Safety, Ops & Regulation

The balance between supporting your family and flying.

Be honest about your struggles to “keep up.”

Europe’s Third Country Operator approval program is undergoing its first revamp, but officials say no significant changes will be introduced.

Should you talk about the risks of your job with your family?

The Adoption Of Commercial Flight In 1929, only 6,000 people traveled by airplane in the U.S.—a mere four years later, that number multiplied to 450

A federal judge has authorized the U.S. to seize two large private jets belonging to Russian Oligarch Roman Abramovich for violating export and sanction laws related to Russia’s war on Ukraine.

What’s involved in being part of the NTSB Go Team—including getting to the accident.

In the charter world, crews know that the customer paid a princely sum for the privilege of a private flight—and these customers may want to celebrate to excess.

Three pilots in recent cases were all high-time pilots, and they all died in accidents. The circumstances and contributing factors of the cases differed, but the issue common to all was that each pilot’s high experience was not enough to forestall the accident.

A Mitre report found that the FAA’s amended type certificate process results in safe designs but made several recommendations for improvement.

The FAA has changed its stance on whether U.S. repair stations can comply with current U.S-EU bilateral guidance by validating new parts intended for installation on EU-registered aircraft.

A medevac Beech King Air 200, registration N547LM, attempted to take off with a tailwind that exceeded what the pilot expected, and it wound up in the frigid waters of Unalaska Bay.

It seems likely that the pilot knew the King Air was overweight.

Joby Aviation has received its FAA Part 135 air carrier certificate, allowing it to begin aircraft operations ahead of the planned 2024 launch of commercial air taxi service with its S4 electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) vehicle.

The EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2022 Notice, commonly referred to as the Oshkosh NOTAM, contains many Federal Aviation Administration-approved changes that are important for pilots to be aware of when flying into the world’s largest aviation gathering.

The expanded network will have the potential to reach 4 million households and deliver more than 1 million packages a year.

Ground infrastructure will have to evolve to accommodate eVTOLs.

President Mark Burns outlines where the OEM is on software changes for the G500, G600 and G700.

On-demand helicopter service provider Blade Air Mobility has agreed to acquire the commercial passenger transport activities of three European helicopter companies for a total of €48 million ($51 million) in cash.

You must be comfortable in your own skin. Only then can you face the other pressures.

Part of the pilot persona is an overwhelming inner self confidence that promotes successes and overlooks any efforts that fall short.

Spirit AeroSystems' executive vice president Sam Marnick sits down with Aviation Week's Molly McMillin to discuss the company's diverse and growing business.

Advanced air mobility aircraft manufacturers are calling for clearer guidance from the FAA over certification requirements after the regulator signaled a change in rules governing approval for winged electric vertical-take-off-and-landing vehicles.

The pilot’s decision to continue flying under visual flight rules into deteriorating weather conditions caused the December 2019 fatal crash of a Safari Aviation sightseeing helicopter in Hawaii, the NTSB said May 10 in a probable cause finding that faults the FAA for poor leadership and oversight of air tour operators.

The FAA sees soon-to-be finalized guidance that unifies several related pilot competences under one umbrella as the first edition of a document that will be expanded in future years, a senior agency executive said.