Article Archive
Browse all articles by date.
2026
January
- Lessons from the January 4 Greek Airspace Shutdown: Aging Systems, Cyber Risks, and the Push for AI-Enhanced ATC
- 90 Years After American Airlines Flight 1: How Icing Protocols Improved and Why Drone Proliferation Exposes New Gaps
- TSB Probe of the Saint-Mathias Water Aerodrome Takeoff Accident: Causes, Crosschecks, and What Seaplane Pilots Must Change
- Super Bowl LX TFRs Expose Operational Gaps: Why Rules Alone Will Not Stop Drone Risks Around High-Profile Events
- FAA’s Latest Part 97 Amendments Take Effect: What Pilots Need to Know About New SIAPs
- Caribbean Airspace Chaos After the Venezuela Incident: Geopolitical Risks, Legal Gaps, and the Case for Harmonized Protocols
- 2025 Year-End Review: Drone Wars Escalate, Crashes Spike
- Marseille Closure Review: What Smoke-Detection AI Would and Would Not Have Changed
- ME Retaliation Airspace: Long-Term Route Shifts
- Air India 787 Lessons: Tightening Takeoff-Configuration Checks
2025
December
- Operational Fallout from the EU Ban: What Suriname and Tanzania Carriers Face
- San Diego Six Fatal: Controlled Flight Into Terrain?
- When Neutral Markings Become a Liability: The IBM Airlines 5Y-CKD Case and the Limits of 'Neutral' Cargo Identification
- Langley Proximity Rules and the Holland Crash: What We Should Fix Now
- Tropic Stabbing: Cabin Weapon Scans
- Hudson Family Loss Spurs Real Change: What Pilots and Operators Need to Know as NYC Tightens Tour Rules
- Myanmar runway damage and what retrofit will really cost: a pilot's reality check
- Heathrow Substation: Why Redundancy Failed and What Operators Must Fix
- Lanhsa Sea Ditch: Why Survival-Equipment Mandates Need Teeth
November
- Korean 'Bombs Village' — Practical Safeguards to Stop Auto or Inadvertent Releases
- Fleet Harmonization and Safety: Practical Risks and Fixes as ITA Joins Lufthansa Group
- Delta Toronto Injuries: What the Pearson CRJ-900 Evacuation Tells Us About Passenger Briefings
- Bering/Nome Search Exposed Alaska's ADS-B Blind Spots
- Boom Mach 1.1: What XB-1’s Civilian Overflight Tests Mean for Operations and Airspace
- Philly Residential Fire: Lessons from a Bizjet Fuel Containment Nightmare
- Reagan Potomac Dual Crash: How See-and-Avoid Broke Down and What Operators Must Do Next
- 2025 Aviation Safety Trends: Cyber and Drone Dual Threats
October
- YFQ-44 and CCA Swarms: Practical Safety Priorities Before Wheels Up
- X-59 QueSST and the Boom-Reg Overhaul: What Pilots and ATC Need to Know
- REGENT Seaglider Flight: Operational Realities for eVTOL Marine Ops
- Juba Humanitarian Hijack: Why Air Escorts for Aid Convoys Are not a Simple Fix
- A320 Solar Fix: Why 'Shielding' Is Not the Whole Answer and what Operators Should Demand
- If Wreckage Appears in the Caucasus: How Mountain Weather Shapes C-130 Debris, Evidence and Search Operations
- UPS Ground Impact: Why Runway End Safety Areas Matter — An Operational View
- Q3 2025 UAS Trends: Why the FAA’s 411 Q1 Incursions Still Matter for Pilots and Airports
September
- Mombasa Hills (Shimba Hills): Practical Guidance for Low‑Altitude Safari Terrain Maps
- Emirates HKG Vehicle Strike: What 'Cargo Landing Alerts' Should Mean for Pilots and Airports
- European Drone Spike: Poland Incursions Force Airport Closures and Expose Civil Aviation Gaps
- Heathrow Cyber: Why Ransomware Airport Drills Must Be Real, Regular and Regulatory‑Aware
- Turbulence as Threat: Why Singapore Is Pushing Forecasting From the Flightdeck to the Forecast Room
- FARC MANPADS and the Armor Problem for Colombia's Narcotics Air Patrols
- Ghana Z‑9 Political Losses and the Imperative to Rework VIP Helicopter Mandates
- Marseille Smoke: Wildfire Airspace Management Lessons from the July Blaze
- ME Airspace Post-Strikes: Operational Reality of the Houthi Drone and Missile Threat
August
- Air India Deadliest: Why the AI171 Crash Demands a 787 Certification Reality Check
- San Diego Bizjet Path: When Vectoring Moves Jets Over the City — Operational Lessons from the N666DS Approach
- Iberian Outage Root Cause and What Aviation Should Mandate for Power Backups
- Tropic Hijack Trial: How Belizean Self‑Defense Rules Will Shape Any Case Against the Passenger Who Fired
- Hudson Sightseeing Breakup: Practical Rotor Blade Inspection Guidance
- Myanmar ATC Deaths Make the Case for Quake‑Resistant Control Towers
- Korean F-16 Bombs: Practical Safeguards for Precision and Prevention
- Delta Toronto Overturn: What the Gear Collapse Tells Pilots About Energy, Structure, and Recovery
July
- Half‑Year 2025 Crashes: Hitting the 188‑Death Mark and What Pilots Should Take from It
- Bering Air Recovery: How NTSB and Alaska Teams Work the Clock in Winter Investigations
- Philly Learjet Explosion: How Jet Fuel Turned a Short Flight into a Neighborhood Firestorm
- Reagan Mid‑Air Inquiry: What the Potomac Collision Hearing Means for Collision‑Avoidance Tech
- YFQ-42 CCA Flight: Practical Safety Priorities for Ai Fighter Teaming
- Elang Hitam Drone Debut: What Indonesia's MALE UAV Means for Operations and Airspace
- An-22 Final Op Loss: Soviet Heavy Lift Era Ends
- ERJ‑145 Kolwezi: Post‑Crash Fire Suppressant Efficacy — An Operational Assessment
- Turkish Hercules Border Crash: When Terrain-Awareness Tools and Tactics Fail
- UPS MD-11 / NTSB: What an 'Engine Separation Cascade' Investigation Would Look Like (as of July 1, 2025)
June
- Q2 Drone Incursions: Europe Catches a US-Scale Surge — Why Policy Must Catch Up
- A320 Computer Swap Rush: Solar Flare Protections
- Colombian UH-60 Down: Dissident SAM Threats — an Operational Readout
- Ghana Ministers Mi-8: Political Flight Safety Gaps
- An-24 'Amur' report: icing hazards on Siberian approaches — practical lessons for crews
- Trainer Crash Risk: Why Low-Level Flyovers Near Schools Are a Policy and Operational Failure
- Marseille Fire Aftermath: Practical Steps for Airport Smoke Mitigation
- Air India 787 Black Boxes: How Flight Recorders Would Confirm or Refute a Takeoff Stall — A Pilot's View
May
- IBM Airlines Sudan Probe: When Warzone Charters Trigger Regulatory Bans
- EU Drone Bans Response: Lessons from Copenhagen and Oslo for a Proportionate, Harmonised Approach
- 2025 H1 Safety Review: First UAM Passenger Flights Arrive While Traditional Aviation Suffers High‑Profile Crashes
- Pipistrel Nuuva V300 First Flight: Practical Takeaways for Cargo Operations
- An-22 at Ivanovo Reservoir: No Confirmed 'Last Heavy Test Flight' Incident as of May 15, 2025 — What Operators and Investigators Should Watch For
- Samaritan's Purse Hijack Juba: Humanitarian Air Risks
- A320 Solar Interference Grounding: Separating Hype from Reality and What Operators Should Do
- AirJet ERJ at Kolwezi: What a Charter Fire Would Reveal About Oversight Gaps
- No Verified Turkish C-130 Azerbaijan–Georgia Crash as of May 1, 2025 — Operational Risks and What to Watch For
April
- No Record of a 2025 UPS MD-11 Engine Loss in Louisville — What a Ground‑Fatality Event Would Expose About Oversight and Aging Freighters
- Mombasa Caravan Hills Crash: What a Pilot-Seer Needs to Know About Kenyan Safari Ops
- Emirates 747 HKG Excursion: Why a Sea Ditch Would Matter and What Operators Should Do Now
- Q1 2025 Drone Surge: A 26% Jump into Restricted Airspace and What Regulators Must Do Now
- Danish/Norwegian Drone Closures: How Europe’s Low‑Altitude Incursions Could Spill North
- Heathrow Cyberattack Delays: Fortifying Aviation IT with Operational Muscle
- Singapore Turbulence Declaration: What 'In-Flight Threat' Means for Crews and Operations
- Why Colombia's Black Hawks Are Vulnerable: Drones, FARC Dissidents and the Antinarcotics Fight
- No Verified Z-9 Crash as of April 1, 2025 — Why Ghana’s Anti‑galamsey Missions Raise Urgent Air Safety Questions
March
- Angara An-24, Tynda Approaches and Winter Stall Risk: A Pilot's Operational Brief
- No verified record by March 25, 2025 — request for clarification on 'Bangladesh FT-7 School Crash: Trainer Egress Fails'
- When Smoke Grounds Flights: Operational Lessons from Wildfire Plumes for Marseille and Beyond
- US Strikes, Airspace Disruptions and the Return of Middle East Volatility — What Operators Need to Know
- Clarification requested: date mismatch on 'Air India 787 Ahmedabad Catastrophe'
- EU Moves on Tanzania and Suriname: What the Recent Blacklist Activity Reveals About Global Safety Oversight Trends
- San Diego Citation Residential Crash: Bizjet Patterns and Preventable Chains of Error
- IBM 737 Nyala Destroyed: Assessing Risk, Responsibility, and Legal Boundaries
February
- Iberian Power Outage Chaos: Grid Reliability for Airports
- No Verified Rob Holland MXS Crash at Langley as of Feb 25, 2025 — Operational Risks and Why a 'Base Near‑Miss' Matters
- When Passengers Become the Last Line of Defense: A Pilot's Look at Passenger Intervention and Airborne Threats
- Hudson Bell 206 Breakup: Sightseeing Sight Risks
- Thai No‑Fly After Quake: Regional Ripple Effects
- What a Collapsed ATC Tower Would Mean for Myanmar: Operational Risks and Practical Priorities
- Heathrow Fire Closure: Infrastructure Vulnerabilities
- On the Allegation of a Lanhsa Jetstream Sea Crash and a Missing Honduran Musician: What I Can Confirm as of Feb 4, 2025
January
- Friendly Fire in Training: How an F-16 Bomb Drop Can Happen and How to Stop It
- What Lufthansa’s ITA Stake Means for Operations and the Likely SkyTeam Exit
- Delta CRJ900 Toronto Overturn: Why a High Survival Rate Would Be Plausible
- If a Caravan Vanishes in Norton Sound: Winter Search Challenges for Bering Air Operations
- Reality Check: Where XB-1 Was on the Run to Mach 1.1 (Pilot Perspective)
- Urban GA Hazards and Medevac Operations: Practical Lessons for Pilots and Regulators
- Reagan National's Ticking Clock: How Overlapping Helicopter Routes and Commercial Approaches Create an Avoidable Disaster Risk
- Oilfield Charters and the Beech 1900: How Routine Flights into South Sudan Raise Manageable but Real Risks
- Date conflict: I cannot report the Jan 28, 2025 Air Busan A321 fire while constrained to January 2, 2025 — options to proceed
2024
December
- New Year’s Airspace Resolutions: How Regulators Should Push UAM From Promise to Practice
- 2024 Deadliest-Year Analysis: Why Regional Jets and Turboprops Figured So Prominently
- Holiday Drone Bans: What Airport Authorities Can and Cannot Do
- SQ321 Legacy: Singapore’s Turbulence Declaration
- Raisi Crash Final Report: Weather Cited, Not Maintenance — But Oversight Questions Remain
- Boom XB-1 Updates: NASA Partnership Deepens
- Alaska MAX Inspections Complete: Fleet Returns
- Haneda, the Jan 2 Crash, and a Year of Questions: Where Runway Incursion Tech Actually Helps
- FAA AD Surge: 737 MAX Directives Pile Up
November
- Year-End 2024 Forecast: Turbulence and Drones
- Jeju Black Boxes: Landing Gear Failure Confirmed?
- If a Probe Finds a Russian SAM at Fault: What a Credible Inquiry into an Azerbaijan Shootdown Must Deliver
- Swiss Crew Death: Post‑Evac Injury Protocols
- MH370 Search Agreement: No-Fee Tech Gamble
- Air Tanzania Ban Reasons: What an ICAO Audit Failure Would Mean
October
- Halloween Drone Pranks: Enforcement Lags and What Pilots Need to Know
- Q4 Regulatory Roundup: BasicMed Updates
- Silver Airways Restructuring: How a Regional Reset Could Trigger Slot and Gate Competition
- When the Sky Gets Crowded: How the East Coast Is Responding to the 2024 Drone Incursions Peak
- Jeju / Muan Overrun: How Plausible Are Bird‑Strike Theories? — A Pilot's View
- EASA, PIA and the Oversight Restoration Model: What Regulators Are Actually Asking For
- A321XLR Ops Expansion: Fuel Efficiency Safety Tradeoffs
- HondaJet Aborted Takeoff Dynamics: An operational breakdown for pilots and operators
- Spirit's Danger Signs: Engine Groundings Feeding a Debt Spiral
- When the Walkout Ends: How Boeing’s Backlog Could Create Safety Stressors in the Readiness Push
September
- Porto Alegre Flood Recovery: How Airport Resilience Is Being Built Back
- After SQ321: Practical Steps and Realities Behind Global Turbulence Protocol Changes
- Raisi Crash Report: Poor Visibility Identified as Key Factor — Operational Lessons for VIP Helicopter Flights
- XB-1 Mach Tests and the Regulatory Road Back to Supersonic Overland Flight
- TF Kaan Progress: Export Fighter Airspace Integration
- Alaska Door Plug Follow-Up: Where Boeing’s Fixes Stand and What Crews Need to Know
- Haneda collision and TCAS: Why the system could not have been a silver bullet
- FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024: What Pilots and Operators Need to Know About the Safety Changes
August
- 2024 Safety Stats Mid-Year: Uptick in Fatalities
- Q3 Drone Sightings: US East Coast Hotspots
- Silver Airways and the Fault Lines in US Regional Aviation
- No Record of a 'Jeju 737 Belly Landing' on Aug 20, 2024 — Practical Lessons from Gear‑Up and Overrun Events
- Philippine OV-10 Retirement: The Counter‑Insurgency Era Winds Down
- If an Azerbaijan E190 Were Struck: Legal and Operational Lessons from Past Shootdowns
- No Record As Of Aug 8 2024: How a Swiss A220 Smoke, Engine Failure and Evacuation Would Unfold — Operational Lessons
- Canela Cheyenne Crash: No Record as of August 6, 2024 — What the Risk Picture for Brazilian General Aviation Actually Shows
- Country-Record Networks Create Operational Fragility: What Turkish Airlines’ Global Reach Means for Safety and Resilience
July
- MH370: What a New Private Search Would Actually Gain from Recent Ocean Tech Advances
- Air Tanzania and the Blacklist Risk: Practical Safety Concerns from a Pilot's View
- EASA Oversight Shows Progress, But Ban Remains: Where PIA and Airblue Stand
- Air Greenland Nuuk Shift: What Pilots and Operators Need to Know About the Arctic Airport Upgrades
- On a Requested Report That Cannot Exist Yet: Notes for Pilots on Freighter Approach Risks
- Spirit on the Brink: What the Carrier's Struggles Reveal About the Fragility of the LCC Model
- Iberia's Planned A321XLR Boston Service and the Ongoing Evolution of ETOPS
- Bahrain Airshow Highlights: Regional Orders Surge — What Regulators and Operators Must Prepare For
- Vistara–Air India Consolidation: Regulatory Green Lights, Unfinished Integration
June
- Total 737SF Fire: Cargo Fire Suppression Tested — What the Record Shows and What Pilots Need to Know
- HondaJet Fatal Crash: First Hull Loss Analyzed
- Iberia and the A321XLR: What the Long‑Range Narrowbody Means for Operations
- QantasLink 717 Retirement: Managing the Safety Risks of the A220 Transition
- Czech Airlines Ends: 100-Year Legacy Fades
- Sudan Il-76 Shot Down: Why Strategic Transports Become Civil War Targets
- Miyazaki and the Hidden Legacy of War: Airport Archaeology Hazards for Operations
- AIX Connect Shutdown: What the Tata LCC Consolidation Means for Pilots and Ops
May
- Hawaiian + Alaska: How to Protect Brand Safety While the Deal Clears
- Boeing Machinists Strike: Would a Production Halt Stop Safety Checks?
- SAS SkyTeam Switch: Alliance Realignments and the Regulatory Knot Ahead
- Vityaz Mi-8 in Kamchatka: lessons from a Kuril Lake accident and the risks of remote helicopter operations
- Typhoon Shanshan Cancellations: When Pacific Weather Becomes an Operational Decision
- Thai Caravan Mangrove Crash: Short-Haul Jungle Ops
- Canada Jetlines Cease: How Debt Could Kill a Young Leisure Carrier
- Voepass ATR Crash: Brazilian Regional Safety Lapse (A Pilot's Look at What Could Go Wrong)
- Rex Airlines Collapse: How an Aussie Domestic Shock Would Play Out
April
- Test and Ferry Flights in Nepal: Operational Risks Around Saurya's CRJ Jets
- CrowdStrike Outage Flight Chaos: Cyber Risks to ATC — A Pilot's Operational View
- Lilium eJet Orders and Saudi UAM Ambitions: A pilot's view on what it will take to make this work
- Gazpromavia SSJ Crash: Russian Regional Jet Woes — A Policy and Safety Brief
- Boeing in Talks to Reclaim Spirit: What Consolidation Would Mean for Supply‑Chain Safety
- Malawi VP Dornier Crash: What VIP Flights on Small Transports Reveal About African Air Risk
- Bill Anders, the T‑34, and What Astronaut Experience Teaches General Aviation Pilots
- Porto Alegre Flood Closures: Why Airports Must Be Treated as Critical Climate Infrastructure
- Forecasting Gaps that Make Severe Turbulence Deadly: A Pilot's Look at What Would Break Down in an SQ321-Style Event
March
- Iran’s VIP Rotary-Wing Risk Profile: Legal and Operational Gaps in Leadership Air Security
- Bonza Administration: Aussie LCC Woes Continue
- Vintage C-54 Cargo Ops in Alaska: Why These Workhorses Demand Respect and Extra Safeguards
- Rehearsal Risks: What Malaysia's Recent Helicopter Near‑Misses Teach Us About Formation Safety
- Kenya's Huey Fleet and Military Transport Trends: Operational Risks and Practical Fixes
- When Weight and Balance IT Breaks: How a Software Glitch Can Stop an Airline
- Iranian Strikes and Airspace Closures: Operational Realities for Carriers and Crews
- Skydweller Solar Flight: Practical Safety Considerations for Unmanned Long Endurance Operations
February
- Venezuela 747 Seizure: Sanctions, Export Controls, and the Anatomy of Aircraft Laundering
- Baby Boom on the Runway: XB‑1 First Flight Imminent, But Sonic‑boom Rules Are the Real Flight Test
- Russian Il-76 Engine Fire: When Sanctions Start to Eat the Toolbox
- No Verified LATAM 787 Auckland Upset as of Feb 21, 2024 — Why the Risk of In‑Flight Upsets Demands Practical, Immediate Action
- Safarilink Mid‑Air Near Nairobi: Why Operating on the Edge of a Wildlife Park Raises Real Risks
- Lynx Air Shutdown: Canadian LCC Instability
- TF Kaan’s Approaching First Flight and What a Turkish Stealth Fighter Means for NATO Airspace
- Why the A330neo Looks Set to Lead Orders at the Singapore Airshow
- Hole from Lights: How an Intersection Takeoff and Approach-light Strike Could Create a Catastrophic Takeoff Anomaly
January
- Wigwe, EC130 Risks and Nigerian Business Aviation Oversight: A Pilot's View
- No Verified Report as of January 26, 2024 — Highway Emergency Landings and What a Hop-A-Jet Challenger Incident Would Teach Us
- Piñera Helicopter Crash: What VIP Flight Safety Protocols Should Cover
- JetBlue-Spirit Block: Did Antitrust Protect Low-Cost Safety Standards?
- When Transport Aircraft Carry Prisoners: Operational and Geopolitical Air Risks Around an Il-76 POW Transfer
- Northwestern Air: Winter-Operations Risks in Canada’s North
- FAA Grounding of 737 MAX 9s: What the January Inspections Revealed
- Alaska 737 MAX 9 Door Plug Blowout: A Pilot's First Look at Boeing QA Risk
- Haneda Runway Collision: A JAL A350 Evacuation Masterclass
2023
December
- 2023 Aviation Safety Stats: Deadliest in Years?
- Coulson Fire Bomber Survival: Why Egress Tech Matters
- Spy Balloon Saga: Why NORAD Needs Faster, Smarter Upgrades
- Flybe Failure Ripple Effects: Regional Slots Left Unsold and the Operational Gap
- Ukrainian Heli Crash: Warzone Air Ops Dangers
- FAA Says NOTAM Fixes Hold Up Under Test; No Repeat Nationwide Outages Reported
- Yeti ATR Crash: Why the looming final report will look hard at the missed go-around
- Gold Coast Collision Lessons: Helicopter Separation Rules
November
- Year-End Drone Forecast: 2024 Incursion Projections
- What a DOJ Review of an Alaska–Hawaiian Transaction Should Insist on for Passenger Protections
- SAF Transatlantic Economics: Weighing the Cost Against the Safety and Operational Benefits
- What We Know Right Now About the P-8A Kaneohe Bay Runway Excursion and the Question of an NTSB Preliminary
- B-21 Stealth and ADS-B: When Low Observability Meets a Cooperative Airspace
- Dubai eVTOL Debuts Progress: Certification Timelines Slip
- NATS outage one-year on: resilience upgrades?
- Paris Airshow Hydrogen Follow-Up: What the Feasibility Studies Tell Us and What Regulators Must Do Next
- Boeing 747 Farewell: The Freighter's Safety Legacy
October
- Halloween Airspace Threats: Pranks with Drones Rising
- Alaska–Hawaiian Merger Timeline: Where Safety Culture Could Hit Turbulence
- SAF Commercial Viability: Supply Chain Bottlenecks Ahead
- P-8A Overrun Risks: Wet Runways and Load Factors — A Pilot's View
- eVTOL Regulatory Roadmap: A Pilot's Critique of the FAA's Draft Rules
- B-21 First-Flight Preparations: What the Airspace Community Needs to Get Right
- Q3 Drone Sightings Surge: Where Counter‑UAS Technology and Policy Still Leave Pilots Exposed
- Hawaiian Acquisition Economics: Tourism Route Disruptions Feared
- Virgin's SAF Push: Realistic Path to a 10% Blend by 2030?
September
- P-8A Ditching Evacuation Success: Why Training Would Be the Difference
- Marchetti in Civil Skies: How Australia’s vintage aircraft rules stack up for military trainers and film work
- Antarctica and the 787: Pushing the Envelope for Remote Ops
- Dubai Airshow Orders: Boeing vs Airbus — Market Share and Safety Considerations
- Off‑Duty Pilot Charges and the FAA’s Tools for Addressing Internal Threats
- Mali Il-76 Fatality Toll: Wagner's Air Bridge Exposed
- When Fields Become Runways: Why Russia's Aviation Maintenance Strain Deserves Scrutiny
- Drone Incursion Stats Q2 2023: What Practicing Pilots Should Know About Trends Near the Busiest U.S. Hubs
August
- If Alaska Tried to Absorb Hawaiian: Why Antitrust and Safety Flags Would Fly
- SAF Flight Records: Economic Viability and Certification Pathways
- P-8A and Kaneohe Bay: Pre-incident Runway Safety Lessons for Naval Aviation
- eVTOL Midnight Purchases: Investor Hype vs. Real Safety Barriers
- B-21 Implications for Civilian Radar: Low-Observable Tech Challenges
- Horizon Air Case and Crew Psychological Screening: Policy, Law, and Practical Limits
- Il-76, Gao and the Invisible Airbridge: PMC Air Logistics and Regulatory Gaps in the Sahel
- NATS Waypoint-Handling Risks: How Non‑Unique Fix Identifiers and Fragile Flight‑plan Logic Create a Latent ATC Vulnerability
- Prigozhin, a Legacy 600 and the Risk of Sabotage in Contested Airspace: A Legal and Operational Primer
- Elmina Beechcraft Crash Aftermath: Ground Impact Risks in Urban Crashes
July
- Sukhoi Superjet Rebrand and the Real Effects of Sanctions on Parts and Safety
- ATR Orders Spike and the Turboprop Renaissance: A Pilot's Safety Review
- Opinion: The World Is Still Playing Catch Up on Drone Threats Near Airports
- Khartoum’s Burnt Ramps: What the April 2023 SkyUp and A330 Losses Reveal About Airport Infrastructure in Conflict Zones
- Marabu Airlines Debut: What Rapid Startups Reveal About European AOC and Oversight Gaps
- Virgin Atlantic Joins SkyTeam: What the Alliance Shift Means for Codeshare Safety
- Air India’s Mega Order: Why Dual Sourcing Is a Practical Hedge Against Delivery and Operational Risk
- FAA Remote ID Rollout: Tracking Hobbyist Drones to Prevent Incursions — What the Rule Means for Hobbyists and Local Authorities
June
- Reviving Giants Amid a Capacity Crunch: Why Airlines Are Buying and Reactivating A380s
- Northern Pacific Airways Launch: Startup Risks in the U.S. Low-Cost Sector
- Praetor Orders, Fractional Growth, and the Operational Headache: Why More Business Jets Will Strain Busy Airspace
- Paris Airshow Hydrogen Aircraft Concepts: Practical Safety Challenges for Pilots and Operators
- Mid-Year Airspace Threat Forecast: Drones, Balloons, and GNSS Jamming
- Alaska-Hawaiian Consolidation: What a Potential Merger Would Mean for Route Safety Oversight
- Virgin Atlantic's Planned SAF Transatlantic Flight: What Pilots Should Know About Safety and Operational Viability
- If a P-8A Ditched in Hawaii: Operational Reality, Runway Excursion Risks, and What Crews Should Expect
- Port Phillip Bay jet collision claims not on the books as of June 1 2023, but airshow safety questions remain
May
- Norse Atlantic 787 to Antarctica: What a Dreamliner Mission Would Teach Widebody Operations
- Dubai Airshow and the eVTOL Moment: Regulatory Hurdles the Industry Must Clear
- B-21 Raider First Flight: What Stealth Means for Civil and Military Airspace Sharing
- Horizon Air, Insider Risk, and the Cockpit Question: Rethinking Cabin Security in the Post‑9/11 Era
- Mali Il-76 Crash: No Confirmed Incident as of 16 May 2023 — Wagner PMC Ties Expose Risks in Illicit Military Air Transport
- Ural Airlines A320 Field Landing: Hydraulic Failures and ETOPS Alternatives
- When Flight Plans Fail: Why Software Bugs in Flight‑Planning Systems Demand Regulatory Teeth
- When Mercenaries Fly: Wagner Group, Unregulated Airlift and the Risk to Civil Airspace
- Business Jets in Dense Urban Areas: A Pilot's Reality Check (Note on requested 'Jet Valet Beechcraft Crash')
April
- Weekly Drone Incursion Roundup: Increasing Sightings Near Major US Airports
- CL-215 in Greece: Legacy Workhorse, Aging Risks, and the Case for Modern Replacements
- When Weather and Wireless Collide: Lessons from U.S. Flight Chaos and the 5G Altimeter Question
- When the System Goes Quiet: ADS‑B, Pilot Incapacitation and Military Intercepts — An Operational Look
- C919 Commercial Debut: China’s Push and the Challenge of Western ATC Integration
- Ryanair’s 737 MAX Path: Fleet Standardisation Gains Versus Single-Point Failure Risk
- Go First under Pressure: Engine Reliability, Operational Risk and the Bankruptcy Threat for Low Cost Carriers
- Avianca Cessna Crash Survival Story: Jungle Search and Rescue Protocols Reviewed
March
- FAA Drone Regulations Update: Balancing Hobbyist Use with Commercial Flight Safety
- Khartoum and the Wider Lesson: How Civil Conflict Puts Airports and Aircraft at Risk
- Riyadh Air Launch: How a New Flag Carrier Raises the Stakes for Global Air Traffic Standards
- Coulson 737 Crash in Fitzgerald River National Park: Operational Lessons for Aerial Wildfire Work
- Mitsubishi SpaceJet Cancellation: A Wake Up Call on Regional Jet Innovation and Supply Chain Risk
- Chinese Spy Balloon Incident: What the Flight Revealed About High‑Altitude Intrusions and Airspace Defense
- Final Boeing 747 Delivery: End of an Era and Lessons for Future Freighter Designs
- Flybe Collapse: Economic Pressures Threaten Regional Aviation Safety Standards
February
- When War Reaches the Skies Above Schools: The Brovary Helicopter Crash and What It Reveals About Civil Airspace Risk
- Pokhara Crash: Weather and Terrain Were Not the Whole Story — Pilot Decisions and Workload Under the Microscope
- Gold Coast Mid‑Air Collision: How VFR Traffic Management Left a Dangerous Gap
- One Month On: What the FAA NOTAM Outage Taught Us About Airspace Reliability