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Airservices Australia has opened applications for its air traffic controller trainee program and is encouraging more females to apply to further balance diversity in this role across Australia.

Human Factors Road Test: Human Performance at its Best Imagine it’s a quiet Saturday morning and the toils of another busy week have taken their toll. At last (and for what feels like the first time this week) it’s time to relax, and to let the mind unwind over a fresh cup of coffee. The

Ultra long-haul flying is becoming more common. But with nonstop flights of 17 hours or more, travelling in economy is a severe test of endurance for passengers. An Australian engineer believes he has found the answer to increased comfort in the back-end of commercial jets. The numbers are astounding. According to Boeing, some 42,730 jets

Regional aviation makes a huge contribution to the economy, but flies largely under the (political) radar If profitability is regarded as the key yardstick of success, reporting by two principal Australian regional airlines for the 2017-18 financial year is indicative of both positive performance and optimistic outlooks. What’s more, it is an outlook bolstered by

Improvement comes from focusing on measurable goals As I write this article, I am putting together my plans for the Red Bull Air Race in Austria, specifically in a city just outside if Vienna named Wiener Neustadt. It’s pronounced ‘veen-er noy-schtadt’, I believe. Looking back at the fifth race of our season in Kazan, Russia,

Multi-national large force employment over the Top End’s wide open spaces High over the red dirt of the Top End they sortied, Australian Classic and Super Hornets and Growlers, Singaporean F-15s and F-16s, Thai Gripens, Indian Sukhois and many more in a high technology aerial ballet. This was Pitch Black 2018, the biennial multinational air