IFALPA AGE Committee Meeting The annual IFALPA Aerodrome Ground Environment (AGE) Committee meeting took place from 30 September to 2 October 2015 in Casablanca, Morocco. Read more>> April 18, 2015
Rule of 65: 'You're Too Old!' You're too old to be an international pilot! They are words that no one wants to hear - that no one should hear... let alone type for an article to appear in a pilot magazine. Read more>> April 8, 2015
IFALPA Aircraft Design and Operations Committee Meeting The IFALPA Aircraft Design and Operations (ADO) Committee held a meeting that was hosted by Boeing in Seattle, USA at the end of June 2015. Read more>> March 20, 2015
Safety "Round-Up" This article gives a brief "round-up" of the recent activities of the Committee's six Portfolios. Read more>> March 18, 2015
IFALPA Conference The annual International Federation of Air Line PIlots' Associations (IFALPA) conference was held in Madrid in April 2015. Read more>> March 8, 2015
Aviation Meteorology Product Update In early 2014 I was involved, on behalf of the Australian Airline Pilots' Association (AusALPA), in a comprehensive review of aviation meteorological services conducted by the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM). Read more>> February 23, 2015
Sharing Your Transport Safety Concerns, Confidentially We've all been there. The moment when you see something that just doesn't seem quite right. There's a problem in front of you, and while it may not have caused an accident yet, you can easily imagine how one day, maybe one day soon, it could end badly. Read more>> February 22, 2015
Major Airports Meteorological Survey 2014 Industry perceptions of weather information provided by the Bureau of Meteorology (Bureau) are important in guiding where resources should be spent in the future. Read more>> February 18, 2015
The Rule of Two In light of the Germanwings flight 4U9525 tragedy, air operators and government agencies worldwide have reacted swifly, albeit prematurely, to review and implement stricter procedures in the hope of preventing a similar event from occurring in the future. Read more>> February 10, 2015
Why Should We Care About Drones? Why should airline pilots worry about drones? Is it that there may be wayward youthful recreational remote pilots? Read more>> February 1, 2015