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Chapman Freeborn Offers Its Global Expertise To Charter Brokers
May 14, 2013, 2:55 PM
May 14, 2013

Chapman Freeborn is launching a new initiative designed to help business jet flight schedulers tap into Chapman’s local knowledge and expertise when flying into unfamiliar or challenging territory. Under a program it calls Global Broker, the company is offering its expertise in business jet support services, overflight permitting, ground handling, fueling and passport and immigration services to fellow charter brokers, operators and others.

Pilot Career Is Losing Its Appeal, Shows Survey
May 14, 2013, 2:21 PM
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A new survey by the University of North Dakota Aviation Department suggests that young people are being turned off by the prospect of a career as an airline pilot.

Turkish Seals Deal with Boeing for More Narrowbodies
May 14, 2013, 9:30 AM
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Boeing and Turkish Airlines on Tuesday completed a firm order for forty 737 MAX 8s, ten 737 MAX 9s and twenty 737-800s, valued at $6.9 billion at list prices.

Treat Safety As a Core Value, Not Just As a Priority
May 13, 2013, 2:45 PM
May 13, 2013

It’s wrong to label safety a priority, according to Merlin Preuss, vice president of government and legislative affairs for the Canadian Business Aviation Association. “That’s because it’s much too easy to change priorities as the world evolves,” he told last month’s Business Aviation Safety Seminar in Montreal (BASS).

Wake Turbulence Mitigation Updated at Some Airports
May 13, 2013, 2:35 PM
May 13, 2013

Pilots and controllers at San Francisco International Airport (SFO), Memphis International (MEM) and Houston Intercontinental (HOU) may soon take part in operational testing of a new reduced-separation standard between aircraft departing on parallel runways during crosswind conditions. For the wake turbulence mitigation for departures (WTMD) procedure one of the aircraft must weigh more than 300,000 pounds (categorized as “heavy”) and weather conditions must remain at least basic VFR with a 1,000-foot ceiling and three statute miles visibility.

Pocket-Sized Book Helps Keep Long-Haul Pilots Awake
May 13, 2013, 2:30 PM
May 13, 2013

Despite improved crew rest stations on airline and business aviation aircraft today, concerns about pilot fatigue will never disappear entirely. In association with NBAA, California-based fatigue specialists Alertness Solutions has developed for flight departments a downloadable guide called The Alert Crew. It outlines the top issues time-zone-jumping crewmembers should regularly consider to remain at peak performance.

Training Review: Airport Simulator Improves Pilot’s Knowledge
May 13, 2013, 2:20 PM
May 13, 2013

At first glance, some pilots might consider Aviation Tutorials’ new Getting Around on the Ground software as a bit too basic to be useful for professional aviators. After testing the system for a few hours, however, this AIN editor now believes that it has plenty of substance and value.

FAA Repair Station Oversight Needs Work, Says IG
May 13, 2013, 2:17 PM
May 13, 2013

The Department of Transportation’s Office of the Inspector General (IG) released a report last week on FAA efforts to assume a more risk-based approach in overseeing nearly 4,800 repair stations used around the world by U.S. air carriers. “While the FAA developed a risk assessment process to aid repair station inspectors in identifying areas of greatest concern,” the report said, “its oversight continues to emphasize completing mandatory inspections instead of targeting resources where they are needed based on risk.”

Pilot Convicted of Flying Under the Influence
May 13, 2013, 2:10 PM
May 13, 2013

A U.S. District Court jury in Spokane, Wash., convicted commercial pilot Paul Roessler of flying an aircraft while under the influence of alcohol. Roessler was arrested following an April 2012 flight when air traffic controllers in the Seattle Air Route Traffic Control Center and Spokane Tower reported the pilot demonstrated some questionable behavior. In one incident, he failed to contact the center via radio during his flight and upon arrival in the terminal area lined up with the wrong runway.

Drive Shaft AD Issued For Some Eurocopters
May 13, 2013, 2:05 PM
May 13, 2013

The FAA adopted an airworthiness directive for Eurocopter Deutschland MBB-Kawasaki BK117C2 helicopters requiring inspection of the long tail-rotor drive shaft assembly for blind rivets. If any blind rivets are located, the shaft assembly must be replaced. The AD was prompted by the discovery that some helicopters have blind rivets installed in place of solid rivets, which could lead to failure of the tail rotor drive shaft and subsequent loss of control of the helicopter.

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