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The aviation industry has an excellent record of flight safety – due, in part, to stringent pilot medical standards. However, it is possible that some of these standards could be outdated or unnecessarily strict. 2 January 2024
In this guest commentary, Dr William Cox explains how competency-based pilot training could be a way of reducing millions in operating expenses due to D&Cs and increasing revenues by decreasing the number of dissatisfied passengers. 24 July 2023
Researchers at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California are exploring how passengers may experience an air taxi ride by building a custom virtual reality flight simulator. 3 July 2023
The airline industry has been more severely damaged by the pandemic than any event since WW2, and most surviving airlines have few resources to spare. 14 June 2022
A pandemic-driven sea-change has occurred, and there is no more room for old process. 14 June 2022
The extended grounding of airliners with no-one to fly them is exacerbating airline recovery from the pandemic. 4 January 2022
One feature of the future of aviation training was clear to see at the recent EATS, the presence of many delegates, clutching hand-held controls, with their faces obscured by VR google-facemasks. Conor Keeling, an A330 Captain for a major European airline, flying for 33 years and 20,000 hours since 1981, discusses his observations of EATS 2021. 22 November 2021
Asian markets still have a rising middle class in the next decade to count on for some form of sustainable growth. European markets are expected to recover more slowly in comparison. 25 October 2021
Several factors, both internal and external, affect the actual amount of time for an upgrade from First Officer to Captain. 27 September 2021
India has been following the traditional prescriptive training methodology with very few changes over the years. 13 September 2021
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