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This Week’s Question |Previous Week’s Answers PREVIOUS RESULTS *** Last week, we asked AVweb readers whether they buy into concerns about safety problems on the regional airlines. Most do, with 40% of those who took a moment to answer our question saying that overworked, underpaid, and underappreciated pilots and airline staff equals potential disaster. Another […]

Overheard in IFR Magazine‘s “On the Air” Most Center controllers don’t have a highly developed sense of humor about radar limitations, but one I heard at Jacksonville Center does: Cessna:“JAX Center, Cessna One Two Three Four.” Center:“Cessna One Two Three Four, JAX Center. Go ahead.” Cessna:“Cessna One Two Three Four is 20 miles north of […]

This Week’s Question |Previous Week’s Answers PREVIOUS RESULTS *** Last week, we asked what AVweb readers would be willing to pay to fly the Martin Jet Pack. Not much, apparently. 64% of our readers answered you couldn’t pay me enough (!), and another 32% said the $30,000 Martin is asking on eBay is too much. […]

Overheard in IFR Magazine‘s “On the Air” I’m a controller at Terre Haute, Indiana, and I was working data while my female supervisor got her currency on arrival radar. She was wondering about the on-course heading of an overflight. The conversation went something like this: Approach:“Seven Six One Zulu Bravo, say your heading to 22G.” […]

This Week’s Question |Previous Week’s Answers PREVIOUS RESULTS *** Last week, we asked AVweb readers if they were personally contributing to the spike in air show attendance reported by ICAS (the International Council of Air Shows). 45% of those who took a moment to answer told us they’d attended one or two shows so far […]

Overheard in IFR Magazine‘s “On the Air” Approach:“Cessna Nine Four Four Two November, descend to 2,500 feet, proceed along the east side of the river, then left to 280 at Central Park.” Me (sincerely, since I’d never been there before):“Approach, how will I know when I’m at Central Park?” Approach:“Just watch for the muggers.” Larry […]

This Week’s Question |Previous Week’s Answers PREVIOUS RESULTS *** Last week, we asked AVweb readers for their opinion on the FAA’s proposed revisions to the Hudson River Exclusion Area (EA). AOPA and NBAA have already expressed approval of the FAA recommendations, and now a whopping majority of AVweb readers add their voices to the chorus: […]

Each week, we run a sampling of the letters received to our editorial inbox here in AVmail. One letter that’s particularly relevant, informative, or otherwise compelling will headline this section as our “Letter of the Week,” and we’ll send the author an official AVweb baseball cap as a “thank you” for interacting with us (and […]

Overheard in IFR Magazine‘s “On the Air” Approach:“Cessna One Two Three X-Ray Yankee: Traffic is at your 12 o’clock, 5 miles and 3000 feet – a Saab 340.” Cessna 123XY:“Looking. Where is he? Over the river?” Approach:“Traffic no factor. He’s over the river, through the woods, and on his way to grandmother’s house. Contact tower […]

This Week’s Question |Previous Week’s Answers PREVIOUS RESULTS *** Last week, we asked if more manufacturers should be granted the same latitude as Boeing to self-certify parts and processes – or perhaps even wider powers of self-certification. Judging by the response to last week’s Question, reader opinions on this subject run the gamut. A narrow […]