Safety, Ops & Regulation

Pilots can encounter excessive forces on the yoke when the pitch trim system unexpectedly malfunctions.

Ed Bolen, NBAA president and CEO, spoke to attendees at the 2024 Schedulers & Dispatchers Conference in Fort Worth, Texas.

Pilots should manage distractions to be on heightened alert when the accident chain has started.

EGNOS provides LPV (localizer performance with vertical guidance) approaches at smaller airports.

Trade groups took exception to the Biden administration’s proposed fiscal 2025 budget for the FAA, which would impose greater costs on business aviation.

An airline crew just expected the plane to be behind them. Their radio calls demonstrate they didn’t change that expectation throughout the tail strike incident.

An association representing flight-training providers has called for stronger support and oversight of contract ATC towers that serve smaller airports.

Under the DOT budget request, FAA funding would total $21.8 billion, not counting another $5 billion in special bipartisan infrastructure law (BIL) grants.

A look at seemingly minor distractions on the flight deck that led disaster or near disaster for pilots.

President Joe Biden delivered his State of the Union (SOTU) address March 7, citing many of his administration’s legislative goals for the near future.

Norwegian air accident investigators probing the fatal crash of a Sikorsky S-92 say the aircraft landed on the water with “limited energy.”

The state of Colorado is pressing ahead with plans to operate a digital tower system at Northern Colorado Regional Airport (FNL).

The July 26 restrictions will involve a five-hour shutdown of traffic at the two major Paris airports Charles de Gaulle and Orly.

The first Bell 525 order was one of several placed by the offshore helicopter industry at this year’s Heli-Expo.

The rotorcraft-maker’s new president, David Smith, is already making an impact on the company.

Lindsey Oliver, managing director at the British Business and General Aviation Association, says that the business aviation industry is "tricky" to understand, but that is what makes it interesting.

Norwegian oil companies have halted all flights to offshore platforms following a fatal accident involving a Bristow-operated Sikorsky S-92 on Feb. 28.

Analysis of past type certification efforts shows that current timelines for eVTOL startups are far too optimistic.

Rising operator costs mean planning ahead.

Don’t get hung up on the term "system."

The alternative to missing this crucial step is never good.

The helicopter had attempted to land on a mountain in Alaska.

Supply and demand are leading to price gouging.

The FAA is facing “real challenges” related to its workforce, the head of GAMA says.

Iit had been initially reported that all six crewmembers onboard the helicopter had been rescued following the Feb. 28 accident.