Adrian is Auckland bureau chief for Aviation Week, based in New Zealand. He covers commercial aviation in the Asia-Pacific region.
Adrian was previously based in Aviation Week’s Washington office for nine years, writing for a range of the group’s publications and covering many aspects of the commercial aviation industry. He has won Australasian and international awards for his aviation writing.
Prior to joining Aviation Week in 2002, Adrian covered aviation industry and policy issues for two other publishing companies in Washington. He has also worked for newspapers in Texas and New Zealand, covering a wide range of topics. Adrian graduated from Auckland University with a degree in history and English in 1992.
UPS' pilots union believes the contract deal its members ratified yesterday will join the new FedEx contract as the gold standard for U.S. airline pilots. Although some clauses in the FedEx contract will be better than in the UPS contract -- and vice versa -- the two contracts will be very similar in overall value, an Independent Pilots Association spokesman said. As more details from these two contracts emerge, it is clear that the deals have moved the cargo carriers further ahead of passenger airlines in terms of pilot compensation.
Eurocontrol is introducing the first product of the Airspace Infringement Initiative it launched at the end of last year, recommending ways for civil aviation authorities to cut down the risk of general aviation aircraft straying into unauthorized airspace. The "toolkit" Eurocontrol has developed identifies "short-term solutions in this key risk area," Eurocontrol said. It provides guidance and support material for the creation of airspace infringement working groups, briefings for pilots and controllers, and airspace structure reviews.
An air-traffic control manager at Lexington Airport thought he was following agency guidelines when he scheduled a single controller to be on duty Sunday night, FAA said. The single controller was performing both tower and approach control functions. FAA policy calls for two controllers to handle these duties, if the radar duties cannot be handed off to an en route center, an FAA spokeswoman said.
