In the highly structured world of aviation, where standard operating procedures and efficient communication are supposed to be the norm, maintaining an individual’s language proficiency can sometimes be overlooked. Since 2008, when I began teaching aviation English to pilots, I
The potential risks of interfering with satellite navigation systems (GNSS) have been well-researched and documented in recent years. IFATCA’s TOC is writing working papers on the subject, and large groups of aviation professionals have held meetings to discuss the issue
Shocking as it was to hear that an Azerbaijani E190 had been shot near Grozny last December, forcing it to crash-land in Kazakhstan, this is unfortunately not a new scenario. It has happened many more times in the past. Wikipedia
The IFATCA Wellbeing Task Force has grown in size in recent months, and we have established a framework to inform the work we plan to do over the next 3 to 5 years. That said, we have divided the deliverables
On December 7th, 1944, exactly three years after the attack on Pearl Harbor and six months and one day after the Normandy invasion, with the war still raging in Europe and the Pacific, delegates from 52 countries signed a new
The South China Sea Traffic Flow Review Group (SCSTFRG) was formed 10 years ago to improve airspace capacity and resolve the use of non-standard FLAS/FLOS (flight level allocation system/flight level orientation system) in the South China Sea (SCS) airspace. Due
