National Gay Pilots Association spreads advocacy beyond flight deck
When the National Gay Pilots Association (NGPA), then known as the Gay Pilots Association was founded in 1990 their first few meetings were ... Continue Reading
Tag Archives: FAA
What will be Solar Impulse’s aviation environmental legacy?
NEW YORK & MONACO — The future is clean, says Solar Impulse, and indeed its #futureisclean hashtag trends whenever the solar-powered one... Continue Reading
Press Release: Astronics’ wireless EFB certified for Boeing 737
Astronics Corporation (NASDAQ:ATRO), a leading provider of advanced technologies for the global aerospace, defense and semiconductor industr... Continue Reading
Economic impact of global flight tracking cited in analysis of delay
When an aircraft vanishes from radar and is not quickly found by search and rescue teams – as witnessed several times in recent years, inclu... Continue Reading
Supersonic flight looks set to return, but at what cost?
NASA’s attempts to resuscitate supersonic commercial air travel will involve the use of technology that did not exist in Concorde’s day, wit... Continue Reading
First satellites with space-based ADS-B payloads near ship date
The first 10 Iridium NEXT communications satellites, each bearing an Aireon space-based ADS-B antenna-and-receiver payload on its underside,... Continue Reading
Watch #PaxEx Minute: Keeping passengers safe
Runway Girl Network brings you up to speed with the #PaxEx Minute, which discusses inflight safety, including a proposed AD concerning Zodia... Continue Reading
Zodiac’s head impact issue affects American, Delta, others: FAA
The US Federal Aviation Administration is identifying Republic, United, Skywest, American Eagle, Island Air, and Delta as the six US airline... Continue Reading
Thousands of Zodiac seats subject of FAA proposed AD
US FAA officials are proposing to issue an airworthiness directive (AD) for the removal of certain aircraft seat components produced by Zodi... Continue Reading
ICAO sets 1 April for lithium-ion battery passenger cargo ban
On 1 April, a new ICAO ban on shipments of lithium-ion batteries as cargo on passenger aircraft will come into place. It is a commendable (i... Continue Reading
More Virgin Australia seat delays raise FAA secrecy questions
A second B/E Aerospace outward-facing herringbone seat installation is being delayed because of safety certification issues — and the FAA is... Continue Reading
OPINION: ATC privatization does not advance NextGen
I believe that the current Air Traffic Control situation in the US is untenable. The technology is old, it lacks sufficient resiliency and i... Continue Reading
FAA modernizes outdated medical requirements for trans pilots
With a set of significant improvements to the process by which transgender pilots can begin or complete a gender transition while still flyi... Continue Reading
Press Release: FAA approves Honeywell JetWave for Inmarsat GX
Honeywell Aerospace’s (NYSE: HON) JetWave™ wireless in-flight connectivity system has received U.S. Federal Aviation Administration approval... Continue Reading
Hoverboard allowances show airlines differ on battery protocol
The dangers posed by lithium batteries are well reported. If not handled and stored correctly, the batteries can become unstable and overhea... Continue Reading
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