Paddle Your Own Kanoo
• Mateusz Maszczynski
American Airlines pilots have raised criticism of the carrier’s handling of new operational expenses, including a dispute over whether the airline will reimburse them for ground trips between airports and layover hotels using Uber Black. Pilots say the practice reflects broader “new issues” affecting day-to-day travel.
FlightGlobal
• David Kaminski-Morrow
By FlightGlobal: Ruling finds European Commission used flawed reasoning to keep executive aircraft manufacture out of classification system.
Air Data News
• Ricardo Meier
By Air Data News: Certification campaign in Texas exposed the aircraft to wind conditions at and beyond operational limits required for Boeing has released footage from a recent certification campaign that shows the 737 MAX 10 in strong crosswinds during autoland certification flights in Midland, Texas.
politico.eu
• Tommaso Lecca
By politico.eu: Airlines blame the Entry/Exit System for hours-long queues and missed connecting flights.
Paddle Your Own Kanoo
• Mateusz Maszczynski
By Paddle Your Own Kanoo: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is moving to block flight attendants and pilots from claiming mandatory meal breaks under local State laws, such as California’s generous Labor Code, which grants employees who work for more than five hours an uninterrupted 30-minute meal break.
ch-aviation
• Daniel Martinez Garbuno
By ch-aviation: TAP Air Portugal (TP, Lisbon) has fulfilled the final commitments under its restructuring plan agreed with the European Commission in 2021 following the sale of its stakes in catering provider Cateringpor and ground handling firm SPdH, the airline and the Portuguese government announced.
Air Cargo News
• Rebecca Jeffrey
By Air Cargo News: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is adopting a new safety-based airworthiness directive (AD) for "certain" Boeing 747-8F series airplanes "prompted by reports of cracking in stringers and splice fittings located at stringer splices at multiple body stations".
ch-aviation
• Hilka Birns
By ch-aviation: FlyGabon (J7, Libreville Leon M'Ba) expects to resume full service after three aircraft were out of action over the weekend, including one AOG in Lagos.
FlightGlobal
• David Kaminski-Morrow
FlightGlobal
• David Kaminski-Morrow
FlightGlobal
• Dominic Perry
eVTOL Insights
• Jason Pritchard
