Op-Ed Columnists – Page 18
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Comment: Human factors
What we all know as unmanned aircraft systems are called remotely piloted aircraft by the US Air Force. The difference is expensive, but the service's culture may be hard to change
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Comment: Output hikes: smart move or daft logic?
Airbus has backed up the Farnborough declaration by chief salesman John Leahy that the global recession is officially over, confirming that it will ramp...
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Comment: Can Russia make good its global dream?
The drive by Russia's civil aircraft manufacturing industry to re-establish itself on the world stage was much in evidence at Farnborough.
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Comment: Hawking for exports
The UK is looking to follow its Indian success with more overseas sales, but is it realistic to expect deals for aircraft like the Eurofighter Typhoon with Tranche 3B production at risk?
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Comment: F-35 overshadowed: will its day come?
Lockheed Martin's wooden F-35 mock-up overlooks the Farnborough flightline. From this exposed position, the F-35 is a rich target during the show.
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Comment: The only way is up
Did Farnborough mark a turning point for an industry still feeling its way out of recession? While economic indicators are not unanimous, aerospace came out of last week on a high
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Comment: Re-engining - stroke of genius or bad idea?
The industry has been waiting to hear whether Rolls-Royce would join the party - with or without its International Aero Engines partners - to offer a powerplant for re-engining today's single-aisle aircraft.
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Comment: Take-off risks
Take-off performance calculation error happens. The fact that most recent events have not caused a fatal accident is no excuse for inaction, because the danger to life is considerable
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Comment: New birds aplenty...but no pigs
Air travel is safer than ever, but a levelling off in the long-term decline of accident and fatality rates tells us it's time for ideas about safety management within - and between - airlines
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Comment: In this together
Eleven months ago, a flightglobal.com poll asked which would fly first: the A400M, 787, or pigs. The pigs won.
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Comment: The NTSB gears up to fight killer fatigue
In late January 2006 we headlined this column Dead tired. In it we criticised the US Federal Aviation Administration for its apathy over the issue of basing proposed new flight-time limitations on science. We would still criticise them today for caving in to the airline lobby on that front - ...
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Comment: Has the French judiciary changed its prosecutorial attitude to air accidents?
A judicial review of the 2008 Perpignan crash has led to a decision not to bring criminal prosecution. Is this a change of French legal attitudes, or a technical distinction?
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Comment: Eyjafjallajökull has changed the rules
Volcanic ash was not much of an issue for the airlines until Eyjafjallajökull blew its top. But when that happened, a lot of people started asking questions...
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Comment: Report card from hell
To ensure US air traffic control can cope with rising flight volume while cutting emissions, no project is more critical than NextGen. Unfortunately, the FAA is failing its mid-term exams
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Comment: Banishing the blues
IATA's 66th annual meeting, held in Berlin, proved the most optimistic in years as the industry - with the exception of Europe - storms out of recession. Not even another "green tax", this time from Germany, dulled the sense of relief that the worst is over.
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Comment: Chinese walls
Airframers and charter companies attending the inaugural Asian Business Aviation show in Macau approached the occasion with caution, and who can blame them?
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Comment: Single-pilot crews for airliners?
The discussion about one-pilot cockpits is not new, but so far it's been all speculation. Now a manufacturer is talking about it publicly. Could it happen? Should it? Will it?
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Comment: Predicted pilot and engineer demand is unsustainable
Airlines which have stopped investing in the future just to survive the present are in for a shock.
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Comment: A380 must pay its way
Behind the deal for 32 superjumbos at ILA are two questions: does Emirates know what it is doing, and will Airbus - even now - ever make money from its grandiose project?