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.

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

Raaf Seeking More Pilots and Air Traffic Controllers as Attrition Rate Increases The Royal Australian Air Force has lifted its sights considerably this year with the objective of recruiting into its ranks more air and ground crew personnel for the years ahead. The emphasis is on maintaining and even increasing pilot and air traffic control