Our society depends on cyber security; the issue is at the very heart of our daily lives. How will we react when threats lead to interference with aircraft, airports or ATC? How can we be prepared to thwart such an…
Recently Embraer announced a set of Economic Metrics based on the concept of return on investment capital that illustrates how “right sizing” aircraft in the 70-110 seat segment can make sense for airlines. In the paragraphs that follow, we will…
Social media is much more powerful than many people realize. That smart phone in the customer’s hands is the equivalent of a nuclear weapon. Woe the employee who is captured on video “losing it”. It’s not just the brand that…
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We have written about the big and small duopolies in commercial aircraft. But it is too simple to think that this four-player OEM world will remain stable and dominating the space forever. Obvious new entrants are firms that are new…
This issue is now getting a lot of attention. United just banned a passenger who is an IT cyber security expert, because the airline believes him to be a threat to their aircraft systems. We are not sure this…