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December 22, 2022

FedEx Pilots Still Without Contract

Relax, it’s FedEx …

FedEx pilots represented by the Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA) excoriated the company’s management for failing to deliver a new, comprehensive labor contract to its aircrew members. Notwithstanding federal mediation, negotiations between FedEx pilots and management have dragged fruitlessly on since May 2021.

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Klyde Morris (12.19.22)

Klyde Is 'Shocked' By The Ugliness We See In The Commercial Airline Biz

FMI: www.klydemorris.com

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Airborne 12.14.22: Electric Air Race, Last Pilatus PC-6, $pirit Pilot$

Also: Superior Cylinder Bulletin, Disney G1 Exhibit, Buttigieg Criticized, B-2 Bomber Emergency

The upcoming Pulitzer Electric Aircraft Race will continue the legacy of the longstanding Pulitzer air races first held in the 1920s, and is open to "piloted aerodynes of all types using zero-emission electric propulsion (e.g., fixed wing aeroplanes, helicopters, or multi-rotor eVTOL Advanced Air Mobility [AAM] vehicles)". Given the current state of electric aircraft, the race will be held as a 4-day, VFR, day-only event, consisting of 1,000 nm of cross country flight. Pilatus has officially delivered the very last Porter PC-6, the firm's long-lived turbopro

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ASA Aeronautical Chart User's Guide 15th Edition Announced

The Tie that Binds

On 20 December 2022, ASA announced the release of the fifteenth edition of its Aeronautical Chart User’s Guide, a tome essential to those seeking to fathom the eldritch symbology of FAA sectional, terminal area, flyway planning, helicopter route, enroute low-and high-altitude, and oceanic route charts, as well as standard terminal arrival routes, standard instrument departures, and instrument approach procedures. The publication includes chart legends, airspace classification tables, and is illustrated throughout with full-color graphics.

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ORC Takes Delivery of ATR 42-600

Deal Includes OEM Global Maintenance Agreement

On 16 December 2022, Oriental Air Bridge, better known as ORC, took delivery of its first ATR 42-600 covered by an ATR Global Maintenance Agreement contract (GMA). The high-wing, twin turboprop airliner was delivered in Toulouse—where ATR is headquartered—and bears the new ORC livery. The airline plans to start operating the 48-seat machine along its Nagasaki Fukuoka route in July 2023. By dint of its GMA contract, ORC avails itself of ATR’s OEM expertise, thereby reducing maintenance costs and boosting dispatch reliability.

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Embraer Macon Facility Signs Heavy Maintenance Service Contracts

Envoy Air Inc. and JSX to Benefit

Embraer, the Brazilian multinational manufacturer of commercial, military, executive, and agricultural aircraft, has announced that Embraer Aircraft Maintenance Services (EAMS) in Macon, Georgia, has signed two heavy-maintenance services agreements worth $72-million. Subject contracts, which will provide airframe maintenance and repair services, have been signed with Envoy Air Inc.—a wholly owned subsidiary of American Airlines Group and operator of over 160 aircraft along 800 daily flights to over 160 destinations throughout North America and the Caribbean—and JSX—an independent U.S. air-carrier and self-described “

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (12.22.22)

Aero Linx: de Havilland Moth Club of North America Welcome to the de Havilland Moth Club of North America, catering for all de Havilland aircraft types. Members receive regular e-mailed newsletters and access to the Members’ Area of the Club’s website. You do not have to own or fly a de Havilland aircraft to join the Club – enthusiasm is all that it required!

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (12.22.22): Movement Area

Movement Area The runways, taxiways, and other areas of an airport/heliport which are utilized for taxiing/hover taxiing, air taxiing,  takeoff, and landing of aircraft, exclusive of loading ramps and parking areas. At those airports/heliports with a tower, specific approval for entry onto the movement area must be obtained from ATC.

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Aero-News: Quote of the Day (12.22.22)

"The U.S. is a major market for Canadian travellers and we are looking forward to expanding our international network. Jetlines is ready to start flying to the Melbourne/Orlando International airport in Florida and to the Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas, with both inaugural flights scheduled for January 19, 2023.” Source: Eddy Doyle, CEO of Canada Jetlines, explaining their entering the US market.

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