News Article: Airports Develop Plans For Diversions, Tarmac Delays Take a strong consumer advocate with a substantial voter/consumer base, add an airline industry with a less-than-responsive record, throw in an incident with bad facts and…
News Article: Aviation Week This article reports encouraging news of original research by General Electric, Pratt & Whitney and Rolls Royce as to the accumulation of ice crystals in engine cores. The three companies have…
News Article: Airports rescue and restore murals While aviation art is not a standard topic of this blog, as frequent flyers we appreciate the efforts to protect the many beautiful murals that were the standard…
NEWS ARTICLE: CEO Tony Tyler cites four areas where policy efforts are needed to ensure aviation’s financial sustainability IATA’s Tony Tyler speech, delivered at a recent ICAO seminar, conveyed several messages, one most clear and…
Syllabus: FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, ET AL., PETITIONERS v. STANMORE CAWTHON COOPER – ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT The pilot in this case contracted HIV and then…
NEWS ARTICLE: New aircraft could be the industry’s first single-engine jet — a low-cost alternative to twin-engine models now on the market It is always good for aviation to see new aircraft in the development process…
News Article: Lecture cites grilling a dead cat as dangerous aviation conversation The statute which authorizes the NTSB requires that three of the Members of the Board must have technical expertise. Member Robert Sumwalt, who…
News Article: Boeing Chief Pilot: Training Must Transform to Maximize Full Pilot Potential Mike Carriker, Boeing Test & Evaluation chief pilot for New Airplane Development, has proposed that industry should change the educational premise for…