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

How Boeing is quietly betting on a ‘brilliant’ 39-year old engineer—and setting the stage for a turnaround By Shawn Tully As an aeronautics grad student at MIT in the 2010s, Brian Yutko was obsessed. He’d work deep into the night mining “black box” data and destination codes buried in antiquated computer languages like Fortran for obscure flight stats. He wowed...Read More

Mach to the future – in conversation with Boom Supersonic founder and CEO Blake Scholl Fresh from the successful completion of its XB-1 flight test campaign earlier this year, TIM ROBINSON FRAeS talks to Boom Supersonic founder and CEO, Blake Scholl. By Tim Robinson FRAes AEROSPACE: What was your reaction on completing the XB-1 flight test campaign? Relief, satisfaction, elation at proving...Read More

Join us for our next online IFA event! “Delivering Effective CAMO in a Challenging Industry Landscape” with David Malins Wednesday 10th September, Online (Zoom) 12:00 GMT As global aviation operations continue to recover and grow, consumer demand has returned to pre-pandemic levels. However, the industry faces significant challenges: aircraft deliveries remain backlogged, MRO (Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul) capacity is constrained,...Read More

Congress Confirms New FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) welcomes Bryan Bedford as its new Administrator. He will lead a workforce of more than 40,000 employees dedicated to ensuring the safe and efficient operation of the most complex national airspace system in the world. “I’m grateful for the opportunity to join the FAA team. I have a...Read More

UK Civil Aviation Authority and Ministry of Defence join forces to build pathway into civil aviation for military personnel UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) and the British Army have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). Agreement makes it easier for soldiers both past and present, who have served in the Royal Electrical Mechanical Engineers Aviation (REME Aviation) to get jobs...Read More

Hydrogen Aviation: Pushing the Envelope By Mike Hirschberg and Jesse Schneider The Vertical Flight Society held its fourth annual H2-Aero Symposium on April 2–3, 2025, in Long Beach, California, with the theme, “Pushing the Envelope.” This year’s symposium featured two days of groundbreaking presentations with the latest cutting-edge developments by the who’s who of the hydrogen aviation and fuel cell...Read More

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS Recognizing excellence in civil aviation, exceptional leadership, and technological innovation Deadline for submissions: June 27 The recipients will be honored at the 78th annual International Aviation Safety Summit, Lisbon, Portugal, from November 4-6. https://il9mkhhbb.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=00103I28N-tvEse7BpHE2kcncOm-1DLGCLvduQ0tbsrqQEgnSQFUCvgdfn7wCI3MGFejaYEaePIso7JjHkPA1vdMHOM1D85cKfVegeqYJnKAXs1KU8i94ksRqgSOpSQtovdKUpip_KO2ppvWioHznEXVeyrcKjM1TRIcrA3bqU6TFI=&c=Gn2uG_yQSnsvUkX_z8c_rZCw6VvlaqJzVfaUfSdt7uE-vZ8-m0fg_g==&ch=OB9Ah68MuvRcw9pLZZrT3zT_EPyFqG6ewSda9D8yxT39lnt-TYchJA== David Morrison Innovation Award The Flight Safety Foundation David Morrison Innovation Award, named after one of the Foundation’s founders, honors notable innovation in...Read More