How the Boeing 737 Max disaster looks to a software developer Design shortcuts meant to make a new plane seem like an old, familiar one are to blame By Gregory Travis In the wake of a near-disastrous cabin blowout in an Alaska Airlines 737 Max 9 on 5 Jan.—which has propelled the embattled redesign of the once iconic 737 back into...Read More
EASA publishes Amendment 28 to CS-25 Rodrigo Priego, Head of Initial Airworthiness Standards and Specifications at EASA EASA – European Union Aviation Safety Agency has published Amendment 28 to CS-25. The objective of this Decision is to reflect the state of the art of large aeroplane certification based on information gathered from in-service occurrences and certification projects. This Decision amends...Read More
FAA Proposes to Require Drug and Alcohol Testing The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes to require certificated repair stations located outside the United States whose employees perform safety-sensitive maintenance functions on certain air carrier aircraft to obtain and implement a drug and alcohol testing program. These programs would align with the FAA and Department of Transportation (DOT)’s drug and alcohol standards. This would...Read More
FAA to Appoint Rulemaking Committee to Examine Pilot Mental Health IFA Comments: If the regulators are concerned about pilots’ reluctance to disclose mental health conditions then there’s every good reason to be concerned by engineers’ reluctance to disclose mental health conditions. One of the key components of a Safety management system (SMS) is a just culture. That means treating those...Read More
Extensive damage to Aircraft – Blog by V2 Aviation An Embraer EMB-110C Bandeirante was scheduled to operate a training flight on this day, one year ago. Onboard the aircraft is a crew of two, The Pilot Flying (PF) in the left seat and the Pilot Monitoring (PM) in the right seat. The PF was under training, being trained by the...Read More
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