Aviation – From Instability To Disaster
Prologue Since its inception, the aviation industry has had its fair share of challenges. From the race to the first powered flight which culminated in…
The USS Carl Vincent, An F-35, And A Very Big Splash.
Late January of this year, on the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vincent there was an accident involving an F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. In our On…
Airline Mergers: A Solution To The Pilot Shortage?
With the recently announced mergers of Spirit and Frontier Airlines, one might ask the question: who is going to benefit the most from this merger,…
5G Telecom Tech And Its Possible Effects On Flights.
Since approximately October of 2020, it has become a concern that the frequencies to be approved for the fifth generation (5G) telecommunication technology could affect…
Airlines And Pilot Training Academies
In a previous article “The Pilot Shortage – A Challenge for Airlines, Possible Boom for Flight Schools” we talked about airlines creating their own academies…
Professional Pilots and Melanoma, Skin Cancer.
Just recently, a colleague shared an article about a wife who lost her husband who had been an airline pilot for decades. What was striking…
Are General Aviation Accidents On The Rise?
Recently in the media, there seems to be a noticeable increase in the number of general aviation (GA) accidents across the United States. There are…
Trevor Jacob: “I crashed my airplane”.
For the past few weeks, they’ve been quite a bit of hubbub around a particular aircraft that crashed. This is the aircraft crash of a…
Single-Pilot Operations In The Airlines
Starting in c. 2018 there were some talks about single-pilot operations (SPO); possibly this talk was started as a way of dealing with the pilot…
Are General Aviation Accidents on The Rise?
Recently in the media, there seems to have been a noticeable increase In the number of General Aviation (GA) accidents across the United States. There…