Feeling Insecure About Security
Are you concerned about all the recent airport security breaches? It's all over the media. Breathless stories about terror threats, explosives on airplanes, and the latest attempts to disrupt our...
View ArticleLousy Week for Aviation News
This has been a bad week for stories about aviation. Negative stories included terror threats, a drunk pilot arrested on an airliner at London Heathrow, an uncontained engine failure on a Qantas A380...
View ArticleIs Wichita the Next Detroit?
Aviation workers fear that Wichita will become the next Detroit. In the past few years Boeing, Bombardier Learjet, Cessna and Hawker Beechcraft have cut thousands of well-paying aviation and aerospace...
View ArticleOpting Out: Full Body Scan vs. Enhanced Pat-Down
So just how bad is the enhanced pat-down? Everyone seems obsessed with the subject, especially since the video of the California man telling TSA agents not to "touch his junk" went viral....Read Full Post
View ArticleLeaving for Dubai
This Saturday I leave for MEBA - The Middle East Business Aviation show - in Dubai. MEBA is one of the world's biggest business aviation events, behind only NBAA and EBACE, attracting exhibitors and...
View ArticleFrance's Attack on Aviation Safety
A French court has dealt a blow to aviation safety with the criminal convictions of Continental Airlines and a lone mechanic in the 2000 crash of an Air France Concorde. France has become one of the...
View ArticleHopes for Safe Holiday Air Travel
Last Christmas, tragedy was averted when explosives misfired on a Detroit-bound airliner. In December 1988, Pan Am flight 103 was blown from the skies over Locherbie, Scotland. And back in December...
View ArticleAir Travel the Old-Fashioned Way
Today I flew on from Detroit to Oakland on a pristine Boeing 727, complete with a hot breakfast and a friendly, professional flight crew. Check-in was a breeze, security personnel were polite and the...
View ArticleDelta's Charm School Experiment
Delta Air Lines is sending 11,000 front line employees to charm school in an effort to reduce passenger complaints. That may fix some of the symptoms, but I don't think charm school will transform...
View ArticleOsama bin Laden's Aviation Legacy
Now that Osama bin Laden has finally been killed, we can start to analyze his impact on aviation safety. Sadly, though bin Laden can no longer hurt anyone else, there is fear that his followers will...
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NextGen Moves Forward
U.S. Government Photo The FAA definitely had its share of struggles last year. After 23 short-term funding extensions, a two-week shutdown that left nearly 4,000 people out of jobs, and concerns about...
View ArticleWomen in Aviation Conference: Its For Men, Too!
There's no better place for an aviation enthusiast to go this spring than to the 23rd Annual International Women in Aviation Conference, to be held March 8-10 in Dallas. People (notice I said people,...
View ArticleWhy the Pilot Shortage?
The aviation world is abuzz about the future pilot shortage. Aviation groups are doing all they can to find ways to get more pilots into training and keep them there with the hope that the workforce...
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Exhibitor Space Sold Out at ABACE
Photo © Dean Morley/flickr The Asian Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition is scheduled to be held this year at the Shanghai Hawker Pacific Business Aviation Service Center from March 27 to...
View ArticleInfrastructure Problem in Asia
Maybe it's time for NextGen in Asia. As Asia anticipates more and more growth in the aviation industry, airlines and customers are left wondering how in the world the airports are going to handle it....
View ArticleNeed a Job?
Looking for a new job? Check out the job highlights for this week! PEMCO is hiring avionics mechanics, structural mechanics and inspectors for their facility in Tampa. At the beginning of the month,...
View ArticleMental Health Among Crewmembers
Recent flight crew behavior has left people wondering about the mental health of pilots and flight attendants. Two days ago, a JetBlue captain gave his copilot and passengers quite a scare when he...
View ArticleWoman Lands Plane After Husband Has Heart Attack
Last week, a woman made headlines for landing an airplane after her husband had a heart attack and died while at the controls. News reports tell an incredible story of a calm and collected lady who...
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Terrafugia's Flying Car- A Good Idea?
Photo © driventofly.com A flying car has been on people's list of cool things to have since WWII, and it's finally here! Whether it's a good idea or not is up for debate, but you have to admit that it...
View ArticleSpring Bees!
It's spring! Isn't it nice to wake up to warmer days? No more pre-flights on dark mornings, or trying to check the weather on your iPad with gloves on. Doing walk-arounds on an icy ramp is something I...
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