Safety, Ops & Regulation

Characterized as a serious incident, the near collision between a business jet and a commercial aircraft resulted in a minimal vertical separation of 665 ft.

The Allied Pilots Association, ALPA, and Southwest Airlines Pilots Association wrote an open letter to Congress and President Joe Biden.

The agency’s final policy made few changes to its initial proposals.

For small carriers, hurdles to gain passenger screening approvals are overwhelming and an alternate process is not feasible. The TSA must seek operator input.

Weather appears to have been a major factor in the fatal crash of a 1979 Cessna Citation 550 on July 8, carrying two pilots and four passengers.

There is a place for relatively simple, pragmatic solutions to safety issues.

The bureau worries about inconsistent safety standards between small aircraft and large commercial jets flying in the same airspace.

The agency has not had administrator for more than 450 days, and the effects are rippling through aviation and other industries.

In a regulatory filing July 6, ALPA called on the DOT to close a loophole it says is being exploited by public charter operator JSX.

United Airlines is prioritizing improvements to crew technology following a week its CEO described as “one of the most operationally challenging" in my career.

Airbus Helicopters has secured long-awaited U.S. FAA certification for H160 twin-engine medium helicopters.

The new towers, based on a “sustainable” concept the agency previewed in April, would replace ATC towers that are functioning beyond their intended design life.

The ability to project ahead in time is vital to accurate situational awareness.

Predicting how the current situation will evolve and impact future operations is an often overlooked but vital element of situational awareness.

Predicting how the current situation will evolve and impact future operations is an often overlooked but vital element of situational awareness.

Safety authorities recommend that operators pay more attention to the performance limitations of the aircraft when choosing the type for each mission.

Action Aviation confirmed June 23 the passing of its chairman, Hamish Harding, who was on board OceanGate’s Titan Submersible on its tour of the Titanic.

Knowledgeable passengers are key to combating illegal charter operations, which spiked during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to FAA safety inspectors.

Clues to why the Phenom crashed.

Leesburg Executive Airport will place into service a mobile tower after the FAA cancelled its remote tower project.

We describe an EMB-500 hard landing in Paris and related incidents.

The U.S. FAA has announced it is closing less airspace during launches from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, leading to fewer commercial reroutings.

BCA Senior Editor Bill Carey discusses the progress of the Eliminate Aviation Gasoline Lead Emissions Initiative with NATA CEO and Managing Director of Safety.

Sometimes in piloting a strong measure of caution exceeds a high level of skill in importance.

Startup developing hydrogen-fueled variant of the internal combustion engine.