Many people are aware of minimum crew rest periods. Whether it’s through a connection in the industry, an experience where a delay lead to the crew timing out, or a story about such an experience, crew rest periods in Part 121 (and Part 135) flying have proved a critical piece…
My brother asked me a while back how airline pilots can be safe and proficient in emergencies. His idea was that, considering how safe commercial aviation is, pilots’ ability to enact emergency procedures will atrophy, making emergencies that much riskier for everyone involved. Luckily, the FAA has already thought of…
Aviation is popular and possible in the United States in a way unlike many other countries. Of the 40,000 airports in the world, over 5,000 (12 percent) are in the United States, and at least ⅓ of total pilots in the world (considering private, commercial, and military) are from the…
The American Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is bracing for a reauthorization. Every five years, Congress passes a bill outlining new steps the agency can take to promote further growth and safety in the American aviation industry. These bills also provide the agency's funding and dictate where the funding should go…
Aeronáutica Civil de Colombia, the state body in charge of regulating civil aviation in the South American country, has published the final report on the serious incident involving an Aerosucre Boeing 737-200 that occurred in February last year at Germán Olano Airport in the city of Puerto Carreño. See also:…
We all know that aviation touches everyone’s lives in some way, either directly or indirectly. In this interconnected world, there isn’t much that can’t be attributed to aviation to some degree. If someone digs deep enough, more often than not an aviation angle is found. One surprising place that commercial…
Indonesian airlines have had a long history. Various airlines have graced the skies of Indonesia, although not all of them survived to flap their wings in the sky of the archipelago. On December 28, 1949, the NV Garuda Indonesia Airways (GIA) aircraft became the aircraft of the national airline which…
The Australian Senate's Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee has released its long awaited interim report. The report begins with a 12-item list of recommendations for the Australian general aviation industry, many of which highlight the Committee's disappointment with the current direction and approach of the Civil Aviation…
Update on March 18 at 10:30 a.m. ET On March 16, the Australian Senate delayed further the release of their report to Oct. 20, citing no reasons, but this time committing to the release of its interim report on March 30. The decision to delay the report's release was made…
