Content Archive: April 2011
Regulations and Government
UK Hits Aircraft Operators with Extra ETS Admin Fees
Aircraft operators assigned to the UK for compliance with the European Union emissions trading scheme (EU-ETS) are already facing additional “subsistence”
Avionics
Controller Scheduling Changed To Curb Fatigue
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt on Sunday announced changes to air traffic controller scheduling practices that wil
Regulations and Government
House Transportation Chairman Threatens To Subpoena TSA Boss
Republican congressman John Mica (Fla.) continued his quixotic war with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) last week when he slammed the agen
Regulations and Government
Newly Formed GA Airport Coalition Heads To Washington
The General Aviation Airport Coalition (GAAC) was officially formed late last week to “preserve and promote,” on a national level, GA airports in the U.S.
Aircraft
Sukhoi To Deliver First Superjet Tomorrow
Sukhoi confirmed that it plans to deliver the first production Superjet SSJ100-95–S/N 95007–to launch customer Armavia tomorrow.
Aircraft
Southwest Scare Prompts Tighter Inspection Intervals For Some 737 Classics
Operators of certain Boeing 737 Classics will need to perform eddy current inspections on parts of their fuselages every 500 flight cycles, forcing interru
Accidents
AF447 Investigators Prep for A330 Wreck Recovery, Question Previous Searches
Investigators from the French BEA (Bureau d’Enquetes et d’Analyses) are preparing to recover the wreckage of Air France Flight 447, the 
Aircraft
Boeing Will Show New Narrowbody before Re-engining 737, Says Airbus
Airbus has moved forward by six months its target to introduce the 
Torqued: Disaster prompts new look at risk assessment
The Japanese trifecta of tragedy has some people rethinking risk-assessment models and catastrophic risk in general.
