The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration expects to formulate a standard by 2016 that will permit unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) to interoperate with manned aircraft using an “electronic means” to see and avoid potential collisions, according to the executive leading the FAA’s effort to introduce UAS into the airspace system.
So-called harmonized flight- and duty-time rules for pilots and cabin crew approved by a European Aviation Safety Agency committee on July 11 drew sharply different reactions from Europe’s pilot union coalition and airline associations on Monday.
All Nippon Airways, which operates the biggest fleet of Boeing 787 Dreamliners, said it is removing locator beacons from eight of the jets used on domestic routes after investigators in Britain identified the device as the likely cause of a fire on a 787 in London.
