David Kaminski-Morrow, Air Transport Editor at FlightGlobal, published two interesting stories on the AF447 aftermath which now is best described as the acrimonious phase. Now its pilots and airline vs. Airbus. On a visit to Airbus last year we were…
BEA investigators blame human error for the Air France crash in June 2009. They said the junior pilots were not properly trained to deal with an emergency while their Captain was on a rest break. Their summary findings can be…
On July 1, KLM flight 1233 from Amsterdam Schipol to Paris Charles de Gaulle operated using biokerosene on a passenger flight, becoming the first airline to do so. While a number of proving flights have been taken by various airlines…
Phillipe Goetz, BRITAIR’s Flight Ops Technical Director sat in their CRJ1000 at the Paris Air Show and describes how pleased they are with the airplane which is replacing F-100s. This, by the way, is the same plane we got to…
As we head into the Paris Air Show, here is AirInsight’s outlook: The big news at air shows are orders for new aircraft. Forget the drivel that Airbus “saves” up orders for the show and Boeing doesn’t. Customers drive when…
[Update – Podcast with an A330 type rating instructor discussing the BEA AF447 information] Update: MSNBC has a three minute video with two former NTSB investigators discussing the accident. Citing inaccuracies and errors in media reports on the crash of…