Marc Joel Atrero

Will Anything Change With The Death Of The Caa? As announced almost a year ago the Civil Aviation Authority was to be officially put to death on June 30, to be replaced by two new agencies on July 1. Yet even with all the time available to it the bureaucracy still couldn’t get its act

Those Best Equipped For The Task Excel. That’s The Way It Is In Nature. And In Aviation. With its current performance features, the Dornier 328 is already the best turboprop in its class: the maximum cruising speed is 335 knots – the first turboprop with near-jet block times. Exceptional airfield performance allows the use of

Lost Baggage Que It was a warm summer’s evening when our last Falcon 900, due to arrive back at around 1800hr, radioed the Duty Crew advising us of their estimated time of arrival and some minor unserviceabilities. Now, because these shifts often last a tiring 18 hours, the crew were understandably happy to finally get

Air New Zealand 737 Update Air New Zealand hoped to have all ten of its grounded 737-200s returned to service by mid April. Air New Zealand and the NZ CAA made the decision to ground the 10 737-200s fitted with hushkits in mid February after a number of the hushkit equipped aircraft suffered turbine failures.

Further Robinson Restrictions Further to the US FAA’s restrictive AD placed on the R22 and R44, the US regulatory body has now formulated a new Special Federal Aviation Regulation (SFAR) affecting flying training operations and pilot experience on the two types. The SFAR is aimed at reducing the two types’ accident rates and stipulates that

No names/no pack drill with this story, told to us by a Boeing 737-400 First Officer with Ireland’s international airline, Aer Lingus. A senior Captain with the airline was on a posting abroad, based in Bangkok, flying a wet leased Aer Lingus 747 aircraft for ‘Air Siam’. Our subject Captain was airborne one evening, departing