Safety, Ops & Regulation

FAA and NATCA have agreed on new duty time provisions aimed at addressing air traffic controllers' fatigue-related concerns raised in an agency-sponsored report.

Two people were killed when their aircraft crashed two miles south of the Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh Wisconsin, where the EAA AirVenture event is held.

Boeing projects a global need for 674,000 pilots, 716,000 maintenance technicians and 980,000 cabin crew members over the next 20 years.

Wipaire announced FAA STC approval of its new Yukon composite propeller for Cessna Caravans, a joint development with Hartzell Propeller.

The FAA has issued recommendations to mitigate the risks during mass aircraft demonstrations at aviation events.

A rock kicked up by the main gear becomes lodged between the elevator and the horizontal stabilizer, nearly causing a runway excursion.

The varying conditions of unpaved runways can present handling control challenges.

Corporate aviation is marshaling its forces to fend off critics targeting business aircraft as an expense that companies beset by recessions and sales slumps can do without.

Unpaved runways redefine the concept of “Use At Own Risk.”

Airline pilots have reported a worsening of the GPS spoofing problem, as a new “hotspot” has appeared around the southern Russian port city of Novorossiysk.

The NTSB is leading the investigation of the crash of an amphibious air tanker that killed a veteran agricultural aviation pilot and native of Brazil.

The IRS is targeting large corporations, large partnerships, and high-income taxpayers to determine whether they are properly classifying business flights and passengers on corporate aircraft used for tax deductions.

The Oshkosh Notice provides arrival/departure procedures, radio frequencies, airport details and other information for pilots flying to EAA AirVenture.

The new sanctions package approved by the European Union on June 24 for the first time specifically targets Russia’s business aviation sector.

Equinor’s investigation is independent of one currently underway by the state’s safety body, the Norwegian Safety Investigation Agency.

Highlights of this edition, including the Operations Planning Guide.

Congress includes pilot duty time, aircraft registry backlog, AAM and more in the act.

Having a smokestack on the runway centerline was problematic, but could an SMS program have helped prevent an accident?

The FAA is making revolutionary changes in its approach to mental healthcare.

This year’s Operations Planning Guide covers turbine-powered, in-production aircraft.

Asia-Pacific-based turboprop operators have been told to review their practices after safety data revealed higher-than-average incident rates in the region.

The drone program includes using Parrot Anafi quadcopters and the delivery of a new Airbus H125 single-engine light helicopter.

When they fly near war zones, civil aircraft may be the collateral victim of the GPS jamming that targets military operations.

Organizations representing business aviation hailed the formation of a bipartisan “sustainable aviation” caucus in the U.S. Congress.

A conversation with a customer in 2012 gave Web Manuals Founder and CEO Martin Lidgard unexpected food for thought.