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1986
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AIR TRANSPORT Airbus takes wing Above The first pair of Airbus Industrie A320 wingboxes leave British Aerospace's Chester fac tory for the BAe Filton plant. Left Airbus' A300 demonstrator has flown for the first time with dual sidesticks; it is carrying out 40hr of flight trials simulating the control laws which will be used in the A320. Safety accolade for Delta pilots DALLAS There have been 1,152 US Federal Aviation Adminis tration citations of pilots who have violated Federal regu lations since 1980, and Delta Air Lines aircrew come out of the survey the cleanest, according to a report in the Dallas Times Herald. The survey looked at 17 major airlines, and factored the results for the number of flights operated by each carrier in the period. Since 1980 the airlines in question had carried out just over half a million flights, and violations were cited on average once in every 31,956 sectors. Delta pilots were cited for violation once every 57,490 flights, whereas Continental, whose pilots scored least well of the bunch, averaged one citation every 15,600 flights, the report says. Midway and American were second and third from the bottom of the safety league in this respect. Ozark and Republic followed Delta at the top. Pilots at TWA, US Air, Frontier, and Pan American were cited more often than the average. Airlines which did less well were inclined to point out the element of chance involved in whether a violation was noticed or reported at all, and on the manner in which the FAA investigated the inci dents. Continental did have a disadvantage in that, during its long-drawn-out dispute with the Air Line Pilots' Asso ciation, any union member who noticed a Continental violation would report it to Alpa as well as to the FAA, and the union then would make sure that the FAA investigated it fully. However, it was the FAA which ulti mately made the decision, and the constant harrying by Alpa did not make the Adminis tration well-disposed towards the union pilots, which added yet another factor to a distinctly unstable situation. Olympic pilots protest ATHENS Olympic Airways pilots started a "hunger and sleep strike" on December 18, abstaining from solid food and sleep following a ballot at the general meeting of their pilots' association. The whole story started after the company failed to pay the agreed contractual indemnity to pilots incapac itated by health problems such as heart attacks and strokes, according to the aircrew. The union had first announced a series of four, eight, 24, and 48-hour strikes, but the Minister of Employ ment took them to court and said the move was illegal; hence the general meeting and the decision for the hunger strike. The pilots hoped that by December 19 nothing would fly owing to crew fati gue, unless Olympic Airways agreed to the pilots claims. MARKET PLACE Sabena, the Belgian national airline, is financing its first Boeing 747-300 through the sale and lease-back of its two Boeing 747-100s. The -300 will be delivered midway through 1986. Lufthansa has confirmed its order for a Boeing 747-200 and a Boeing 747F. The aircraft, each costing about $100 million, will be delivered in early 1987 and late 1986, respectively. Lufthansa plans to use the -200 on non-stop Frankfurt-Hong Kong and Frankfurt-Bangkok services. Avensa of Venezuela has sold four Convair 580s to two customers. Three were acquired by Quebec City- based Nordair Metro, and the fourth, a freight version, by Kelowna Flightcraft Air Charter of British Columbia. It is being used in parcel delivery service under contract with Purolator Courier. The aircraft were all remarketed by US Air. Florida Express has purchased a ninth British Aerospace One-Eleven from US Air. Hushkits to enable the Orlando-based carrier's One-Elevens to meet FAR Part 36 noise requirements are included. Finnair has signed an order for five Aerospatiale/Aeritala ATR72s and taken options on a further three. The aircraft, in 66-seat configuration, will be delivered to Finnair in 1989. Finnair's first ATR42, of an order of five, will enter service on domestic routes in March 1986, replacing Fokker F-27s and McDonnell Douglas DC-9-10s. Ecuador's major domestic carrier, Transportes Aereos Militares Equatorianos (TAME), has ordered an 85-seat Fokker F.28-4000. The aircraft, which will be used to link the capital Quito in the north with Loja in the south, is part of a Government bid to stimulate industry in the southern province. KLM has ordered a third Boeing 747-300, for delivery in September. All-Nippon has confirmed its order for two 747-200Bs. FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL, 4 January 1986
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