Marc Joel Atrero

Challenges & opportunities in designing a new ADF pilot training system The ADF is on the verge of a near complete replacement of its pilot training system for all three services, and is poised at a critical juncture where it must decide whether to replace existing platforms like with like, or follow the lead of

Good capabilities can come in small packages The recent foray into UAV operations by the RAAF with its 5 Flight IAI Heron deployment at Kandahar in Afghanistan may be the largest unmanned system operated by the ADF to date, but it has drawn heavily on the experience of the Army’s operations with leased Insitu ScanEagles

Flying freight in Australia and around the world Despite its relatively small profile, Qantas Freight Enterprises (QFE) plays a strategic role within the Qantas Group managing a number of freight businesses serving different markets. While cargo has long been a revenue stream for Qantas, it was only under previous CEO Geoff Dixon that the various

Australia’s maturing helicopter EMS industry Australia’s helicopter emergency medical service (EMS) industry has undergone some major evolutions and now appears to have reached maturity on a number of levels. Often a part of police air wing or other search and rescue operations, rotary EMS has over the past years become its own field, with a

The Wedgetail enters RAAF service The RAAF formally took delivery of the first two of six Boeing 737 Wedgetail AEW&C aircraft at a ceremony at RAAF Williamtown on May 5. The official handover has seen the two aircraft brought onto the RAAF’s register with 2SQN, a large proportion of the project’s contracted fees paid to

There’s no doubt, to quote another member of the British establishment, that British Airways is enduring an “annus horribilis”. A record loss, cabin crew strikes, the Icelandic volcano disruption, the threat of new UK taxes and the killing off of any prospect of a new runway at its London Heathrow home base have seen 2010