ICAO’s 75th Anniversary: an insider’s history by Jim Loos
ICAO IS 75 YEARS OLD This UN body is known by many in Aviation Few knew what ICAO does Jim Loos recounts some significant ICAO accomplishments probably By Jim Loos December 7 2019 is the…
EASA
Did EASA find the ELAC software compensator glitch in the TC review?
Lufthansa And Airbus Work On A320neo Center-Of-Gravity Limits Lufthansa Stops Selling Seats in the Last Row of A320neo Software GLITCH is being addressed by airline by blocking out last row of seats Lufthansa Planes flying…
What FAA must do about the Boeing ODA?
Panel Readies Report on FAA Certification Process for Boeing 737 JATR finds fault with what FAA let Boeing ODA do FAA certification started major reorganization after TC issued What Bahrami and Lawrence need to do…
An alternative reason WHY Boeing may not have shared its information with JATR
Boeing not able to respond to regulators on MAX at August meeting Implied Boeing Didn’t know Joint Authorities Technical Review Team composed of many countries -some with bad IP records Poor global Intellectual Property Discipline hurts…
Global Aircraft Certification Collision Course?
Patrick Ky (EASA) sees ISSUES on certification Alexandre de Juniac (IATA) urges single answer for aircraft Trend toward Global Standards at RISK For a variety of solid policy reasons (common standards) and staffing limitations…
AIRBUS’ Angle-of-Attack software issue points to a need to enhance TC testing
The A320 and A321 aircraft have Angle-of-Attack issues Found by AIRBUS in laboratory testing, but not in Type Certificate Need for enhanced TC standards for software for FAA/Boeing and EASA/AIRBUS For the last months,…
US SMS trust (union-carrier) may be BAD, but when AEI and LBA do not trust each other, there is schrecklich[1] SMS
US labor-management poor relations may weaken SMS Large EU union complains to EASA about German CAA Trust key element in SMS collaboration Aircraft Engineers International Calls on EU Commission and EASA to Tighten Aircraft Safety…
The multi-level Chess Board of Global Aircraft Certification
HondaJet wins China certification COMAC Readies to Enter Market with C919: Accelerates Flight Tests 7/29/19 China’s C919 jet faces increased testing 8/4/19 UPDATE 1-COMAC pushes back C919 jet’s China certification target to 2021 8/7/19 The…