Marc Joel Atrero

The latest figures from CASA indicate that overall there are approximately 5,000 less CASA licensed pilots in the fiscal year ended 6/2009 than there were for the year ended 6/2004. This column did not do a pilot numbers survey for the year ended 6/2008 but those figures are included in this issue. The last survey

What a difference 12 months can make. At last year’s RAAA Convention many operators were seriously worried about the future, and with good reason. The cold winds of international recession were beginning to blow. Demand for seats and freight was slowing. Credit from the major lenders was down to a trickle. By early 2009 two

10 Years Ago The US Department of Defense announced on November 10 that it had received a request from Colombia for the supply 14 UH-60L Black Hawks of both armed and utility models for counter-narcotics duties. The last of four Luftwaffe Boeing 707-307Cs, 10+3 (c/n 19999), was retired on November 4 and is believed to

Mrh 90 Cleared for Load Lifting the Adf’s Mrh 90 Has Been Cleared to Lift a Range of Slung Loads After Completing a Series of Lifting Trials in August and September at Townsville. The Raaf’s Air Movements Training and Development Unit (Amtdu), the Army’s 5 Aviation Regiment and the Dmo’s Mrh 90 Project Office Conducted

There’s an interesting battle going on in the US at the moment over whether to order a further batch of Boeing C-17 airlifters as part of the FY2010 US defence bill. Aside from any operational need for the aircraft (for which there clearly is), the question of whether to close the US’s last remaining large

Qantas Group News in This Issue We Report the Delivery of a Q400 to Qantaslink, and the Retirement of a Qantas 747-400 and 767- 300 and a Qantas/jetconnect 737-300. 747-4h6 Vh-oed Was Withdrawn From Service in Los Angeles on September 13 After It Operated Qf108 From New York/jfk. After Overnighting in Los Angeles Vh-oed Was