Marc Joel Atrero

Growler rollout heralds RAAF’s new electronic attack era It will be a magnificent addition to the Australian Defence Force’s joint operations, and I predict it will have one of the biggest strategic effects for the ADF since the introduction of the F-111 in the 1970s,” newly-retired Chief of Air Force Air Marshal Geoff Brown, representing

MH370’s politics and payback The agony and frustration for the relatives of those who have been lost with the disappearance of MH 370 on March 8 last year is indescribable and this was compounded in July with the events surrounding the discovery and identification of a flaperon from a Boeing 777 on Reunion Island. Rather

US airlines are more innovative than you might think Despite their problems – see July issue Contrails – innovation has never been a stumbling block for American carriers. As far back as the 1980s, TWA’s Ambassador Class was in the vanguard of the push for full-fare economy seating superior to that in “tourist” economy. This

Air power and the third industrial revolution The shift from analogue to digital technology that started in the late- 1950s and gained serious momentum in the 1970s has now reached lift-off speed. Innovations based on this radical development include advanced computing, the internet, robotics, and artificial intelligence. Such is the magnitude of the change that

Pilot shortages remain in short supply Standing at the supermarket checkout, the magazines on the rack announce their less-than-newsworthy headlines. Someone is cheating on someone, someone is caught on camera and somebody else has cellulite. It’s all very earth shattering, although I’ll wager that if you give it a few weeks the same headlines will

Jetstar Hong Kong to decide on next step Qantas boss warns on the rise of protectionism Jetstar Hong Kong will have until September to decide if it will challenge the Hong Kong government’s decision to deny it an air operator’s certificate. The proposed low-cost carrier, a joint venture between Qantas, China Eastern and Shun Tak