All articles by David Learmount – Page 55
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NATS provides pilots with mobile phone alternative
UK air navigation service supplier concerned at increase in radio failure incidents
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European Cockpit Association provides links for isolated pilots as Ryanair follows Easyjet with trans-national quasi-union scheme
Pilots at airlines like Ryanair with bases all over Europe are being offered a system for liaising with their company centrally - no matter in which state or jurisdiction they are domiciled - the European Cockpit Association (ECA) announced at its General Assembly late last week.
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NewsAlteon on course to validate multi-crew pilot licence course, first customers China Eastern Airlines and Xiamen Airlines
Boeing’s Alteon training division says its first multi-crew pilot licence (MPL) training course, with six cadet pilots from two Chinese airlines and six places yet to be filled, will inevitably be a validation process for the new training philosophy and licence type.
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NTSB slams FAA for air taxi lapses
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has lambasted the Federal Aviation Administration for the second time in the past 12 months for its failure to exercise safety oversight in the Part 135 "air taxi"on-demand charter sector
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NewsUS FAA issues airworthiness directive including winter training and low airspeed alarm to address Cessna Caravan icing risks
Completion of an approved pilot winter operations training course and fitment of a low airspeed warning system to Cessna 206 Caravans are expected to be mandated soon by a US Federal Aviation Administration airworthiness directive applying to all commercial operations by the type, says the US Regional Air Cargo Carriers ...
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Eclipse set to offer Avio flight bags
Class 1 EFB will be optional on very light jet by year-end
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Insurers likely to consider lone pilots in VLJs too risky to offer suitable cover, NBAA experts conclude
Single-pilot commercial operations with very light jets are unlikely to be considered an acceptable risk by insurers despite technological advances to make the latest generation of aircraft easier and safer to fly. This is the consensus of an NBAA aviation insurance and risk management seminar.
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GA launches mass user fee protest, with US industry mobilising grassroots to fight funding plans
US industry mobilises grassroots to fight funding plans
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Push begins for just culture
Organisations unite to stop growing practice of prosecution before investigation
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Investigation dispels myths around Helios Airways crash
Arguments and controversy surround crash report as airline and aviation authorities feel the sting of criticism
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Light helicopters set for autopilots
Low-cost Chelton system emerges from NASA research programme and will start experimental testing next month
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Helios crash probe finds fault with airline, crew and aircraft
Final report highlights four ‘active’ and four ‘latent’ failures that led to accident
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NBAA 2006: Road to safety - Can VLJs maintain business aviation safety statistics?
Flying in a business jet is one of the safest forms of travel and the industry is taking steps to make it even safer – but could VLJs mar an impressive record?