tirsdag 31. juli 2018

Oshkosh takker for i år med video

We officially close on another AirVenture. Thank you to all of the attendees, volunteers, exhibitors, and supporters that made #OSH18 amazing. We will see you next year! Watch video: https://youtu.be/Rp6O2CKzJAM 

18:25 - 29. jul. 2018 fra Oshkosh, WI

Sjefen for verdens største flygerorganisasjon mener dette om flygere og automatisering - AW&ST

I denne diskusjonen må en også ta for seg ulykker som AF447, MH370, Eurowings m.m.fl. (Red.)

Opinion: Why Two Pilots In The Cockpit Remains Essential

Tim Canoll

Imagine you are a passenger on an airline flight when suddenly you hear a loud pop, and the oxygen masks deploy. As you put yours on, your heart starts to race and you look quickly around the cabin to see what is happening. Behind and in front of you, flight attendants have sprung into action as the aircraft begins to descend. You don’t know the extent of the crisis, but minutes later you are safely on the ground.

A similar scenario recently occurred when Southwest Airlines Flight 1380 (SWA1380) experienced a massive engine failure midflight. While flight attendants and passengers were working together to help in the cabin, Capt. Tammie Jo Shults and First Officer Darren Ellisor responded to the crisis. With oxygen masks on and battling the deafening noise and distractions, the crew resorted to hand signals to communicate, executing emergency procedures to bring the aircraft to a safe landing.

Though we mourn the one life lost on SWA1380, the high level of skill and professionalism exhibited by the captain and first officer helped save 148 other lives. This accident serves as a stark reminder that the most important safety features on every passenger or cargo airline are an adequately rested, highly qualified and well-trained pilot and co-pilot in the cockpit. Pilot training, experience and judgment save lives.

Airliners are intentionally designed for more than one pilot on the flight deck because safety and operations require it, especially in the dynamic and constantly changing environment in which we fly. Airline pilots must operate the aircraft, interact with air traffic control and dispatch, keep up to date on current weather and forecasts and monitor the performance of aircraft engines and systems.

To manage the workload, a minimum two-person flight crew is necessary, as it also protects against the potential incapacitation of one pilot. The current first officer qualification rules have ensured that both pilots are highly qualified and trained, while fatigue-management rules have vastly improved how rested pilots are.

It is in because of those rules in part that today is the safest time to be an airline passenger. Even so, we press on, continuing to research and discover further improvements to aviation safety and security.

Credit: joepriesaviation.net

Yet some want to take us in the opposite direction, threatening this unparalleled record of aviation safety by actually removing pilots from the cockpit. In April, at the 11th hour and with no advance notice or input from pilots or the flying public, a provision was inserted into the House version of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 (H.R. 4), called Section 744. This would establish a research and development program in support of single-pilot cargo aircraft assisted by remote and computer piloting.

Removing pilots from the cockpit and placing crewmembers in a remote location would jeopardize the quality of crew coordination and undermine the safety and security measures that have been in place for years, putting lives at risk. Let’s face it, at 35,000 ft., who would you trust on the flight deck: a pilot or a programmer?

In September 2017, NASA published the results of a study titled “An Assessment of Reduced-Crew and Single-Pilot Operations in Commercial Transport Aircraft Operations.” It states that the data “show significant increases in workload for single-pilot operations, compared to two-crew, with subjective assessments of safety and performance being significantly degraded.” It adds that the data “support the criticality of the human’s role and the adaptability of human pilots/flight crew that is instrumental in overcoming non-normal conditions and in completing safe recoveries.”

Since we already know what the research proposed by Section 744 will demonstrate, why are taxpayers being asked to pay for this once again?

Remember US Airways Flight 1549, known as the “Miracle on the Hudson,” involving Capt. Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger and First Officer Jeff Skiles? This example and countless others provide ample testimony that having two highly experienced and qualified pilots in the cockpit can make all the difference when the unthinkable occurs. No one has ever thought: “I wish my pilot was less skilled or experienced—or not in the airplane at all.”

The Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) adamantly opposes Section 744, and we have mobilized to stop it. More than 160 pilots have stormed Capitol Hill to demand that this dangerous provision be removed.

But it should not be our fight alone, as it affects passengers, cargo shippers and everyone who depends on safe air transport for business or leisure. ALPA will continue to use every resource at its disposal to ensure that airlines keep pilots on the flight deck and maintain the highest levels of safety. Since 1931, the pilots of ALPA have worked to improve aviation safety and security, and we are not backing down now.

Tim Canoll is the president of the Air Line Pilots Association, International, the world’s largest pilot union, representing more than 60,000 pilots at 34 airlines in the U.S. and Canada. The views expressed are not necessarily those of Aviation Week.

USSA - Big Brother is watching you Hoskins - ATW

TSA ‘Quiet Skies’ program secretly monitors US passenger behavior

Jul 30, 2018Ben Goldstein

US Federal Air Marshals since 2010 have been secretly surveilling passengers and reporting on suspicious inflight behavior, even though those being monitored do not appear on any terrorism watch-list and are not suspected of committing a crime.

“Quiet Skies,” the previously undisclosed surveillance program, was first reported on by The Boston Globe July 30. As part of the program, small teams of Federal Air Marshals follow targeted passengers in airports and inflight, observing them for behaviors as ordinary as fidgeting, using the bathroom repeatedly or having a strong body odor, according to internal documents reviewed by the Globe.

US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) spokesman Thomas Kelley, in an emailed response to a query, said the program’s purpose is to ensure “passengers and flight crew are protected during air travel,” and the agency does not take race or religion into account. Kelley defended the basis of the program, arguing it is “no different than putting a police officer on a beat where intelligence ... presents the need for watch and deterrence.”

“The program analyses information on a passenger’s travel patterns, and through a system of checks and balances, adds an additional line of defense to aviation security,” said Kelley, adding that the surveillance program is a “practical method of keeping another act of terrorism from occurring at 30,000 ft.”

Passengers may be targeted for Quiet Skies screening because of affiliation with someone on one of the no-fly watchlists or with a database of possible terrorists. It is not clear whether the program, which surveils about 35 passengers flying in the US daily, has ever prevented an attack or snagged a potential terrorist.

TSA spokesman Michael Bilello said the program targets both US and non-US citizens on domestic and international flights, and added that airlines had been briefed on the use of Federal Air Marshals to monitor suspicious passengers. A spokesperson for Airlines for America did not respond to a request for comment.

American Civil Liberties Union’s National Security Project senior staff attorney Hugh Handeyside called on TSA to provide the public with more transparency about what criteria are used when adding passengers to the list. He also expressed doubt about the program’s methods, citing what he called the agency’s “record of using unreliable and unscientific techniques to screen and monitor passengers who have done nothing wrong.”

“This is surveillance, plain and simple,” Handeyside said. “They’re watching travelers in secret and they’re doing it without any suspicion of actual wrongdoing. Such surveillance not only makes no sense, it is a big waste of taxpayer money and raises a number of constitutional questions.”

TSA has previously faced criticism for the secrecy of its surveillance operations. In May, the agency came under fire after a secret watchlist of “combative” and “unruly” passengers was disclosed by the New York Times.

The agency, which was created in the aftermath of the September 2001 terrorist attacks, has also faced questions about its ability to effectively screen passengers. In 2015, the Department of Homeland Security Inspector General issued two reports that found vulnerabilities in TSA checkpoint screening, after agents carried simulated handguns and explosives concealed on their bodies through passenger security checkpoints.

Ryanairflygerne støtter hverandre - ATW

Ryanair’s German pilots back strike action

Jul 30, 2018Kurt Hofmann

Ryanair Boeing 737-800

Rob Finlayson

Ryanair’s German pilots, represented by the Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) union, have voted to strike if the Irish LCC has not submitted a “negotiable offer” by Aug. 6. According to VC, 96% of German-based pilots voted in favor of the strike over pay and conditions. Strikes are announced at least 24 hours in advance.

VC chairman of collective bargaining policy Ingolf Schumacher said, “We have given Ryanair a final deadline of Aug. 6, 2018, to submit a negotiable offer. Unfortunately, this has not happened so far and discussions last Friday [ended] without the hoped-for progress.”

VC board of public relations and spokesperson Janis Schmitt told ATWthere are "around 400 Ryanair pilots based in Germany, and 80% to 90% of them are directly employed [with Ryanair].”

“We hope that Ryanair will follow this call. There are still some days left,” Schmitt said.

“Even if the signal of the ballot is not taken seriously, strikes—as in other European countries—are inevitable,” VC said in a statement.

Since negotiations began between Ryanair and VC in January on collective bargaining agreements, there has been no substantial progress.

VC will hold a press conference on how to proceed Aug. 8.

Ryanair operates from 19 German airports, of which10 of them are bases.

Meanwhile, the Ireland-based LCC has invited the Irish pilots’ union Fórsa to meet and discuss Fórsa requirements after Aug. 3—the fourth strike day by 25% of Irish pilots that has disrupted 3,500 customer flights.

Brought your gloves Hoskins? - Check-In

Piloter i slagsmål i cockpittet

Af: Danny Longhi Andreasen i Bagsiden 30. juli 2018 Senest opdateret: 30. juli 2018 kl. 14:43

To piloter fra Iraqi Airways er suspenderet, efter de endte i slagsmål om bord på et fly med over 150 personer om bord.

Piloter der ender i slagsmål i cockpittet på grund af diskussion om en bakke med mad.

Det kan lyde som en dårlig joke, men det var ikke desto mindre tilfældet onsdag i sidste uge på et Boeing 737-fly fra det irakiske flyselskab Iraqi Airways.

Flyet med 157 passagerer om bord var på vej fra Mashhad i den norsøstligste del af Iran til den irakiske hovedstad, Bagdad, da flyets kaptajn og styrmand kom op at toppes i cockpittet i 37.000 fods højde (11.280 meter, red.). Det skriver den britiske avis The Independent.

Styrmanden har efter episoden formuleret et brev til ledelsen i Iraqi Airways, hvori han blandt andet skriver:

”Samtalen med piloten blev ophedet, fordi han forbød en stewardesse at levere en madbakke til mig under påskud af, at jeg ikke havde bedt ham om tilladelse,” lyder det, hvorefter situationen optrappedes, da kaptajnen havde spist sit eget måltid.

”Han slog og fornærmede mig, og det bevirkede, at der kom en sikkerhedsagent.”

Slagsmål fortsatte efter landing
Ifølge øjenvidner om bord skete der tilmed skader på flyets cockpit. På trods af den alvorlige konfrontation bragte piloterne dog flyet til sikker landing i Bagdad, men det er også blevet rapporteret, at det fysiske skænderi fortsatte efter landing.

”Piloten slog igen og fornærmede mig. Jeg var nødt til at forsvare mig selv,” har styrmanden ærligt angivet i sit brev efter slagsmålet med kaptajnen.

Iraqi Airways meddelte efter slagsmålet, at de to piloter bliver undersøgt. Det irakiske transportministerium undersøger nu de to stridende piloter, der begge er blevet suspenderet fra deres tjeneste efter striden på den internationale flyvning.

Og straffen vil blive hård. Piloterne er af transportministeriet blevet advaret om, at ”de vil ikke have nogen chance for at undslippe hårde straffe, og at de står over for de værste og mest alvorlige straffe,” som angiveligt minimum vil være flyveforbud resten af deres liv.

Flyveforbud i EU
Siden 2015 har Iraqi Airways været på EUs Air Safety List. En liste med flyselskaber, der enten har restriktioner eller totalt flyveforbud i EU-luftrum. Det irakiske flyselskab har imidlertid flyveforbud med restriktioner. Det vil sige, at selskabet gerne må flyve til EU-luftrum, hvis det anvender wetleasede fly fra en operatør, der overholder EUs sikkerhedskrav.

Det irakiske flyselskab har en rute fra Bagdad til Københavns Lufthavn. Da selskabet således ikke selv må flyve til den danske hovedstad, har man i stedet det slovakiske flyselskab AirExplore til at flyve for sig med en Boeing 737-800. Der er én ugentlig rotation mellem de to byer. På samme vis betjener Iraqi Airways blandt andet også Malmø, Stockholm og Frankfurt.

Iraqi Airways er grundlagt i 1945 og er det ældste flyselskab i Mellemøsten. Flyselskabet opererer fra basen i Bagdad International Airport på indenrigsruter og til regionale lufthavne som eksempelvis i nabolandet Iran. I øjeblikket har selskabet cirka 30 fly i forskellige størrelser og 40 destinationer.

World Routes 2018 - Check-In

Har noen fortalt dommerne i konkurransen at OSL er lite passasjervennlig og er på 73. plass i verden slik brukerne ser den? Uansett, her brukes mye energi på å promotere Oslo i denne konkurransen, mens Avinor blåser en lang i f.eks. utviklingen av Sola, slik jeg opplever det. (Red.)

Ruteudviklingsteam fra Avinor ved Routes Europe 2018 i Bilbao. (Privatfoto)

Tre skandinaviske lufthavne nomineret til World Routes 2018

Ved den kommende globale ruteudviklingskonference i Guangzhou, er tre ud 21 nominerede lufthavne til Routes Marketing Award fra Skandinavien.

Skandinaviske lufthavne har stolte traditioner i forbindelse med prisuddelingerne ved de europæiske og globale ruteudviklingskonferencer, der afholdes en gang årligt.

Ved World Routes 2018, der afholdes fra den 15. til 18. september i den kinesiske millionby Guangzhou er ikke mindre end tre skandinaviske lufthavne nomineret til en af de eftertragtede Routes Marketing Award-priser.

Således skal Københavns Lufthavn og Oslo Lufthavn dyste mod hinanden og sammen med Athens International Airport, Brussels Airport og Dublin Airport i kategorien med lufthavne med årligt 20 til 50 millioner passagerer.

Udover de to skandinaviske hovedstadslufthavne er Billund Lufthavn nomineret i kategorien for lufthavne under fire millioner passagerer årligt. Her skal Billund Lufthavn forsøge at vinde trofæet foran Cork Airport, Shannon Airport, London Southend Airport samt Myrtle Beach International Airport fra den amerikanske delstat South Carolina.

Danske succeser
Det er ikke første gang, at skandinaviske lufthavne er nominerede – eller for den sags skyld også vinder priser. Ved Routes Europe 2018 i Bilbao vandt Billund Lufthavn i kategorien med lufthavne under fire millioner årlige passagerer og kan derfor i dag kalde sig europamester i ruteudvikling for europæiske regionale lufthavne.

Ved samme ruteudviklingskonference blev Københavns Lufthavn og Oslo Lufthavn også nomineret til en Routes Europe Marketing Award, men de to skandinaviske hovedstadslufthavne måtte se sig slået af Brussels Airport, som de også møder ved konferencen i Guangzhou.

Københavns Lufthavn vandt i 2013 en Routes Marketing Award ved den globale ruteudviklingskonference i Las Vegas og året efter blev det til en endnu en pris ved Routes Europe i Marseille.

Trods tidligere succeser har Københavns Lufthavn stadig appetit på mere hæder, og alene nomineringen er en stor anerkendelse.

“Vi er naturligvis meget beærede over igen at være blandt de nominerede til prisen. World Routes-prisen har en særlig vægt for os, fordi det er flyselskaberne, der uddeler prisen. Vi prioriterer samarbejdet med flyselskaberne omkring ruteudvikling meget højt. For et flyselskab er det at starte en ny rute en stor beslutning og ofte også en væsentlig økonomisk satsning, og derfor er det afgørende, at vi som partner kan levere solide businesscases baseret på fakta og data. Vi håber naturligvis, at vi igen kan tage prisen med hjem til Danmark, men alene nomineringen er en stor ære og en stor cadeau til vores ruteudviklings-team,” siger kommerciel direktør Peter Krogsgaard fra Københavns Lufthavn.

Norge jagter trofæ
Oslo Lufthavn, der drives af den norske lufthavnsoperatør Avinor, er samlet fire gange i træk blevet nomineret til en pris ved de europæiske og globale ruteudviklingskonferencer, men det er endnu ikke lykkedes at få det eftertragtede trofæ med hjem til Oslo.

“Avinor-teamet er nu nomineret af vores partnere, flyselskaberne, til denne prestigefyldte award for fjerde gang i træk. Jeg er utrolig stolt af denne nominering på vegne af hele teamet og at vores partnere fortsætter med at anerkende det gode samarbejde. Vi vil bestræbe os på at fortsætte med at videreudvikle det og løbende komme med nye tiltag til gavn for vores partnere,” siger Majid Khan, ruteudviklingsdirektør i Avinor, til CHECK-IN.dk.

MH370 - Rapport ute - Check-In

Sjekk rapporten her: https://tinyurl.com/y92taflt

MH370 forbliver et mysterium

Af: Ole Kirchert Christensen i Hændelser 30. juli 2018

Malaysias regering har netop offentliggjort den endelige undersøgelsesrapport, der skal belyse, hvordan MH370 forsvandt. Men det forbliver en gåde.

En rapport på ikke færre end 495 sider er netop udgivet af Malaysias transportministerium fire og et halvt år efter, at Malaysia Airlines rutenummer MH370 den 8. marts 2014 forsvandt under en flyvning fra Kuala Lumpur til Beijing.

Det var meningen, at rapporten skulle kaste lys over, hvorfor en Boeing 777-200 med registreringen 9M-MRO styrtede i Det Indiske Ocean, hvorved 227 passagerer og 12 besætningsmedlemmer omkom. Men svarene udebliver i den omfangsrige rapport.

Konklusionen er nemlig, at årsagen til flyets forsvinden kun kan identificeres, hvis man finder flyvraget og dermed flyets “sorte bokse” med optagelser af samtaler fra cockpittet samt registreringen af tekniske oplysninger omkring flyvehøjde, kurs og hastighed.

Ingen flyvrag
At finde flyvraget vil være ligesom at lede efter en nål i en høstak. Det er da også blevet forsøgt ad flere omgange, men uden resultat efter næsten fire års intens eftersøgning. I stedet er der fundet vragrester fra MH370 på den østafrikanske kyst fra Tanzania i nord til Sydafrika i syd.

Rapporten bekræfter, at kontakten til flyet forsvandt, da det blev overgivet fra Malaysias flyveledelse til flyveledelsen i Vietnam efter blot 40 minutters flyvning. Det er uomtvisteligt, at flyet afveg fra flyplanen og at flyets transponder ophørte med at sende positionsmeddelelser. At flyet ændrede kurs blev opfanget af både civile og militære radarer.

Først drejede flyet en smule til højre, og derefter drejede det til venstre og krydsede den malaysiske halvø efterfulgt af et skarpt drej til højre mod nordvest syd for øen Penang, inden kursen blev sat direkte mod syd og Det Indiske Ocean. Af rapporten fremgår det, at det ikke er muligt at fastslå, om flyet blev fløjet af de to piloter, eller om andre personer kunne være involveret. Forskellige simulatortests har dog fastslået, at kursændringen sandsynligvis er foregået mens flyet var under manuel kontrol og ikke med autopiloten aktiveret.

Flykaptajn stadig under mistanke
Selvom det ikke har været muligt at fastslå, hvorfor og hvordan MH370 forsvandt, klæber der stadig en mistanke til flyets kaptajn Zaharie Ahmad Shah, som kvitterede med de berømte ord “Good night, Malaysian three seven zero,” da flyet forlod malaysisk luftrum og sidenhen ændrede kurs.

Da Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) sidste år udgav en 440-siders rapport om MH370 fremgik det, at kaptajn Zaharie havde fløjet en næsten tilsvarende rute på et flysimulator-program på sin private PC.

En ransagning af flykaptajnens bolig gennemført af det malaysiske politi den 15. marts 2014 viste, at syv ud af næsten 2.700 rutekoordinater var indtastet manuelt. Men politiet konkluderede senere, at der ikke var beviser for, at der var foregået usædvanlige aktiviteter i forbindelse med flysimulator-spillet.

Houston-based Ocean Infinity ends latest search for MH370

May 29, 2018Bill Carey

A Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200

Joe Pries Aviation

A US marine survey firm that resumed the search for a missing Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200 early this year said May 29 it is concluding the operation. In just over three months, Houston-based Ocean Infinity searched and collected data from 112,000 sq km (43,243 sq miles) of ocean floor in the southern Indian Ocean. That was nearly the same area the previous search for the aircraft covered in two-and-a-half years, the company said.

mandag 30. juli 2018

A bit tough on the troops there Hoskins - AVweb

Hard Landing Creases 767 Fuselage

Russ Niles

It is likely the flying days of an Atlas Air Boeing 767 are over after “hard landing” at Portsmouth Airport in New Hampshire on Friday. The old airliner, filled with troops returning home, hit the ground hard enough for the fuselage to buckle and leave a crease in the skin. There were also reports that the collision with earth ripped fixtures from the ceiling inside the cabin. There were no reported injuries among the troops.
The number of passengers aboard wasn’t immediately released but the aircraft, a 300 model, can carry up to 351 people in all economy configuration and the troop flights normally fly full. As of Sunday, accident websites were reporting the aircraft was still on the ground in Portsmouth. The sites are reporting that an inspection revealed serious damage to the aircraft.

GA - Nydelig toseters all-composite byggesett fra Lancair - AVweb

A New Two-Seater From Lancair

Mary Grady

Lancair has introduced a new two-seat kit called the Barracuda, which it calls an “entry-level” airplane. The Barracuda will cruise at 200 knots at 13 gallons per hour, and sells for about $200,000. The all-composite airplane is designed “for the pilot who wants maximum performance with a minimum investment of build time and budget,” said Lancair President Conrad Hufstutler, and incorporates “all the best features of the Mako,” which was introduced last year. “We’re expecting to take a big bite of the two-seater performance market,” Hufstutler said. The first Barracuda subkits will deliver no sooner than early next year, and by the third quarter all the subkits should be ready, the company said.
The new airplane will incorporate a number of new features, including a one-piece wing with greater span. “The new wing makes aircraft handling more docile and significantly reduces build time,” the company said. Fully automatic retracting nosegear adds 10 to 12 knots to the cruise speed. In the cockpit, the Barracuda comes with a customizable avionics package, typically based on the Garmin G3X Touch and GTN-750 components. The company will offer a range of options, such as Freon air conditioning, full de-ice protection, a choice of engines and more.

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Airshow Favorites at AirVenture 2018

Jul 27, 2018

John Morris | Aviation Week & Space Technology

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Like a whale feeding on plankton, the giant Lockheed C-5 Galaxy sucks the crowds through its cavernous interior and expels them onto Boeing Plaza, the show’s main display area.

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Maureen Spuhler - Cllick on a miniature picture to start show

Many of America’s—and the world’s—best airshow performers can be seen at Oshkosh, as well as hundreds of ex-military aircraft now in private hands. Visits by current military aircraft add spice to the mix. Here are just a few of the favorites.