Foundation Annual Safety Report Warns of Rising Risks from Gaps in Safety Compliance
FSF calls for an industrywide recommitment to safety fundamentals.
Industry Updates
FAA Overhauls General Aviation Airworthiness Standards
In a move aimed at streamlining approval of new technologies, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration…
News, Fitness for Duty, Aviation Medicine
New Study Sees Symptoms of Depression Among Airline Pilots
The study was launched in the aftermath of Germanwings 9525.
News, Unmanned Aircraft Systems
ICAO Introduces Drone Toolkit
Toolkits are “more than a starting point” for learning the basics of UAS operation, ICAO…
News, Unmanned Aircraft Systems, People
Former FAA Counsel to Chair Drone Regulatory Advisory Committee
Gregory Walden also serves at counsel to the Small UAV Coalition.
European Pilots Warn of Fatigue Risks
Half of commercial pilots surveyed say fatigue not taken seriously by carriers.
News, Fitness for Duty, Safety Regulation
EASA Offers New Rules for Pilot Mental Fitness
Proposed new rules prompted by Germanwings crash.
Iran Aseman Airlines Added to EU Blacklist
Carriers from Kazakhstan removed from latest version of safety list.
Unmanned Aircraft Systems, Safety Oversight
FAA Needs to Establish Risk-Based Approach to Drone Oversight
Such an approach would enable FAA to most effectively identify and mitigate drone safety risk,…