WinAir is developing new features to help users overcome difficulties in maintaining compliance during situations such as remote work and aircraft return to service.
Industry’s push to get revised training standards for U.S. mechanic educational programs received a boost in the recent stimulus bill, as Congress included language that calls on the FAA to issue a new rule by midyear.
American Airlines COO David Seymour talked to Lee Ann Shay onboard a non-commercial Boeing 737 MAX flight from Tulsa to Dallas Ft. Worth on Dec. 2, in advance of the aircraft’s return to revenue service on Dec. 29.
The FAA, stepping up a pair of earlier advisories, will require Boeing 787 pilots to monitor flight path data during localizer-based approaches to ensure aircraft remain on the proper heading—while Boeing works to fix a problem with autopilot flight director system (AFDS) software causing aircraft to deviate instead of following the prescribed approach course.
The Independent Aircraft Modifier Alliance has identified ‘orphan’ STCs, cross authority validations and more as challenges it plans to tackle in 2021.
A new system that combines wearable sensors, artificial intelligence and analytics could soon replace traditional 1:1 safety monitoring processes in MRO hangars.
The FAA is calling attention to risks that disinfection can have on aircraft interiors, urging operators and maintainers to heed manufacturers’ guidance and take extra steps to protect sensitive equipment, wiring, and other high-risk components.
