Op-Ed: Managing data exchange between aerospace suppliers
In April 2010 Apple debuted the iPad and press reviews were generally negative – consumer polls were about the same. One consumer poll... Continue Reading
Tag Archives: FAA
New seat belts after Asiana 214? Probably not
Last year’s tragic crash of Asiana Airlines Flight 214 at San Francisco International Airport placed renewed focus on the role of aircraft s... Continue Reading
Delta, others, smarting from new bird strike tests
The US FAA’s decision to step up its scrutiny of bird strike testing of large antenna radomes has had a profoundly negative impact on airlin... Continue Reading
The FAA prefers a 4-pound bird
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VIDEO: Do separate IFC systems make safety sense?
Now that airlines are using inflight connectivity systems to support both passenger connectivity and certain crew applications, some are eag... Continue Reading
IFE firms lament how seat makers manage their data
Major inflight entertainment companies are bemoaning the pace at which seat manufacturers are processing their IFE parts data in order to br... Continue Reading
Southwest begins replacing certain Honeywell displays
Southwest Airlines has started retrofitting some of its Boeing 737 flight decks with new Honeywell avionics after so-called ‘Phase 3’ displa... Continue Reading
Offering gate-to-gate wi-fi to passengers may be easier said than done
US airlines are scrambling to submit their applications to the FAA to secure permission to offer passengers the ability to use personal elec... Continue Reading
Will Gogo face competitive disadvantage if it doesn’t reengineer system?
Now that the FAA has cleared a path for airlines to enable passenger use of electronic devices during all phases of flight, inflight Wi-Fi p... Continue Reading
JetBlue, Delta first to gain approval for PEDs gate-to-gate
As news breaks that JetBlue Airways and Delta Air Lines have received formal FAA approval to permit passengers to use their personal electro... Continue Reading