SFO launches criminal investigation into global aviation supplier with dawn raid in London The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has today raided an address and arrested one individual, as it announces the launch of a new criminal investigation into fraud at AOG Technics Ltd, an aircraft parts supplier that serviced several major airlines in the UK and abroad. SFO investigators, accompanied...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

Advocacy for innovation on International Civil Aviation Day  Montréal, 6 December 2023 – International Civil Aviation Day (ICAD), celebrated on 7 December each year, commemorates States’ signing of the Convention on International Civil Aviation (Chicago Convention) in 1944. ICAO Council President Salvatore Sciacchitano, and Secretary General Juan Carlos Salazar, have issued statements which promote the ICAO Council’s  ICAD theme of:  “Advancing...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

European Parliament Highlights Electric Aviation Opportunities BRUSSELS, Belgium – Tuesday the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) assisted with the organisation and support of a round-table event on Electric Aviation in the European Parliament in Brussels hosted by Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Erik Bergkvist.  The event showcased the breadth of ongoing developments and opportunities for Electric Aviation in Europe...Read More

RTCA Announces Carol Huegel as Incoming President & CEO and the Upcoming Retirement of Terry McVenesRead More

New President of the ICAO Air Navigation Commission announcedRead More

Independent Report considering current skills and training standards in the aviation sector by CPCRead 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

the first Easy Access Rules (EAR) from EASARead More