Pilot mental health – can AI-powered psychological assessment help? IFA comments: For crew, engineers and controllers, the ‘predictive’ approach is desirable. However, the practicalities when applied to the immensely diverse sets of circumstances in aviation may create even more uncertainty. In the week that an expert committee recommended to the FAA that pilots be allowed to get ‘talk therapy’ from...Read More

UK Startup Develops “an eVTOL Bus” By Chris Stonor Bristol-based UK startup, Sora Aviation, is developing an eVTOL bus with zero emissions, low noise and affordable ticket prices for the Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) market, writes wearefinn.com, who recently interviewed company co-Founder and CEO, Furqan. Furqan served as the Technical Authority on AAM at GKN and has led multiple electric, hybrid...Read More

FAA Rules Aside, U.S. Shops Prepare For SMS By Sean Broderick, Aviation Week Network The FAA remains undecided about whether to require organizationwide safety management systems for its 5,000 certified repair stations, but the global footprint of many U.S.-based shops leaves them with no choice. Transport Canada (TC) and the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) both require safety management...Read More

Florian Guillermet starts new role as EASA Executive Director from start of April IFA Comments: IFA welcomes Florian Guillermet in his new role as Executive Director of the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). Florian Guillermet will take up his role as Executive Director of the European Union Aviation Safety Agency from April 1, 2024 following his selection by the...Read More

‘I want to help people fly – and keep them safe’ By Chris Baraniuk, BBC Student Pooja Umashankar clearly remembers when she first felt the roar of an aircraft taking off. She was 10 years old and travelling from Sri Lanka to the UK with her family. Through the window near her seat, she could see hundreds of tiny lights...Read More

‘Harsh’ eVTOL Operating Demands Shorten Battery Life By Hanneke Weitering, Future Flight IFA Comments: Battery management is going to be more than an electrical control system. Monitoring, detecting and repurposing degraded eVTOL batteries could be a major task for aircraft maintainers.   With electric aviation still in its infancy, eVTOL developers have largely been relying on the same lithium-ion battery...Read More

FAA Awards $13.5 Million in Grants to Foster Workforce 32 schools received pilot, maintenance technician development grants By Kerry Lynch, AIN Monthly he FAA has awarded its next tranche of grants to help foster the development of pilots, maintenance technicians, and other aviation professionals. In all, the agency granted $13.5 million to 32 schools in this latest round of funding under two...Read More

UK aircraft deliveries highest since 2019 Aircraft deliveries are the highest since 2019 with a total of 76 deliveries and a 3% overall increase compared to February 2023. The month has continued to reinforce the anticipated growth in wide-body deliveries with a 7% increase compared to 2023, this is due to the return of international long-haul travel. A new report...Read More

Captain Moody’s wisdom: ‘the aeroplane might break any minute’ By Steve Creedy, Flight Safety Australia Airmanship may sound old school but former British Airways captain Eric Moody argues it is just as important now as it was when he and his crew struggled to restart all 4 engines on his Boeing 747-200 in 1982. The City of Edinburgh had been cruising at 37,000 feet...Read More

HAECO CCO On Dealing With MRO Shop Capacity Constraints By James Pozzi, Aviation Week Xiamen and Hong Kong, the demand for base maintenance is particularly strong for widebody aircraft. These facilities are well equipped to handle the maintenance needs of widebody fleets, and we have seen significant demand from customers in this segment. In the Americas, specifically in Lake City,...Read More