Safety, Ops & Regulation

There are two competing thoughts about the wisdom of keeping qualified in two aircraft types.

Pilot in fatal crash had been cited for multiple license violations for almost 30 years.

Pilots' decision to continue an approach on autopilot when the circumstances were confusing and the situation was deteriorating rapidly could have ended tragically.

“Why didn’t those guys just disconnect the autopilot?”

Selected accidents and incidents in November 2019. The following NTSB information is preliminary.

Tourism represents about 60% of the Bahamian economy.

It is a myth that Hurricane Dorian decimated the entire Bahamian archipelago.

Without a professional flight attendant aboard, and in the absence of formal emergency procedures training, most business jet travelers are ill-prepared for contingencies,

The NTSB investigates, but does not require or enforce actions.

Yes, there’s a winter tourist season, but in the island chain’s south In late August 2019, meteorologists were monitoring a tropical wave of

WASHINGTON – The U.S. FAA has pledged to release a draft rule prescribing a means to identify drones from the ground by the end of December. After

President Donald Trump is poised to sign into law a spending package that will send $17.6 billion to the FAA for fiscal 2020 and reauthorize the U.S. Export-Import Bank for seven years.

Most business and general aviation and commercial operators who fly in ADS-B Out airspace plan to meet the FAA’s Jan. 1, 2020 deadline.

The FAA has sent a letter to Blackbird Air, a company that created a web-based application to connect passengers with pilots, emphasizing the agency’s regulations regarding pilots who transport paying passengers.

A former FAA aviation safety inspector has been sentenced by the U.S. District Court in Miami to more than six years in prison for bribery and fraud.

The FAA has a long-standing clear policy on whether a pilot may consume marijuana.

Cirrus Aircraft’s Safe Return emergency automatic landing system, a new function developed in partnership with Garmin, will be added as a standard

Fractional ownership company NetJets has launched a new subsidiary called QS Security Services.

Aviation Week Network recently announced the winners of its 63rd annual Laureate Awards, honoring achievements in global aerospace.

Charter broker Paramount Business Jets has introduced a carbon offset system for passengers hoping to neutralize pollutants generated by their flight.

WASHINGTON—The FAA’s top official remains confident in the agency’s certification methodology and processes for evaluating safety-critical issues

The number of U.S.-registered, turbine-powered business aircraft meeting the FAA’s Jan. 1, 2020, deadline for ADS-B compliance rose to 88% of the

Private Jet Services (PJS), based in Seabrook, New Hampshire, plans to plant 79,200 trees a year in a reforestation program to offset 100% of the

Autonomous air taxi developer Ehang is on track to begin a pioneering effort with the Civil Aviation Administration of China to develop airworthiness standards and certification methods for the new aircraft category.

Drone traffic management system developer Altitude Angel will provide a UTM platform for the Netherlands.