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Embraer has unveiled the Phenom 100EX. The $5-million (approximately) Phenom 100EX is powered by a pair of 1,730-lbf-thrust Pratt & Whitney twin-spool, reverse-flow-combustor, dual-channel FADEC-controlled PW617F1-E engines which motivate the little jet to a Vne of Mach 0.70, a high-speed cruise of 406-knots (Mach 0.60), and a service-ceiling of FL410. Airbus Helicopters's demonstrator FlightLab has successfully tested an electric flight control system salient to a new Human Machine Interface (HMI) destined for installation on the company’s CityAirbus NextGen eVTOL prototype. The milestone test occasioned an imp
Agreement Comprises $48-million in Added Value
Air Wisconsin pilots represented by the Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA), have overwhelmingly ratified a new contract worth nearly $48-million in added value over its three-year period of validity. Of the 83-percent of eligible Air Wisconsin pilots who cast ballots, 93-percent voted in favor of the agreement, which includes 38- and 54-percent pay-increases for captains and first-officers respectively, scheduling and reserve improvements, as well as the creation of a new ALPA-Company Fatigue Review Panel, which provides pay protection for fatigue events determined to arise from workplace rigors.
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Aero Linx: The International Civil Aviation English Association (ICAEA)
The International Civil Aviation English Association (ICAEA) is a non-profit, non-partisan association that exists to:
facilitate exchanges between people and organisations involved in the use of English in aviation,
raise awareness of language proficiency and its effect on aviation safety, service quality and industry efficiency,
develop expertise about the use, training and testing of English in all aviation professions,
promote the sharing of expertise and cooperation between professions, industry and training organisation
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