Aviation Research, Flight Ops, News
High-tech sensors may eventually monitor the health of pilots during flight — and pave the way for changes on the flight deck, a new study says.
Recent advances in sensing technology have the potential not only to open the flight deck to pilots with certain medical conditions but also to facilitate the use of single-pilot flight crews, according to a report issued by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).1
Accident/Incident Investigation, Flight Ops
The NTSB says a miscommunication about the 777’s flap setting led to a post-departure descent to 750 feet above the Pacific.
Aviation Weather, Flight Ops, News
A new study predicts a continuing increase in CAT on some of the world’s busiest routes.
Flight Ops, Flight Planning, News, terrorism
The FAA is issuing a new rule to require additional flight deck barriers in new airliners.
