Question of the Week

This Week’s Question |Previous Week’s Answers PREVIOUS RESULTS *** Last week, we asked AVweb readers whether foreign companies should be allowed to manage the flight operations of U.S.-based charter airlines (as was the case with AMI Charter Jet). Your answers ran the gamut, but the largest segment of readers (39% of those who responded) gave […]

This Week’s Question |Previous Week’s Answers PREVIOUS RESULTS *** NASA has made the decision torelease the results of the aviation safety survey the agency had previously decided to withhold – but should that have been their call alone?  Last week, we asked AVweb readers who should make such decisions when it comes to releasing safety-related […]

This Week’s Question |Previous Week’s Answers PREVIOUS RESULTS *** Columbia Aircraft Manufacturing will soon have new owners, and last week we asked AVweb readers to cast their predictions as to who would walk away with the company’s assets. Cessna is the leading contender, of course, and nearly 3/4 of AVweb readers have the company pegged […]

This Week’s Question |Previous Week’s Answers PREVIOUS RESULTS *** Rarely do we find that AVweb readers are all of one mind on an issue – but there was clear consensus on the answer to last week’s Question, Should passengers be allowed to use their cell phones on airliners?  That consensus, of course, was absolutely not.  […]

This Week’s Question |Previous Week’s Answers PREVIOUS RESULTS *** ADS-B is on the way, and the FAA wants you to upgrade your avionics to an ADS-B-compatible package by 2020.  That’s a long way off, but it’s still going to cost money.  Last week, we asked AVweb readers how much they’d be willing to spend to […]

This Week’s Question |Previous Week’s Answers PREVIOUS RESULTS *** Last week, we asked whether it was inevitable that big-jet makers like Airbus and Boeing would enter the growing market for small- and medium-sized jets. Despite strong rumors that it’s only a matter of time, AVweb readers thought the big boys’ entry into these markets may […]

This Week’s Question |Previous Week’s Answers PREVIOUS RESULTS *** Last week, we asked whether aviation experience should be such a big factor in becoming a NASA astronaut. Our question sparked acouple of e-mails about the NASA qualifications, but it also taught us that most AVweb readers think brains and ability rank higher than a pilot’s […]

This Week’s Question |Previous Week’s Answers PREVIOUS RESULTS *** Two weeks into the search for Steve Fossett, the aviation community is still doing all it can to find the missing adventurer, despite increasing difficulties in navigating the terrain and gathering new leads. Last week, we asked what AVweb readers thought of the massive search that’s […]

This Week’s Question |Previous Week’s Answers PREVIOUS RESULTS *** Last week, we reported on the NTSB’srecommendation to the FAA that all airplanes be equipped with 406MHz emergency locator transmitters, preferably by February of 2009, and asked our readers what they think of a possible FAA-mandated upgrade. Over half of those who responded said yes to […]

This Week’s Question |Previous Week’s Answers PREVIOUS RESULTS *** Last week, we asked the standard back-to-school question:  What did you do (or, more appropriately, where did you fly) on your summer vacation? The biggest group of respondents (34% of those who took time to answer our Question) told us they didn’t do much out of […]