Briefing February 2023
Single Pilot Plan Panned
The leader of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) says he thinks it will be decades before single-pilot passenger airline operations...
Briefing: January 2023
Pilots and Emotional Intelligence
Pilots tend to have lower emotional intelligence scores than the rest of the population and researchers are looking at what that...
Briefing: December 2022
Pandemic Creates BizAv Boom
The post-pandemic hangover has turned out to be a tonic for business jet manufacturers who are tapping a new market created...
Briefing: November 2022
FAA Rejects 750-Hour FO Exemption
The FAA has denied Republic Airways’ request that graduates of its in-house training program called Leadership in Flight Training (LIFT)...
Briefing: October 2022
COMMERCIAL ACCIDENT RATE DROPS
The global accident rate for commercial flights dropped by 9.8 percent in 2021 over 2020 according to stats released by the...
Briefing: September 2022
NO PILOT SHORTAGE SAYS ALPA
The Air Line Pilots Association says there is no pilot shortage, but instead is just a shortage of talent in...
Briefing: August 2022
New NOTAM Guidance Issued
The FAA has issued new guidance to airport operators on how and when to issue a NOTAM and it appears to...
Briefing: July 2022
1500-HOUR EXEMPTION REQUESTED
Republic Airlines asked the FAA for an exemption to the requirement of a minimum of 1500 flight hours for airline pilots. The...
Briefing: June 2022
Pilot Fatigue Flagged
Pilot and flight attendant unions warn that the biggest airline safety risk is fatigue caused by personnel shortages and the lingering effects...
Briefing: May 2022
TEXTRON BUYS PIPISTREL
In an announcement that surprised many industry watchers, Textron revealed it was buying Pipistrel Aircraft, a Slovenian company that has been at...
Briefing: April 2022
Canada Phasing In Space-Based ADS-B
Canada has set Feb.23, 2023 as the deadline for compliance with the first phase of its space-based ADS-B mandate. Eventually...
Briefing: March 2022
5G NOTAMs Restrict Instrument Flight
The FAA has published 1460 NOTAMs that restrict operations that rely on radio altimeters. The NOTAMs were issued just before...