says toxicologist
Aviation industry inquiries into neurotoxins in aircraft cabin air "will underestimate the real toxic potency" of the contaminant. This, says one of the...
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Lufthansa A340-600s suffer cabin air contamination
Internal reports at Lufthansa reveal that two of its Airbus A340-600 flights to the USA have suffered contaminated cabin air that made the pilots and cabin...