JetBlue Airways has received US Federal Aviation Administration certification for the Rockwell Collins dual liquid-crystal head-up display (HUD) guidance system equipping its Embraer E-190 fleet.
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The absence of crew rating for low-visibility operations (which requires 100h of flying) is one of several issues to impact the low-cost carrier’s performance since it introduced the E-190 in November between Boston and New York Kennedy. JetBlue’s chief executive David Neeleman says certification is complete, and the head-up guidance system has been “activated on all the E-190s”.
As JetBlue continues to iron out other operational issues pertaining to the introduction of the E-190, including delivery delays and software glitches, it is seeing the aircraft’s performance “moving in the right direction”, says Neeleman.
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Source: Flight International
