Contents tagged with General
Pilot error ?
It’s been a strange few weeks - Firstly, a couple of Northwest pilots overflew MSP by more than an hour - and their excuse, they were busy working on their laptops in the midst of discussing … more
Asia Pacific Airlines to acquire 8000 new pax and cargo a/c over next 20 years !
Airbus were today forecasting that Asia/Pacific airlines will acquire 8,000 new passenger and cargo aircraft valued at $1.2 trillion over the next 20 years, one-third of predicted global deliveries … more
IATA reveals Asia Pacific bigger travel market than North America !
IATA revealed in Singapore that Asia in 2009 eclipsed North America as the world's largest commercial aviation market. Asia/Pacific air travelers last year numbered 647 million, besting the 638 … more
merlot.aero Customer - Skywest adds new A320 to fleet
Quoting ATW yesterday:
Skywest Airlines of Perth took delivery of a used A320, which will join a fleet of nine F100s and eight F50s. Aircraft was painted in Manchester, UK, where Skywest took … more
Pilot error ? Continued.....
Only in the US:
NTSB confirms pilot fault in Northwest overflight
US National Transportation Safety Board determined that last October's Northwest Airlines overflight incident occurred "because the … more
Pilot error ? Continued...
US Dept. of Transportation and FAA yesterday called on airlines "to create and enforce policies that will limit distractions in the cockpit [including use of PEDs] and keep pilots focused on … more
AirNZ - mobile capability
Air New Zealand to equip new 777-300s with mobile capability
Air New Zealand will equip its 777-300s with mobile phone and data capability in partnership with Aeromobile beginning with the … more
Announcing the launch of a new service - merlot.aero-Reporting.Services
Continuing on with our theme of developing products and services that deliver efficiency gains right across an organisation, we announce the launch of a new product – … more
Cloud Computing - more market evidence of this growing trend
I came across this article the other day - it puts very nicely into perspective the who concept of 'cloud computing' - This is the ethos of the merlot solution - if you need more details, please … more