Industry Updates

Usually a good indication that a fair compromise has been reached on a contentious issue is representatives from both sides of the debate saying that they are the ones taking…

Maybe it’s a consequence of too much information about the calamities that can befall this planet — comet and asteroid impacts, dramatic climate shifts, violent solar flares, volcanic winters and…

When the U.S. Congress recently passed a law requiring pilots to possess an airline transport pilot (ATP) certificate before flying as second-in-command (SIC) for an airline operating under Federal Aviation…

Make no mistake, the effort to catapult air traffic control technology to a revolutionary and vastly more capable level in the United States and Europe is a very, very big…

Not long ago I would write stories fairly regularly about aviation training, probably a couple each year. One of the most dependable recurring themes I would hear from training providers…

Surprises in aviation are rarely pleasant, and that’s what a couple of Continental Airline pilots got in late 2008 when they taxied for departure from Denver International Airport (DEN) with…

Last year I bought a parachute, not because I wanted to jump out of a perfectly good airplane, but just in case my airplane suddenly was no longer perfectly good.…

For a domestic operator, the United States provides one of the largest contiguous airspaces in the world governed by common rules and procedures. However, the comfort domestic flying confers can…