Why do we fly? The answer is quite simple - to get somewhere much faster than if we drove. Speed is the name of the...
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2015 EFB Survey Report
Our fourth annual EFB survey report will be available from Monday January 18. The 34 page report (PDF) includes six...
2015 Capitol Conference on Commercial Aviation Cyber Security
Our society depends on cyber security; the issue is at the very heart of our daily lives. How will we react when...
Hacking LOT
Reuters reports that around 1,400 passengers at LOT were grounded at Warsaw's Chopin airport yesterday after hackers...
An iPad Update Results in 74 Delayed Flights at American
American Airlines was forced to ground flights for a period earlier this week when their Electronic Flight Bag (EFB)...
Can a passenger hack an aircraft?
This issue is now getting a lot of attention. United just banned a passenger who is an IT cyber security expert,...
Cyber security issue keeps gathering momentum
At the risk of being classified as "Chicken Little" we want to, once again, highlight the cyber security issue. Cyber...
Airlines and cyber-security – a story that won’t go away
Commercial aviation is focused only only one item more than making a profit - ensuring its safety record. Looking...
Cyber thoughts
It has been a while since we last addressed this issue. Our interest in cyber security within commercial aviation has...
Airport Security Theater
We’ve always thought that the TSA security process at airports was cumbersome and ineffective, and to a great degree...
Passenger Demand for In-Flight Internet Access
We updated our un-scientific survey, asking respondents how much they value in-flight access to the Internet. Click...
Premium 114 – REVISITING UNINTERRUPTIBLE AUTOPILOTS
In the wake of the disappearance and assumed crash of Malaysian flight 370, industry chatter regarding uninterruptible...