Website on hold

As I am starting my new position as V.P. ops for ELAL airlines on May...

New International Airport in Nepal VNBW / BWA

On April 21st a new airport opened to the public in Nepal The new Gautam...

FAA Downgrades Russian Air Safety Rating

WASHINGTON – The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has downgraded the air safety rating for Russia,...

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Website on hold

As I am starting my new position as V.P. ops for ELAL airlines on May...

New International Airport in Nepal VNBW / BWA

On April 21st a new airport opened to the public in Nepal The new Gautam...

FAA Downgrades Russian Air Safety Rating

WASHINGTON – The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has downgraded the air safety rating for Russia,...

737 max Crew alerting system

MCAS didn’t bring the 737 MAX down, It played a major role, but something else...

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MCAS & CAS 737 MAX

Crew Alerting System or better yet lack there of played as big role as the...

Dubai International Airport DXB runway closure.

The Government on Dubai has announced that the northern runway of its airport “Dubai International”...

737 MAX, What was Mark Forkner indicted of? FSBR

Following the release of “Downfall”, The Netflix documentary on the cultural shift of Boeing from...

On Unreliable Airspeed and risk management. Mostly Risk Management.

One of the more interesting and dare I say important investigation reports was released yesterday...

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737 MAX, What was Mark Forkner indicted of? FSBR

Following the release of “Downfall”, The Netflix documentary on the cultural shift of Boeing from...

Vertiport - The future airports for eVTOL aircraft.

The FAA released a draft engineering brief for Vertiport design. The draft is published for...

A new study published recently indicates that half of the participating pilots have trouble sleeping.

The study of pilots for Saudi Arabian carrier pilots (344 pilots) showed that more than...

Comments on Draft AC 120-FPM

The Draft AC can be viewed here Dear Sir or Madam, This is a great...

On Unreliable Airspeed and risk management. Mostly Risk Management.

One of the more interesting and dare I say important investigation reports was released yesterday...

On the dangerous myth of multitasking.

Yesterday the Australian Investigation Authorities, the ATSB released their final investigation report on an incident...

ARABIA 111

Let’s talk about Air Arabia flight 111   On September 18th 2018 an Air Arabia...

The 737-200 scary takeoff preliminary report.

The Colombian authorities released a preliminary report of the incident of a Aerosucre 737-200 videotaped...

EK 231 low flight after takeoff update.

On February 17th UAE CGAA investigators released a preliminary report regarding an Emirates 777-300 takeoff...

Why some airports do not have lower than CAT I approaches?

Some major airports to not have very low minimums. The main reason is the typical...