Embraer Executive Jets has introduced a new variant of its entry-level Phenom 100. The Phenom 100 EV features a new avionics suite with the Prodigy Touch flight deck, based on the Garmin G3000, and modified Pratt & Whitney Canada PW617F1-E engines, offering more speed with superior hot-and-high performance. Mexico’s Across and Emirates […]
Boeing Sees Need for 30,850 New Pilots a Year. Global airlines will need to hire 30,850 pilots a year for the next two decades to keep pace with new planes on order and surging demand for air travel, according to a forecast by Boeing Co. </img> Carriers will need to recruit and train […]
2 Canadian pilots arrested in Britain on alcohol charges prior to trans-Atlantic flight. Two Canadian airline pilots charged with being drunk as they prepared to fly a passenger jet on a trans-Atlantic route have been bailed on condition they surrender their passports. Jean-Francois Perreault, who is 39, and 37-year-old Imran Zafar Syed were […]
Civil Aviation Directorate, Serbia. The proposed EASA changes to CRM training, set out in document NPA 2014-17, include a requirement that ‘the inspectors of the competent authority should be qualified and trained’ on a range of items, including the assessment of non-technical skills. In anticipation of these proposed changes the Civil Aviation Directorate […]
SFS Aviation, Thailand. ITS instructors have recently spent 12 days at Songkhla, on the Gulf of Thailand, delivering three different training courses to SFS helicopter instructors. The first course was a 5-day CRM Trainer course which was attended by new CRM trainers and also some existing CRM trainers who use the course as a […]
Jet deploys slides after fuel leak at PBIA. An incident with an American Airlines flight 1822 is being investigated at Palm Beach International Airport. Passengers at PBIA evacuated their plane before even leaving the ground. Airport officials say a hydraulic fuel leak forced them off. While some are dealing with the effects […]
Delta landing at Wrong Airport. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating a Delta Air Lines Inc. flight that mistakenly landed at a South Dakota Air Force base, about 12 miles (19 kilometers) from its intended destination. Delta Flight 2845 departed from the Minneapolis-St. Paul airport Thursday evening en route to Rapid City, South […]
