Marc Joel Atrero

Setter of standards, safety guardian, mentor, enforcer, even father and/or mother figure – the chief pilot has to be many things to many people – but where do they get the skills to support their responsibilities? CASA regulations describe the role of chief pilot – or head of flight operations (HOFO) – in Part 137

The Third Battle for Guadalcanal. Japanese forces lost the first, while the now defunct Ozjet and SkyAirWorld (both dead due to wounds) lost the second due to overcapacity as Solomons Airlines flights operated by Air Vanuatu’s (later Our Airline) 737 and Pacific Blue’s services. The third will see Pac Blue take on Solomons’ Strategic Airlines

January 31 has come and gone. That date was when the International Cospas-Sarsat satellites stopped receiving signals from Emergency Locator Transmitters (ELTs) operating on the 121. 5 and 243 MHz frequencies. Not everyone, however, has changed to a unit that can transmit on the 406 MHz frequency. Beacons like ELTs have been around in one

Emq Aw139s in the Spotlight Emergency Management Queensland’s (Emq) Fleet of Three Aw139s Will Have Their Left-hand-side Mounted Nitesun Searchlights Replaced With a New Lightweight Model Reinstalled on the Right Side, Offering Pilots Optimum Visibility During Remote Location Night Landings. According to a Report in Brisbane’s Courier Mail in Early June the Queensland Government Will

Qantas Group Update the Delivery of Qantas’s Fourth A380-842, Vh-oqd Fergus Mcmaster, Which Was Planned for Late May With Entry Into Service on June 7, Has Been Delayed Until Mid July Due to Production Issues. Qantaslink is Planning to Take Delivery of Dash 8-q402 Vh-qos in Late July. This content is available exclusively to Australian

The safe and efficient carriage of people and freight is the core activity of regional airlines. The ongoing development of Baro-Vnav and SBAS (satellite based) approaches, particularly the latter, will mean simpler, safer, ILS-type approaches to a significant number of regional airports. A similar system is widely used in the USA and now outnumbers ILS