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All News

April 02, 2008

EU Regulator Approves Cell Usage On Planes

Ofcom Signs Off On Inflight Mobile Calls

The trend towards inflight cellular phone usage is creeping ever-closer towards US shores. The use of mobile phones on planes flying in European airspace has been given approval by Ofcom, a regulator in the UK.

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FAA Says Maintenance Shop Used Incorrect Paint On MLG Parts

AAR Corp. Contends Glossy Paint Approved By Boeing

Maintaining certificated airplanes can be tricky... even when it comes to what paint to use on the landing gear!

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United Warns Of Delays, Cancellations For Boeing 777 Checks

52-Plane Fleet Grounded Until Fire Suppression System Reviewed

The FAA crackdown on airline maintenance and record keeping has prompted yet another carrier to pull its planes, to recheck the records. United Airlines announced Thursday customers traveling on April 2, 2008 on United's Boeing 777 aircraft may experience flight delays or cancellations as a result of a functional check being performed on the aircraft.

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NATCA Gives Well-Deserved Kudos To 12 Controllers

Awarded Archie League Medals Of Safety

The National Air Traffic Controllers Association honored some of its finest members Tuesday, for exceptional contributions to air safety, and for demonstrating extraordinary capability in critical flight assists in 2007.

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British Airways Woes Continue At Heathrow's T5

Over 20,000 Pieces Of Luggage Missorted

British Airways canceled 54 more flights at its gleaming new Terminal 5 at Heathrow Airport on Monday as it struggled with a problem which sounds like deja vu to long-time US fliers -- a computerized baggage-handling system that has already helped misdirect at least 15,000 pieces of luggage.

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Certified! GEnx-1B Turbofan For Boeing 787

FAA Signs Off On Second Dreamliner Powerplant

The GEnx-1B engine for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner received airworthiness engine certification this week from the US Federal Aviation Administration.

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French Regulator Looks Into Allegations Of EADS Insider Trading

Files Formal Complaint Against Airbus Parent

Allegations of insider trading at European Aeronautic Defense and Space (EADS,) over a six month period starting in November 2005, refuse to go away... and on Tuesday, the French financial market regulator filed a formal complaint against the aerospace consortium.

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FAA Says It's On Track With ATC Workforce Plan

Hiring Efforts Producing Results, Agency Says

The Federal Aviation Administration says it is on schedule in its plan to hire and train nearly 17,000 air traffic controllers over the next decade. The FAA hired over 1,800 controllers last year, and expects to hire nearly 1,900 in fiscal year 2008. The details are laid out in the Controller Workforce Plan released April 1.

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Mesa To Delta: You Can't Walk Away That Easily

Challenges Carrier's Efforts to Terminate Contract

They're gonna fight. Mesa Air Group announced this week on March 28, 2008, Delta Air Lines notified the regional carrier of its intent to terminate the Delta Connection Agreement among Delta, Mesa, and Mesa's wholly-owned subsidiary, Freedom Airlines, Inc. dated as of May 3, 2005.

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United Mechanics Vote In Teamsters For Representation

Say AMFA Failed To Curtail Outsourcing

Monday's vote by mechanics at United Airlines to change union representation was nothing short of a referendum against the carrier's practice of outsourcing maintenance... and the perceived failure of the last mechanics union to stop it.

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Boeing To Acquire Stake In 787 Supplier

Will Buy Vought's Interest In Alenia

Amid calls from both its unions and its customers to get a grip on supply chain issues, Boeing says it has agreed to acquire Vought Aircraft Industries' interest in South Carolina-based Global Aeronautica LLC, which makes fuselage subassemblies for the 787.

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ALPA Says Aloha Pilots Working To Save Their Company

But Acknowledge It May Be A Lost Cause

Their airline may be out of business... but pilots for Aloha Airlines are exploring multiple avenues to keep the carrier alive, according to the Air Line Pilots Association.

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Report: UAL Finds Crossed Landing-Gear Wires On A320s

Outsourced Maintenance To Blame... Or Airbus?

The Chicago Tribune reports United Airlines has found crossed landing-gear wires which may have interfered with anti-skid systems in two recent incidents involving Airbus A320 airliners. The inspections were part of a recent FAA audit of maintenance operations at 118 US airlines, ordered after the recent issue with missed fatigue-crack inspections on Southwest Airlines 737s.

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