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April 6, 2007
Goglia Joins AviationToday Webinar Outsourcing on Wednesday
John Goglia, former member of the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and current senior vice president for aviation operations and safety programs for JDA Aviation Technology Solutions has agreed to speak at the April 11th Aviation Maintenance...
March 30, 2007
AviationToday Webinar Focuses on Outsourcing
Last week's Congressional hearings on whether or not the lack of oversight of maintenance, repair and overhaul options compromises safety, .makes AviationToday.com's Webinar that much more timely . The new event focusing on aviation maintenance practices and...
March 9, 2007
Horizon Goes Paperless in GSE Maintenance
Gryphyn Works, a pioneer in hosted maintenance and tracking systems, enabled Horizon Air to become the first airline in the world to conduct all its ground support equipment maintenance operations paperless. Horizon partnered with Gryphyn Works in June 2006...
March 9, 2007
XJT/JBLU Team Up to Address ERJ 190 Teething Problems
JetBlue (JBLU) has been forced to sideline its 100-seat Embraer (ERJ) 190s in an effort to fix continuing software problems and has contracted with ExpressJet Holdings (XJT) to supply four 50-seat aircraft to replace the 25 190s as they are removed for...
March 9, 2007
AviationToday Webinar Focuses on Outsourcing
At a time when airline maintenance practices are drawing increasing safety concerns as well as regulatory focus AviationToday Webinars scheduled a new event focusing on aviation maintenance practices and the enormous upheaval and change in the industry...
February 9, 2007
In the Shadow of ValuJet
Third-party maintenance is again under fire, this time by none other than the august Consumer Reports which is publishing the results of its study in its March 2007 issue. This is, however, a lesson we were supposed to have learned over a decade ago after the...
November 6, 2006
Labor Notes
Air Canada Jazz Pilots and flight attendants at Air Canada Jazz have been awarded pay increases by labor arbitrators. The 3,100 pilots represented by the Air Canada Pilots Association will receive a two percent increase backdated to July and another 1.75...
October 23, 2006
Quick Takes
ASTAR The air cargo carrier received the FAA Diamond Award for Excellence in Maintenance for the Miami-based carrier's participation in the Aviation Maintenance Technicial training program. Granted the FAA's highest honor, ASTAR had 78 percent participation...
October 2, 2006
Inspection Programs Lag Behind Industry Changes
The problems of aging aircraft are further exacerbated by the deficiencies in FAA's inspection programs, according to both the DOT IG and GAO. While FAA's Nick Sabatini cited the ATOS program as improving safety by managing risks before they cause accidents...
September 25, 2006
Airlines Resist Aging Aircraft Rule
Passenger and cargo airlines want to stop or change the new aging aircraft rule designed to overhaul the management of structural fatigue, calling the proposed rule "premature and incomplete." In addition, last week's House Subcommittee on Aviation...
September 18, 2006
Eastern European MROs to Benefit from MRO Demand
Lower cost maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) hubs in Eastern and Central Europe will benefit from the growing demand for airframe maintenance as Western European companies face rising labor costs, according to Frost & Sullivan consultants, which...
September 11, 2006
FAA Orders Emergency Inspections on Beech 1900
By the time the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued its grounding order on the Beech 1900 series aircraft, operators had already conducted inspections and found little or nothing to report. The Sept. 1 order requiring emergency inspections of the...
September 11, 2006
Stored RJs Increasing
The dramatic shift to larger regional jets (RJs) is illustrated by the number of 50-seat regional jets in storage which has grown six times since 2000, according to statistics produced by BACK Aviation Solutions. Today, 170 RJs are in storage worldwide, up...
September 11, 2006
AireXpert Technics
A new online forum for airline and aircraft maintenance professionals was recently launched by AireXpert Technics. Developed as a means to...
August 7, 2006
FAA Revokes AFG Certificate
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) revoked the air carrier certificate of charter operator American Flight Group (AFG). In a related action, the agency fined Medway Air Ambulance $1 million for operating as an air carrier without an air carrier...
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