Talking to the European Commission’s Filip Cornelis In this episode of Raising the Aviation Bar, Filip Cornelis, Director for Aviation at the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport (DG MOVE), shares his insights as a key member of the Team Europe delegation to the 42nd ICAO General Assembly, a seminal event for world aviation every three years. Filip walks us...Read More

Aviation Coalition Report Shows Progress Implementing Recommendations to Prevent Unapproved Parts New Members Join Efforts to Strengthen Aviation Supply Chain Integrity A new report from the Aviation Supply Chain Integrity Coalition, an organization formed to prevent unapproved parts from entering the industry, finds that companies are making progress implementing its initial recommendations. The report comes less than one year after the Coalition shared...Read More

Meet the Boeing engineer tasked with reviving the reputation for safety By Lauren Rosenblatt Don Ruhmann, Boeing’s chief aerospace safety officer, thinks the company is “poised” for change. Ruhmann, 61, is the second person to take on the role since Boeing created it in 2021, in the wake of two deadly 737 MAX crashes. His office is in charge of...Read More

FAA Committee ‘Refresh’ Threatens MRO Workforce Initiatives By Sean Broderick Industry is being forced to navigate around a government-wide purging of advisory committees that play key roles in rulemaking to keep Congressionally mandated FAA workforce development initiatives on track. The FAA is developing a pathway for military-trained mechanics to transition to civilian jobs. Section 426 of the 2024 FAA reauthorization...Read More

2025 Pipeline Report & AMTS Directory The annual report is a compilation of data collected from A&P schools that analyzes and assesses the pipeline of aviation technicians. It is published annually in conjunction with the ATEC Fly-in each September in Washington DC.  Read More

Congratulations to IFA’s American Vice President John Goglia, National Aviation Hall of Fame’s Class of 2025 Since its foundation through an Act of Congress in 1964, the National Aviation Hall of Fame has faithfully fulfilled their mission to honor the tenacity, genius and ingenuity of the people of air and space. They boldly serve as a testament that Americans who...Read More

Patrick Ky, former EASA executive director, joins Vertical Aerospace’s board Vertical Aerospace, a global aerospace and technology company that is pioneering electric aviation, announced the appointment of Patrick Ky to its board of directors, strengthening the company’s regulatory expertise and leadership in certification. The appointment is effective as of Sept. 1, 2025. Ky served as executive director of the European...Read More

Woman whose husband died in 1985 plane crash advocates safety to JAL employees Machiko Taniguchi, who lost her husband in the 1985 crash of a Japan Airlines jumbo jet, spoke in July directly to young JAL employees involved in flight safety, her first such opportunity since the tragedy. “The safety of the skies rests on your eyes and your hands,”...Read More

In the Spotlight: Cahir’s Kiro Barsoum Cahir News Cahir’s Kiro Barsoum, who is now an aircraft maintenance and airworthiness engineer with Aer Arann Islands, this week has featured on the Alumni Spotlight with the University of Limerick. Kiro Barsoum, who has had a passion for aviation since he was a child growing up in Tipperary, completed a BSc in Aircraft...Read More

Latest from CHIRP ATFB 155 July 2025 Safety Culture CHIRP reporting themes My first six months as Air Transport (AT) and Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) programme manager in CHIRP’s aviation team has been both enlightening and professionally rewarding. Having previously been a member of the Air Transport Advisory Board (ATAB) I was very familiar with how CHIRP’s advisory boards dealt...Read More