Tag: ICAO

Airfield expansion and renewal – Maximizing benefits while minimizing costs the key

Jeffrey Gagnon, a speaker at the Airfield Engineering and Asset Management Conference, talks to Bryan Camoens on the issues airfields are facing across the globe, as well as the challenges and solutions for airfield expansion and renewal projects. Bryan Camoens: What are some of the issues that airfields are facing across the globe? Jeffrey Gagnon: Airports… Continue reading Airfield expansion and renewal – Maximizing benefits while minimizing costs the key

Airfield Engineering Asset Maintenance – A sector report

This article was compiled by Bryan Camoens and Ed Haines for the Airfield Engineering and Asset Maintenance 2011 Conference. You can contact Bryan here. To visit the conference web-site, click here. Airport engineers, operational and maintenance heads are working under extremely challenging operational scheduling and cost constraints. In addition new, larger aircraft types and higher… Continue reading Airfield Engineering Asset Maintenance – A sector report

Unveiling the Matrix

Interesting material from the Flight Safety Foundation. As is often the case with a tragic event, the Midway accident drove regulators to search for deficiencies within their own policies and guidance. A new tool for assessing and reporting runway condition is informally called the “Runway Condition Matrix.” Read more about it here.

Would I fly on an Airbus A380?

YES, you bet I would! If there is one thing that the Qantas incident in Singapore has shown it is that this aircraft has a huge amount of redundancy built into its systems. And when the full accident investigation has been completed it will be even safer. The whole nature of civil aviation is one… Continue reading Would I fly on an Airbus A380?

Progress in the Russian skies

The former Soviet Union was known for many things but in aviation circles it became notorious for two things: their insistence on using metres standard instead of flight levels and the radio failure procedures applicable to aircraft heading into Soviet airspace. While the ICAO rules said that an aircraft unable to communicate should proceed to… Continue reading Progress in the Russian skies

FF-ICE – Flight and Flow Information for a Collaborative Environment

A great document from unexpected quarters Before anyone misunderstands, I would like to stress that receiving a great document from the Air Traffic Management and Performance Panel (ATMRPP) is not what is unexpected. It is more the scope of the document that was surprising, given its relatively humble beginnings. That the document is also visionary… Continue reading FF-ICE – Flight and Flow Information for a Collaborative Environment

SESAR and SWIM – things are slowly becoming reality

Good news at long last Not so long ago, I was asked to make a presentation about System Wide Information Management (SWIM) to the participants of a project we are involved in. While most of the audience noted what I said and asked a few relevant questions, there was also a small minority who expressed… Continue reading SESAR and SWIM – things are slowly becoming reality

European Parliament vote endorses new rules for investigation and prevention of aviation accidents

Like so many things in united but still fragmented Europe, the investigation of aviation accidents has long been an area where differing State legislations rules the day and often prevented vital information from being shared to improve future safety or, conversely, the abuse of information by judiciary authorities to allocate blame rather than to learn… Continue reading European Parliament vote endorses new rules for investigation and prevention of aviation accidents

Three short questions on the SESAR Concept of Operations answered

Over the past year we have published several posts dealing with SESAR in general and the SESAR concept of operations in particular. Some of those posts voiced concerns and uncertainties. In an exclusive interview with Michael Standar, SJU Chief Air Traffic Management, published here in May 2010, we attempted to answer the concerns… to some extent… Continue reading Three short questions on the SESAR Concept of Operations answered