All articles by David Learmount – Page 40
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Business aviation shows its safety weaknesses
The business aviation community has been slow to heed safety initiatives aimed at eliminating runway excursions, but there are signs the lessons are sinking in
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Ryanair pilots set for some unpaid winter leave
Ryanair will make unpaid leave this winter compulsory for its pilots if insufficient of them volunteer to take it, confirms the airline's chief executive...
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Flybe will be the first UK airline to train pilots to the MPL
Europe's largest regional airline, UK-based Flybe ,...
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Helicopters prepare for precision GPS approaches
The German Aerospace Centre (DLR) has successfully demonstrated manually flown, satellite navigation-guided precision approaches designed specifically for...
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The recorders that could revolutionise light helicopter safety
A working flight data recorder the size of a cigarette packet, weighing less than 1kg (2lb) and costing less than $500, has been developed. In flight trials...
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UK proposes radio spectrum usage charge
The UK Office of Communications (OFCOM) has proposed that all operators in UK airspace, airports and air navigation service providers should pay an "administrative...
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Eurocontrol, IATA and CANSO commit to cutting airline fuel usage
The airlines, Eurocontrol and the Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation (CANSO) have signed an agreement to accelerate planned improvements in air traffic...
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Heathrow will be able to handle more A380s following wake separation reduction
London Heathrow airport will be able to handle more Airbus A380s as a result of the...
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Pilot shortage moves to pilot surplus
Airlines have long resolved to free themselves from the cycle of famines and surfeits in pilot supply. The cause has always been a failure to invest in training...
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NewsDownturn throws MPL pilots on scrapheap
Multi-crew pilot licence pioneer Sterling Airlines has dismissed the world's first nine MPL first officers to have reached line flying as part of cutbacks...
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Thales' key training tool for 787
As well as the systems being fully interactive via its touchscreen interfaces, the mechanical controls allow the Thales fixed-base simulator to be "flown"...
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Turkey ramps up its pilot training capacity
Turkey is ramping up its pilot recurrent and type rating training capability with a view to becoming the training centre for a region that has habitually...
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NewsBoeing reveals details of 787 pilot training programme and equipment
Boeing says it expects its 787 will handle so like a 777, and the cockpit interfaces will be so similar and intuitive, that a five-day differences course...
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Accident reports released in first half of 2008
short summaries of some final accident and incident reports published...