Op-Ed Columnists – Page 17
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Comment: Oh, what a lovely war
Fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan has been the making of an unmanned aircraft industry whose products have become frontline essentials. The prospect of peace poses serious dangers
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Comment: Trade tussle's big winner?The lawyers
If a successful compromise is one that leaves everyone equally dissatisfied, the World Trade Organisation must be delighted with its handling of the US-brought case on Airbus subsidies.
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Comment: Pilot licences should be invalid unless accompanied by full training performance records
The Colgan Air accident at Buffalo has certainly shaken up US thinking about what makes - and keeps - an airline pilot competent.
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Comment: Time to pay for safety
As last week's fatal crash in Colombia sadly highlights, fast-growing Latin America needs to recognise that failing to invest in airport infrastructure and staff training costs lives
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Comment: Is final assemble the final JSF hurdle?
Keeping track of the F-35 programme is not easy. There is nothing small or seemingly simple about it. There are at least 11 governments actively involved...
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Comment: Gently does it
Following another incident of an Airbus vertical stabiliser overload, maybe it's not enough just to warn the pilots to be careful. The NTSB wants EASA to consider a design modification
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Comment: Human factors
What we all know as unmanned aircraft systems are called remotely piloted aircraft by the US Air Force. The difference is expensive, but the service's culture may be hard to change
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Comment: Output hikes: smart move or daft logic?
Airbus has backed up the Farnborough declaration by chief salesman John Leahy that the global recession is officially over, confirming that it will ramp...
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Comment: Can Russia make good its global dream?
The drive by Russia's civil aircraft manufacturing industry to re-establish itself on the world stage was much in evidence at Farnborough.
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Comment: Hawking for exports
The UK is looking to follow its Indian success with more overseas sales, but is it realistic to expect deals for aircraft like the Eurofighter Typhoon with Tranche 3B production at risk?
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Comment: F-35 overshadowed: will its day come?
Lockheed Martin's wooden F-35 mock-up overlooks the Farnborough flightline. From this exposed position, the F-35 is a rich target during the show.
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Comment: The only way is up
Did Farnborough mark a turning point for an industry still feeling its way out of recession? While economic indicators are not unanimous, aerospace came out of last week on a high
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Comment: Re-engining - stroke of genius or bad idea?
The industry has been waiting to hear whether Rolls-Royce would join the party - with or without its International Aero Engines partners - to offer a powerplant for re-engining today's single-aisle aircraft.
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Comment: Take-off risks
Take-off performance calculation error happens. The fact that most recent events have not caused a fatal accident is no excuse for inaction, because the danger to life is considerable
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Comment: New birds aplenty...but no pigs
Air travel is safer than ever, but a levelling off in the long-term decline of accident and fatality rates tells us it's time for ideas about safety management within - and between - airlines
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Comment: In this together
Eleven months ago, a flightglobal.com poll asked which would fly first: the A400M, 787, or pigs. The pigs won.
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Comment: The NTSB gears up to fight killer fatigue
In late January 2006 we headlined this column Dead tired. In it we criticised the US Federal Aviation Administration for its apathy over the issue of basing proposed new flight-time limitations on science. We would still criticise them today for caving in to the airline lobby on that front - ...
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Comment: Has the French judiciary changed its prosecutorial attitude to air accidents?
A judicial review of the 2008 Perpignan crash has led to a decision not to bring criminal prosecution. Is this a change of French legal attitudes, or a technical distinction?