Safety, Ops & Regulation

Aircraft OEMs look to “verticalize” their hold on the UAM market and its supply chain as car manufacturers get into the game.

U.S. Transportation Department (DOT) auditors will examine the FAA’s recently-updated safety inspector staffing model with an eye on evaluating whether forecasted personnel needs are accurate, and how the agency factors in designees.

FAA certification was anticipated by the end of 2019 but has not occurred yet.

Matthew Zuccaro, immediate past president and CEO of the Helicopter Association International, died Feb. 25, HAI announced. He was 70. Zuccaro was

A proposed law targeting changes in U.S. aircraft certification calls for tweaks to the FAA’s delegation system, but the bill’s more significant elements include adding operational data, such as minimum training requirements, to type certificates (TCs) and prohibiting aircraft sales to countries that do not pass the FAA’s international safety audit.

The EU mandate is less comprehensive than in the U.S. and will not be uniformly applied across the continent.

Contract pilots enjoy better pay today than ever, and they get to set their own schedules. But they need to remain vigilant to the safety and legal threats of each new flight.

As soon as you enter a taxi, Uber or limo you are essentially surrendering control of your safety and security to someone completely unknown to you

All crewmembers should be able to demonstrate normal and emergency procedure proficiency on their specific aircraft.

Daher’s 2020 Model TBM 940 turboprops will include Garmin’s Autoland system, which guides the aircraft to a landing in the event the pilot is incapacitated, the company announced Feb. 24.

Boeing announced Feb. 24 that former United Technologies CFO Akhil Johri and current Qualcomm CEO Steve Mollenkopf will join its board of directors.

Aircraft utilization ticks up but coronavirus outbreak still taking heavy toll on Chinese carriers.

There are differences in the types of medical insurance that travelers are offered.

The resources and expertise needed to evaluate the medical, safety and security threats at a destination can be considerable, far beyond the in-house resources of even the largest flight departments.

The premise behind business aviation is the freedom to fly when and where business calls, unchained from the exigencies of the airlines. This means

There comes a time in every pilot’s life when upon rotating the airplane for takeoff, all that can be seen is total darkness.

Selected accidents and incidents in January. The following NTSB information is preliminary.

We aviators need to realize that our aircraft and flying environments are just too complicated to attack problems on an ad hoc basis. If you don’t have a valid reason for your action, don’t take the action.

As a business aviation professional, much of your career is spent in environments where threats to your personal safety and security lurk.

Keep track of your devices at all times. Due to their compact size, they are easy to lose or to have stolen.

One out of three people traveling abroad experiences a related illness. On a typical two-week trip, travelers lose an average of three days due to illness, and almost 20% will remain ill after returning home.

The helicopter crash that killed basketball player Kobe Bryant and eight others was not caused by an engine fault, NTSB investigators have confirmed.

FAA Administrator Steve Dickson has hinted of a new regulatory regime around aircraft certification, leaning on lessons from the Boeing 737 MAX debacle.

Uber is launching a three-year, “multimillion-dollar” community engagement plan to pave the way for the anticipated start of commercial urban aerial

The FAA has proposed amending its certification procedures so it can issue design approvals for some unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) as a “special class” of aircraft.