Kathryn Creedy is an award-winning journalist who has been covering the aviation industry since 1980, and for the past...
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Female pilots
The recent amazing performance by the crew on Southwest 1380 highlighted Captain Tammie Jo Shults' exceptional crisis...
Major Changes in EFB Applications
The FAA has made a 180-degree turn in its attitude towards the display of own-ship position on electronic flight...
US Scope Clause isn’t changing anytime soon
We recently asked some people "in the know" for their inputs on some questions pertaining to Scope Clause. As one can...
Pilot shortage starts to bite beyond the USA
In a fascinating story on AIN, we read that now China has to make changes to its pilot rules, raising the mandatory...
Premium #317 – The Artificially Constrained US Regional Aircraft Market
US regional airlines operated around 43.54% of US flights and carried 19.42% of all enplanements in 2015. Yet, at the...
EFB survey data available
We have completed the 2016 EFB survey and added this data to the EFB survey data set, starting with 2012. The current...
Drunk pilots?
Last Wednesday it happened in Indonesia. Citilink, owned by Garuda, initially denied the pilot was drunk. Later...
Premium #238 – How Will Aviation Keep Up with Technological Change?
Let’s take a look at what flying could be like 20 years from now. Will the airport, aircraft, systems, and...
The Pilot Shortage Part 2 – The Supply of Commercial Pilots
In a previous story we wrote about the growing demand for pilots. The demand is real and well documented. But what...
Ethiopian Airlines Airbus A350 First Flight to Johannesburg
Ethiopian Airlines, in it's 70th year of operation, is fulfilling its company motto: "The New Spirit of Africa". It is...
Premium #226 – Farnborough 2016 Was Far from Boring – If you Knew Where to Look
We’ve seen some reports that the 2016 Farnborough Airshow was disappointing, with the fewest new aircraft orders in...