Pilots (active and retired) weighed in on pilot shortage coverage. Essentially, 'pay a decent wage' was underscored by all: Lowering the pay of senior pilots was decried; offering schedules and wages that could help crew to fly and have a semblance of family life was underscored; a veteran pilot reminds us that good core training can be accomplished in a year, and affordably; a retired U.S. Navy pilot responds to ongoing discussion of stall training.
A ndrew Harrison has been appointed executive vice president/chief revenue officer of the Alaska Air Group, and Shane Tackett vice president-revenue management and Jay Gupta managing director of infrastructure and modern platforms in the Information and Technology Services Div. at Alaska Airlines. Harrison has held several financial positions at Alaska Airlines and Tackett was vice president-labor relations. Gupta was senior director of infrastructure with Thomson Reuters.
India tends to drag out defense equipment orders, but its increasingly close relationship with Japan augurs well for ShinMaywa’s chances of completing a deal for US-2 amphibians.
Seeking to extend its Pro Line Fusion avionics line into the helicopter market, Rockwell Collins is broadening the system’s capabilities for a wide range of missions
Conspiracy theories surrounding MH370 persist because many people do not grasp the difficulties of searching such a vast and desolate area, even given all the state-of-the-art equipment and personnel dedicated to this task.
Taking responsibility for the whereabouts of their aircraft will be a new experience for many of the world’s airlines, and the jury’s out on whether it will be affordable
A-10 advocate suggests pairing aircraft with U.S. Marine Corps; Slow defense cycle noted as potential boon for future capabilities; Reader wonders when Aviation Week will be accessible by Android users; U.S. entry into T-X trainer competition is hailed.
Joint program with University of North Dakota is intended to provide more realistic testing of a command-and-control link for civil unmanned aircraft developed by Rockwell Collins and NASA.
Japan’s next-gen turbofan research; cubesats use GPS to forecast weather; Predator UAV sees, and avoids; nano-layering makes better metals; UAS to search for Amazon archaeology
Aviation Week editors talk about what’s ailing Bombardier in commercial and business aviation and its move to bring in aerospace veteran Alain Bellemare to fix things.
From hedging strategies to equipment choices to routes and capacity, the implications of current fuel prices are not as straightforward as one might think.
