Safety, Ops & Regulation

The Hague-based Court will begin accepting requests for arbitration in August.

Air traffic controllers need pilots to follow ATC instructions closely. But the FAA's massive Aeronautical Information Manual, pilots written link to good communications, offers just eight pages of pilot/controller lingo.

Tire failures can cause serious secondary damage and could lead to fire.

Should a takeoff be continued or rejected after a suspected tire failure?

The application will allow Joby’s U.S.-based certification to be concurrently validated by the UK’s Civil Aviation Authority, accelerating access to the British market.

EASA has published new guidance for complying with the European agency’s mandate that repair stations set up safety management systems (SMS) by late 2024.

A UAS operations veteran sees the health care industry as an early opportunity for AAM.

An FAA in transition is creating drag on the general aviation (GA) industry as it also faces economic headwinds, association executives told the House Aviation Subcommittee July 13.

Volocopter plans to launch commercial air taxi services in Singapore by 2024.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has stepped down after a series of scandals prompted nearly 50 ministers to resign in just two days.

How to motivate the new pilot to excel.

The Biden Administration has picked Phillip Washington, head of Denver International Airport and an experienced transportation official, to lead the Federal Aviation Administration.

Sending the new pilot to school.

As the person in charge, you need to have a plan to get the new hire up to speed.

Assessing whether you are ready for a flight both physically and mentally is something not to be overlooked.

The U.S. system of flight separation involving ATC radar, transponders, ADS-B and collision avoidance devices is superb.

Hint: Now is the time for aircraft owners, operators, FBOs and others to prepare for a hurricane or other disaster.

Teaching other operators how to be safe.

Mentoring is key to developing pilots.

The base of the Matterhorn provides a world-class environment for training high-altitude helicopter pilots

Third parties will find it harder to identify and track Elon Musk’s G650 and other private jets under a revised privacy program the FAA manages now but plans to outsource to a vendor.

In Part 1, we discussed flight crews’ misconceptions regarding threatening weather. Now, we’ll look at ATC’s perspective. The avoidance of severe

The ASRS reveals common gaps in our ability to avoid hail strikes.

One of the objectives of simulations performed by the NTSB was to see if differences between the desktop simulation and the LDR data were the result of snow and ice contamination.

The FAA has approved the installation of Viasat’s Ka-band satellite connectivity system on Dassault Falcon 7X and 8X trijets, Viasat and Dassault Aircraft Services announced June 20.