RegulationSenators Push for FAA Evacuation Tests to More Closely Reflect Real-Life Conditions Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) introduced legislation last week that would place tighter regulations on Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) evacuation testing, ensuring the tests more accurately reflect real-life conditions.…
Business & GANTSB Calls on OEMs to Equip Turbine Helicopters with Flight Data, Image Recorders The National Transportation Safety Board is calling on helicopter builders to equip turbine-powered rotorcraft with crash-resistant flight data recorders and crash-protected image recorders to provide data, audio and images to improve crash…
ProfilesMercury Systems Engineer Suggests Using AI to Certify AI David Simpson always dreamed of being a pilot. When he was a child in the U.K., his father was a member of the Royal Air Force, and he used to regale the…
CommercialAirbus Automating Emergency Descents on A350 XWB The first Airbus A350-1000, which was delivered to launch operator Qatar Airways last month, is equipped with a new safety feature that will now be standard across all A350-1000s. Called the automated…
RegulationFAA Signs New Safety Agreement With China FAA has signed a new safety agreement with the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC). Under the new U.S.-China Bilateral Aviation Safety Agreement (BASA), the civil aviation regulatory bodies of both countries…
Business & GAUK CAA Wants GA Community to Run Events for Drone Users The U.K.’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is enlisting the help of the GA community. It said it could use help “educating drone users on how to fly safely.” The authority has launched…
Business & GA'Loss of Control' Tops NBAA List of Safety Focus Areas for 2017 Each year, the National Business Aviation Assn. (NBAA) holds a risk-assessment meeting in which the NBAA Safety Committee reviews safety survey results, risk-based safety data, and qualitative input from industry and regulatory…