Safety, Ops & Regulation

New guidance from the FAA and EASA targets any operator with aircraft that have lavatory fire extinguishing bottles.

Two accidents reveal vulnerabilities in the aviation industry’s understanding of negative habit transfer, a pervasive factor on pilot performance

The restored Superfortress has paused its tour and will miss this year’s show after the warbird experienced trouble with one of its engines.

The Dassault Falcon 50 registered as N114TD was manufactured by Dassault-Breguet in 1984 and was 34 years old at the time of the fatal accident at

What happens when brakes don't work.

Higher true airspeeds, knowing the “safe way out” and downdrafts.

An initial project will create a digital twin of the UK’s airspace and then use machine learning to understand flight movements across the country in the hope of creating an AI system to support air traffic controllers.

What you should understand about weather in mountains.

Fractional provider Flexjet continues to expand in Europe with the awarding of an Air Operator Certificate for Malta.

The risk factors are high and the safety margins are precariously thin at “mountain bowl” airports.

Bombardier 601 hard landing at Ox Ranch, Texas

Ops Group founder stresses assessing the Belarus threat from an objective point of view.

With the increase in private charter demand due to the post COVID travel surge, Part 135 pilots are flying longer days and piling on more flight hours

What to do if you get an aircraft escort.

Epic Aircraft has earned FAA certification for its Epic E1000 GX six-seat single-engine turboprop aircraft.

Evidence points in one direction…

The Belarus air piracy incident sets a dangerous precedent for both commercial and business aviation.

Textron Aviation’s Citation Longitude super-midsize business jet has earned European Union Aviation Safety Agency certification.

The FAA issued a second emergency airworthiness directive this week that requires operators of additional models of Bell helicopters to inspect their main-rotor hubs for potentially faulty hub strap pins.

Emergency airworthiness directives (AD) have been issued requiring main-rotor hub inspections of certain Bell helicopters following the fatal crash of a Bell 212 last month in Canada.

The sun and heat affect landing distance needed, tire performance, cockpit temperature.

Hot temperatures place increased strain on the capabilities of our aircraft.

Crew resource management considerations.

Is the SMS notebook idea valid? It’s time to confirm.

Make piloting decisions for the right reasons.