Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Lindsay Bjerregaard
Since the FAA’s new Part 147 regulations took effect last September, MRO training schools are seeing plenty of positive impact.
Workforce & Training

By Sean Broderick
The push to give FAA near-term programmatic and funding stability is underway with both U.S. House and Senate versions of five-year reauthorization proposals.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Henry Canaday
ST Engineering and SIA Engineering’s new solar panels are saving considerable energy costs and emissions.
MRO

By Christine Boynton
The MOBILE Act could move forward efforts to accommodate passengers with reduced mobility to stay in their own personal wheelchairs onboard an aircraft.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Adrian Schofield
CASA has lost a lot of experienced technical staff over the past 10 years, said Darren Dunbier, Virgin Australia’s general manger for engineering operations.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Jens Flottau
The findings are behind a May 11 airworthiness directive (AD) issued by EASA on the A380.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Prachi Patel
The German passenger-to-freighter conversion specialist has received an STC approval from the CAAC.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sean Broderick
The U.S. FAA is giving operators three years to replace decompression panels on certain Boeing 787s.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick, Jens Flottau
A May 11 airworthiness directive requires A380 operators to calculate “factored time on ground” and conduct inspections based on Airbus’ revised criteria.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Henry Canaday
The Global Aircraft Maintenance Safety Improvement Act is seeking more stringent restrictions on foreign repair stations.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Lindsay Bjerregaard
Since the FAA’s new Part 147 regulations took effect last September, schools are seeing plenty of positive impact.
Workforce & Training

By Sean Broderick
A 2021 Boeing 747 engine failure was caused by an issue flagged by Pratt & Whitney, but its recommended fix was not mandated, a Dutch safety board found.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Lindsay Bjerregaard, Prachi Patel
MROs share strategies for protecting aircraft, equipment and staff in some of the most extreme weather conditions.
Workforce & Training

Brett Levanto
ARSA highlights the importance of understanding the plain language of FAA requirements—and where “requirements” are not actually mandatory.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Sean Broderick
An engine failure aboard a Longtail Aviation Boeing 747-400 spotlights the importance of keeping records on service-bulletin implementations.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

P. Barry Butler, Robert L. Sumwalt and Kristy Kiernan
Challenges to aviation safety need to be treated in the same way that the best academic medical institutions focus on diseases.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By James Albright
Fewer and fewer countries are bothering to stamp your passport, but that there are still places where old routines hang on.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Brett Levanto
Aftermarket stakeholders should consider multiple perspectives when working to solve the MRO workforce shortage.
Workforce & Training

By Chen Chuanren
The areas they will enhance cooperation in are aviation safety, sustainability, training, innovation and “horizon scanning.”
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Sean Broderick
The agency is considering requiring SMS for repair stations, and the NTSB is convinced they would be beneficial.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Alex Derber
TAP Maintenance & Engineering contributed strongly to parent airline TAP Air Portugal beating pre-pandemic performance in 2022.
MRO

By Christine Boynton
Amid industry workforce constraints, U.S. lawmakers have introduced legislation aimed at easing tuition pressures for students pursuing a career in aviation.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Guy Norris
The FAA airworthiness directive applies to around 330 U.S.-registered 737s.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Henry Canaday
Attendees at ARSA’s annual conference outlined challenges the MRO industry still faces in training, technician shortages and regulatory policies.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Sean Broderick
The NTSB is reiterating its stance that new U.S. safety management system (SMS) requirements should also cover repair stations.
MRO