2024 Corporate Aviation Leadership Summit

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News and information on safety procedures and concerns.

News and issues relating to business, corporate and private aviation, primarily regarding turbine-engine-powered airplanes and helicopters. Subjects include aircraft, engines, maintenance, operations, personnel, acquisitions, accidents, safety, security, and training.

Half of misconfigured-flap events result in aborted takeoffs, says the agency.

FAA Publishes Safety Alert on Flap Configurations

No one aboard the Embraer Phenom was injured in the incident

Jet Experiences Control Problems on Takeoff

Air Charter Safety Foundation says data demonstrates audit’s value.

Safety Foundation Updates Accident Statistics

Investigation began after a 2008 crash that killed nine people.

Former Carson Helicopter V-p Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy

Agency sees no reason to adjust past random test rates.

FAA Substance Testing Rates Will Remain Constant

Thierry Dubois

Improved system combines life jacket, raft.

Cobham Introduces Survivor+ Personal Raft

Matt Thurber

The iIS-BAO program simplifies the IS-BAO SMS compliance and audit process.

SMS Made Simpler

Pilots should double-check data presented on aviation tablet applications to prevent possible security breaches.

Study: Security of Aviation Apps Questioned

News and issues regarding all manner of civil and military rotorcraft and their powerplants, including helicopters, tilt rotors and unmanned air vehicles.

European association concerned about social, economic and safety impact.

EHA Challenges in-the-works Flight-time Limits

News and issues concerning general aviation, specifically airplanes and helicopters powered by piston and alternative engines (i.e., non-turbine powered aircraft). Subjects include aircraft, engines, personnel, acquisitions, accidents, safety, security and training.

An FAA notice of proposed rulemaking may allow private pilots to fly without a medical certificate.

Proposed Rule for Third-class Medical Relief in Limbo

Neelam Mathews

News about bills, laws, regulations and other governmental decisions affecting aviation and aerospace. Topics include FAA re-authorizations, taxes on fuel and aviation activities, environmental legislation, ICAO decisions, governmental mediation of labor conflicts and World Trade Organization disputes and decisions.

News and issues relating to international air transport and cargo carriers, national airlines and regional airlines, including aircraft, engines, personnel, acquisitions, accidents, safety, security and training.

Association of Asia Pacific Airlines addresses flight tracking, Ebola threat

Asian Airlines Call for Sanity on Safety and Health Pandemics

Gregory Polek

News and developments about airplanes, helicopters and unmanned air vehicles used in all varieties of operations, including airlines, military, business, commercial, general aviation and private.

Task force to present plan at high-level safety conference in February 

ICAO Recommends War Zone Database for Airlines

News and issues relating to the aerospace industry that are related to the science, engineering and business of flight in space involving civil, industrial and military applications, and similar topics related to flight in the atmosphere of the Earth that are not covered more directly by other AINonline subject channels. In other words, both astronautical and aeronautical subjects, except for those aeronautical topics that are specifically covered elsewhere on this website.

Airspace changes designed to save time and fuel

Washington, D.C., Airspace Updates Take Hold

Night helicopter flight began in VFR conditions

Spatial Disorientation Cited in Fatal Helicopter Accident

Comprehensive icing course includes scenario training

NASA Offers Online Aircraft Icing Refresher

IATA’s director general says Latin American air safety statistics are headed in the right direction.

Tyler Addresses Latin American Air Safety

Captain says aircraft brakes were not effective

Overrun Accident Involved Tailwind

Agency says updated NextGen voice switching system will help reduce future disruptions

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