Marc Joel Atrero

As we reach a better understanding of the nuances of fatigue management in aviation it is critical that the regulatory environment reflects the flexibility essential to manage this critical human factor. Importantly, aviation managers need to be allowed to take a mature approach to fatigue management, rather than the previous approach of being forced to

“Captain, would you like the beef or the fish today?” That may be the question put to the pilot of an airline flight but unlikely to be asked of a GA pilot flying a charter, instructional flight or private flight. The lack of adequate food and drink when flying an aircraft can have a marked

Corsair Progress Chance-Vought F4U-1D Corsair VH-NQW is under active rebuild at Mareeba in Queensland. A recent photo of the aircraft fuselage, sprayed with etch prime, showed that major work has been carried out on the machine. Having said that a lot more work needs to be carried out before the aircraft will take to the

10 Years Ago • China’s airlines will be consolidated which will see nine of the country’s airlines merged into three surviving airlines, Air China, China Eastern and China Southern. The three airlines will handle 80 per cent of China’s domestic market plus almost all of the international routes. This content is available exclusively to Australian

Helicopters Australia (HNZ) has reached a $125 million deal with Rio Tinto to provide three new AgustaWestland AW109SP helicopters to the mining giant’s Dampier and Cape Lambert operations in WA. The AW109s will replace two Eurocopter EC145 HNZ had provided to Rio Tinto under a contract expiring this year. This content is available exclusively to

Qantas Group News In this issue we report the delivery of a 737-800 to Qantas, an A320 to each of Jetstar and Jetstar Japan, two A320s to Jetstar Pacific, a Fokker 100 to Network Aviation and two Q400s to QantasLink. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue