Unfortunately, appropriate actions were not taken during the Covid pandemic to prevent the crisis now in play: grounded airliners due to pilot shortages. Captain John Bent, FRAeS, decries the ‘perfect storm’ in airline pilot training.
Redbird encourages all learners, pilots, flight instructors, and flight training organizations to complete the State of Flight Training Survey, which is open until 23 February 2024.
At the end of last year, the US National Transportation Safety Board Chair, Jennifer Homendy, announced that the NTSB was discontinuing their “Most Wanted List” of desired improvements in aviation, rail, marine and road transportation. Rick Adams, FRAeS, discusses this and more in the latest Editorial Comment for CAT.
Airlines for America (A4A) President and CEO Nick Calio’s comments to the Aero Club of Washington this January 17, were nothing less than a clarion call-to-action for the wider commercial aviation industry and its many stakeholders in and beyond government. An extract of Calio’s comments is provided here.
This opinion, for the first time, proposes a regulation that will affect approximately 300,000 workers in the ground handling industry, one of the largest groups of aviation employees.
During this first week of January 2024 many CAT followers and readers from across the globe are returning to their workplaces from well-earned, end-of-year holidays. As the broad civil aviation training enterprise never rests – here’s an opportunity to obtain an update on community developments that gained our attention since mid-December.
This urban air mobility company has just completed its first flight test in the city that never sleeps, showcasing multiple electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft.
This eVTOL plans to Launch Commercial passenger service in 2025 and has just flown its aircraft in New York City, marking its first flight in an urban setting.