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Friday, the FAA released a long-anticipated proposal “to amend the regulations for repair stations by revising the system of ratings and requiring repair stations to establish a quality program.” The agency would require a repair station to maintain a capability list, designate a chief inspector, and provide permanent housing for its facilities, equipment, materials, and […]

Starting today, Dec. 6, pilots and dispatchers will now have available improved and cockpit-accessible graphical hourly updates on in-flight icing. The National Weather Service will operate the service creatively called the “Current Icing Product,” or CIP, which incorporates more detailed observations and more advanced prediction models than its previous version (FAA approved in 2002). The […]

Nearly 700 pilots and flight attendants working for NetJets Europe will see their compensation packages improve next year after the company this year lost close to 50 employees to airlines and other suitors, according to a report by Flight International. For starting captains, the new deal will translate to a salary boost pushing dollars from […]

With delivery last week of its 100th “green” Boeing Business Jet, the company claimed success in selling empty, unpainted and largely unfinished aircraft (aesthetically, anyway) aircraft to customers — 35 percent of whom are heads of state — around the world. The program allows buyers to then “work with designers and interior completion centers to […]

Three leveraged buyout firms have made final bids that (some believe) range near $3 billion for Raytheon Aircraft, a company that last year claimed 416 aircraft sold for a cumulative $2.9 billion, which along with strong forecasts may represent a relative boom, making the company more attractive to potential buyers. Outspoken piston pilots aware of […]

Grob Aerospace CEO Niall Olver said his company “remains committed to the program and production of aircraft number three will continue,” following the loss of a jet prototype. The second, newer prototype of Grob’s SPn all-composite “up to nine” passenger jet was lost Wednesday, Nov. 29 shortly after takeoff during a demonstration flight at the […]

Embraer’s market outlook sees demand for 11,115 business jets over the next 10 years. The forecast weighs heavier for lighter jets — with a projected 24 percent (more than 2,600) falling into Embraer’s “very light” segment and another 21 percent (more than 2,300) filling in the ranks of “light.” No larger jet categories (there are […]

The Federal Regional Court of the First Region of Brasilia said in a unanimous ruling that Joseph Lepore and Jan Paladino have been granted permission to retrieve their passports and leave Brazil within 72 hours, according to a report yesterday from The Associated Press. The two pilots have been held in Brazil since Sept. 29, […]

With complications pushing back its delivery schedule, Eclipse Aviation in two announcements Monday disclosed plans to modify its design and offer certain customers payment reductions. To address concerns that the company’s production schedule will not be met and that terms for additional payment due may in that be case be premature, Eclipse is offering the […]

Landmark Aviation last week said it has received FAA approval to modify in-service Dassault Falcon 50 trijets to increase rudder control authority on aircraft equipped with Collins APS-85 autopilot or Pro Line 21 avionics suite. The FBO, MRO and sales, charter and management chain — formed in 2004 through the merger of Garrett, Piedmont-Hawthorne and […]