ARTICLE: Embraer Banks on US Sales Surge for Regional Jets Airlines “cascading” their equipment is a repeated phenomena in the decades of aviation history. DC-3s were passed down from the majors to the secondary airlines….
ARTICLE: An appreciation of aviation safety trends The FAA Managers Association web page has correctly analyzed the numbers produced by Flight Global (http://ow.ly/bp7XT ). The 2011aviation safety record was 17% better than the previous year’s…
ARTICLE: Plan to update air traffic-control system faces delay The future air traffic control system, known by the name NextGen (http://www.faa.gov/nextgen/), is critical to the economy and essential for the handling of the aviation demand…
ARTICLE: FAA Attempting to Standardize Initial Part 135 Training Requirements The article captures the challenges that the FAA faces regarding Initial Part 135 Training requirements. In response to recent Congressional initiatives see http://jdasolutions.aero/blog/industry-comments-on-proposed-faa-pilot-qualification-regulations-are-uniformly-negative, the FAA…
ARTICLE: Zenith Aircraft draws business from flying enthusiasts around the world with its assembly-kit airplanes The article describes the dedication and knowledge that make up Homebuilt aviation community. The “fabricator” designs the parts of the…
ARTICLE: DOES FAA NEED TO REVISE AIRCRAFT CERTIFICATION STANDARDS TO REFLECT EVER INCREASING WEIGHT OF OUR POPULATION? The FAA establishes standards that aircraft manufacturers must meet for obtaining a Type Certificate for their aircraft and…
ARTICLE: Key West Runway Overruns Prove Value of EMAS Airplanes and runways are designed to permit accelerating and decelerating vehicles to stop before the end of the concrete. The engineering parameters are based on statistical…
ARTICLE: Are OEMs Putting Intellectual Property At Risk With China Ventures? The author (Matt Thurber) describes the potential risks that US companies face when they allow Chinese companies to have access to the data for…