How can two airline pilots quietly fly out of ATC range? Here's how missed handoffs, fatigue, SELCAL, and cruise distractions ...
The article highlights a critical flaw in the IFR system where "canned clearances," particularly in areas like the San Francisco Bay Area Norcal, may provide incomplete routes that do not lead to a ...
What should have been a routine flight quickly turned into a high-pressure cockpit drama after one mistake forced Air Traffic ...
You've heard it before in plenty of TV shows and movies. A plane is plummeting to the ground or it loses engine power and the pilot says, "Mayday! Mayday! Mayday!" and air traffic control (ATC) ...
The Air Traffic Control procedures handbook, FAA Order 7110.65Z, requires, "controllers … to be familiar with its provisions … that pertain to their operational ...
Ask any pilot about their biggest frustration with modern avionics, and the answer will be inconsistent air traffic communication. While aircraft avionics have advanced at a breakneck pace, global ATC ...
Airline pilots have been warned about conflicting air traffic control (ATC) instructions from rival controllers when overflying parts of Somalia, in the Horn of Africa. The New Zealand-based OPSGROUP ...