Flight Safety Information September 1, 2020 - No. 177 In This Issue Incident: Azur B752 at Antalya on Aug 31st 2020, engine shut down in flight McDonnell DC-10-30 - Missing Cowling (California) Northrop Grumman E-2C Hawkeye - Accident (Virginia) Navy crew jumped from surveillance plane before it crashed Families of Malaysia Airlines MH17 Victims Want Damages, Lawyers Say PIA won't file appeal against flights suspension Ethiopian Airlines Will Definitely Consider The Airbus A220 Cathay Pacific Group and GE Aviation Expand Digital Partnership Cars Light Runway In Alaska To Enable A Child's Hospital Flight Autonomous distress tracking for commercial passenger aircraft FIRST 70-PLUS SEAT HYBRID ELECTRIC REGIONAL AIRCRAFT TO FLY BY 2028 Amazon's Prime Air inches closer to takeoff in the US with FAA approval Hawaiian Airlines issues furlough notices to pilots and flight attendants, signals more cuts ahead FAA Certifies Cirrus Vision Jet's Safe Return Mexican airline Interjet to boost domestic flights Not all gloom for aviation training as MAX, cargo fleets beckon SpaceX delays launch of next 60 Starlink internet satellites to Thursday Trinity College Dublin and EASA Air Ops Community Survey on the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on aviation workers Swinburne University Capstone Research Projects 2020 - Airline pax preferences Study SURVEY:...GA PILOTS AND PIREPs. Graduate Research Survey (1) Incident: Azur B752 at Antalya on Aug 31st 2020, engine shut down in flight An Azur Air Boeing 757-200, registration VP-BLV performing flight ZF-9691 from Rostov (Russia) to Antalya (Turkey), was descending towards Antalya when one of the engines (RB211) suffered a malfunction prompting the crew to shut the engine down. The aircraft continued for a safe landing on Antalya's runway 18C. The aircraft is still on the ground in Antalya 12 hours after landing. Preliminary information suggests the core cowl of the engine received a hole and discoloration. http://avherald.com/h?article=4dc05aef&opt=0 Back to Top McDonnell DC-10-30 - Missing Cowling (California) Date: 30-AUG-2020 Time: c. 14:00 Type: McDonnell DC-10-30 Owner/operator: 10 Tanker Air Carrier Registration: N612AX C/n / msn: 48290 Fatalities: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 Other fatalities: 0 Aircraft damage: Minor Location: Mc Clellan Airfield (MCC/KMCC), Sacramento, CA - United States of America Phase: Taxi Nature: Fire fighting Departure airport: Destination airport: Narrative: During taxi, the fire suppression aircraft was informed by a following aircraft that part of the number three engine cowling was missing. The airplane returned to the ramp having sustained minor damage. The five crew onboard were not injured during the incident. https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/240751 Back to Top Northrop Grumman E-2C Hawkeye - Accident (Virginia) Date: 31-AUG-2020 Time: 15:50 Type: Northrop Grumman E-2C Hawkeye Owner/operator: US Navy (USN), VAW-120 Registration: C/n / msn: Fatalities: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 Other fatalities: 0 Aircraft damage: Written off (damaged beyond repair) Location: near Wallops Island,VA - United States of America Phase: Nature: Military Departure airport: Norfolk NAS Chambers, VA (NGU/KNGU) Destination airport: Narrative: The US Navy surveillance aircraft crashed during a training flight. The four crew bailed out safely. The aircraft crashed on land. https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/240753 Back to Top Navy crew jumped from surveillance plane before it crashed Four sailors jumped from their twin-propeller E-2C Hawkeye aircraft before it crashed in Accomack County, Virginia, Monday afternoon, according to a Navy official. "The two pilots and two crewmembers bailed out of the aircraft safely," a statement from Cmdr. Jennifer Cragg of Naval Air Force Atlantic said. The crew strapped on parachutes when they boarded the plane, as is required, before flying out of Naval Station Norfolk for a training mission Monday, Cragg told ABC News. When they ran into trouble, they bailed out of the main cabin door and were recovered safe on the ground. The E-2C, a command-and-control type aircraft with a large, distinctive radar dish atop its fuselage, crashed in the vicinity of Wallops Island at about 3:50 p.m., Cragg said. The plane is capable of carrying out surveillance missions and can be launched from aircraft carriers. The E-2C that crashed Monday was assigned to Airborne Command & Control Squadron (VAW) 120 Fleet Replacement Squadron, based in Norfolk. There was no immediate indication of harm to people or structures on the ground, the Navy statement said. The cause of the mishap is under investigation. https://www.yahoo.com/gma/navy-crew-jumped-surveillance-plane-235200961.html Back to Top ALLEGIANT, TOPS FOR SAFETY AND COVID-19 PROTECTION • Allegiant is now rated as a Seven-Star airline for safety and COVID-19 protection by AirlineRatings.com After consultation with the industry, the world's most respected airline rating agency has refined its safety rating criteria to move the focus from audits to real-world outcomes in pilot performance. In an industry first, AirlineRatings.com has examined over 11,000 serious incident reports since 2015 to arrive at an incident rating for airlines. Incidents and crashes now account for five of the seven-star ratings. Allegiant has had a fatality-free record since it was formed in 1997. AirlineRatings.com Editor-in-Chief Geoffrey Thomas said; "Allegiant's safety record is superb and at every touchpoint passenger safety is paramount." "Our refined safety rating system recognizes the achievements of airlines such as Allegiant, that have perfect fatality free records," said Mr. Thomas. "There is growing concern industry-wide at some pilot performance issues and we have evolved our rating system to put greater focus on outcomes." "With Allegiant we found an extremely low incident rate and virtually none attributable to pilots." READ: The rise and rise of Kam Air "That performance and its COVID-19 compliance for passengers gain Allegiant the top safety rating of seven-stars," said Mr. Thomas. The COVID-19 compliance checks off; • - COVID-19 website information and instructions • - Social distancing on boarding • - Flight attendant Personal Protection Equipment • - Face masks compulsory • - Meal service modified • - Passenger Sanitizer Kit • - Deep clean of aircraft The airline complies with all the above and details can be viewed on its website here. Its fleet is built around the best selling single-aisle airliner, the Airbus A320. "The A320 is an outstanding platform and the airline has 105 in service, said Mr. Thomas. https://www.airlineratings.com/news/allegiant-tops-safety-covid-19-protection/ Back to Top Families of Malaysia Airlines MH17 Victims Want Damages, Lawyers Say The families of the nearly 300 victims of a downed Malaysia Airlines passenger plane want reparations, their lawyers said Monday, more than six years after the plane was shot down over Ukraine. All 298 passengers and crew on board MH17 were killed on July 17, 2014, when the plane was allegedly shot down by a Buk missile fired from territory in eastern Ukraine, then claimed by pro-Russia rebels. About two-thirds of the victims were Dutch. The Boeing 777 was flying to Kuala Lumpur from Amsterdam. Russians Igor Girkin, Sergey Dubinskiy and Oleg Pulatov, and Ukrainian Leonid Kharchenko, were named as suspects in 2019 after a multiyear Dutch-led international investigation. The four men are being tried for murder, though only Pulatov has legal representation in the trial. Peter Langstraat, who represents 450 relatives of the victims, said that 76 relatives wanted to make victim impact statements, and 316 said they planned to seek damages, reported Reuters. The reparations are unspecified, and the claims have not yet been filed. Lawyers representing the families asked the court to decide whether Dutch or Ukrainian law will be applied in seeking damages. "This is about individuals who were confronted six years ago with a terrible loss that continues to have an influence on their lives today," said Arlette Schijns, who also represents 450 relatives, according to The Associated Press. "The criminal trial is important for them because it will establish the facts of what happened on July 17, 2014. Who is responsible for it? What sentence they deserve," Schijns said. "In other words, it's about justice, fairness, crime and punishment." The international investigation, conducted by representatives from Australia, Belgium, Ukraine, Malaysia and the Netherlands, found that the missile used to shoot down MH17 came from Russia's Kursk-based 53rd Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade. Russia has repeatedly denied any involvement. Prosecutors said "obstruction and disinformation" by Russian authorities adds to the pain for the victims' relatives. "We're talking here about people of flesh and blood. In addition to the grief they face because of the loss of their dearest, they are additionally injured by Russia's attitude," Schijns told judges. The trial, which began in March, resumed in absentia of the suspects, who remain at large. Russia does not extradite its citizens. Three judges from The Hague District Court are presiding over the trial, which is being conducted at the Schiphol Judicial Complex near Amsterdam. The trial is set to continue Sept. 28. https://www.voanews.com/east-asia-pacific/families-malaysia-airlines-mh17-victims-want-damages-lawyers-say Back to Top PIA won't file appeal against flights suspension Islamabad, Sep 1 (IANS): Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has decided not to lodge an appeal against the European Union Aviation Safety Agencys (EASA) suspension of the flag carrier's flights to and from the EU member states as the two-month deadline for filing the appeal expired on August 30. The decision was taken ahead of a scheduled visit to Pakistan of the International Air Transport Association's (IATA) Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) team on September 7 to assess the operational management and control systems of the PIA, Dawn news reported on Tuesday. According to sources, the IATA-designated safety audit team is expected to be in Islamabad for five days. On June 30, the EASA had written a letter to the PIA, informing the latter that apart from the pending issue of implementing safety management tools in the airline's flight operation within the stipulated time, it had suspended authorisation of PIA flights to and from the EU member countries for six months effective from July 1. However, the EASA said an appeal against the suspension of authorisation could be filed in writing within two months. The Operational Safety Audit is carried out after every two years. The last such audit was carried out in 2018, said the Dawn news report. The audit programme was designed by the IATA in 2003 to assess the operational management and control systems of airlines. The IATA had expressed concern over the "serious lapse in the licensing and safety oversight by the aviation regulator". Besides the IATA, the EASA had also expressed concern after the PIA flight PK-8303 crash in Karachi on May 22, followed by Aviation Minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan's June 24 disclosure that licences of 262 of the 850 pilots "suspicious". Regarding the EASA issue, PIA spokesman Abdulah Hafeez Khan told Dawn news: "We are in continuous talks with the UK and EU authorities to get this suspension lifted and have engaged one of the biggest aviation firms to assist PIA in this regard." https://www.daijiworld.com/news/newsDisplay.aspx?newsID=746584 Back to Top Ethiopian Airlines Will Definitely Consider The Airbus A220 Ethiopian has been rumored to be eyeing the Airbus A220 for its future fleet. The airline has been diversifying its fleet for the past few years, and give the painful experience with Boeing's narrowbody, it wouldn't be entirely surprising to see the baby Airbus joining the fleet. Simple Flying caught up with Acting Chief Commercial Officer at Ethiopian, Esayas WoldMariam, to discuss the future of its narrowbody fleet. Turning to Airbus It was October last year when rumors began to emerge, suggesting Ethiopian Airlines was eyeing an order for the Airbus A220. At the time, it was slightly surprising to hear this aircraft was on the radar of Africa's biggest airline, Ethiopian being a traditionally Boeing customer. If the small Airbus were to join the fleet, it would be only the second Airbus aircraft to be flown by the east African giant. Ethiopian received its first A350-900 in June 2016, and now flies a fleet of 14, with more on the way. Simple Flying asked Acting Chief Commercial Officer at Ethiopian, Esayas WoldMariam, how the addition of the Airbus to the fleet had shaped its future. He told us, "Since the Airbus has come into our fleet, our pilots, training, maintenance, simulator ... everything has now been diversified, which is also good. The A350 is a newcomer, so it has embedded so many of the advantages of a Boeing 787 Dreamliner. It is a good product, we are very confident about it, and we are happy with it and our customers also like it." There's a distinct advantage to being a 'newcomer,' as Ato Esayas noted, and that's the merit of a clean-sheet design. As much as you can stick new engines on an A320 or make the wings longer on a 777, nothing quite embraces new technology like a clean-sheet design. And there are only three that have been brought to market in the past decade: The A350, the 787, and, originally shaping up as the Bombardier CSeries, the A220. So what about that narrowbody; is there still a place for it in the Ethiopian fleet? Diversification is in Ethiopian's strategy Along with the addition of the A350 back in 2016, Ethiopian has historically operated a somewhat mixed fleet. Despite relying on Boeing for its long-haul needs, it also flew a mix of short-haul and regional aircraft, including ATRs, Fokkers, MD-11s and DHC Dash-8s. Apart from the Dash-8, all have left the fleet, but that's not down to fleet simplification; it's more just flying what works best for the airline. We asked Esayas if the A220 was still something of interest for Ethiopian. He said, "You know, with or without the 737 MAX, diversifying our fleets is in our strategy. So, depending on the pros and cons, definitely the A220 is an aircraft that we would consider." Adding the A220 with its vast range and incredible economics would give Ethiopian a chance to really play in the point to point market. While the airline has been a traditionally hub and spoke operator, there's a massive lack of capacity in the regional African market. The Airbus A220 perfectly serves long and thin routes, and in the post-COVID aviation market, this could be an excellent strategy. While international might take time to pick up, being able to add capacity anywhere within five hours of Addis Ababa could prove to be a winning move. In the longer term, it would allow Ethiopian to open up new routes and dive into new markets, where anything bigger would not make sense. What about the MAX? Of course, many of these roles could be filled by the 737 MAX, of which Ethiopian is a customer. The airline has been clear that it has not ruled out Boeing's narrowbody, but has also said it will be the last to fly the type once it's recertified. Pending a successful return, Ethiopian already holds a place in the production queue for 27 more of the type to add to its own fleet of four. But the airline was deeply wounded by last year's tragedy, and wants 100% reassurance before it commits to taking those extra narrowbodies. We asked Esayas if Ethiopian would maintain its order with Boeing for the type. He said, "Well, depending on if it has a positive comeback, then definitely, after everybody has been assured, we will be taking it. Otherwise, we'll look for an equivalent narrowbody, something like the Airbus A220." https://simpleflying.com/ethiopian-a220-consideration/ Back to Top Cathay Pacific Group and GE Aviation Expand Digital Partnership • Flight Analytics and FlightPulse agreement: Unlocking the full potential of flight data to help analysts, management and flight crews better understand operations and drive efficiency improvements AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GE Aviation and Cathay Pacific Group have signed a five-year agreement to implement GE's Event Measurement System (EMS) for flight analytics and the FlightPulse® pilot app. The digital technologies will be deployed across various fleet types in Cathay Pacific Group in September as well as the pilot community later in 2020. The agreement includes Cathay Pacific, Cathay Dragon and Air Hong Kong. "The interactive report allows them to review their fuel planning, collaborate on focus areas and drive behavior changes. The ability to include safety-related analytics is another added advantage that enhances SOP implementation and improves safety. We believe FlightPulse will be welcome and supported by our crew" "Cathay Pacific has established our own efficiency best practices for years," said Capt Mark Hoey, GM Operations with Cathay Pacific. "It is vital to have a flight analytics system that can easily adapt to our policies and procedures instead of the other way around. The good connectivity of the GE EMS system reduces the system migration effort, enables interaction with our corporate BI tool and maintains continuity to our users. The system flexibility and extensive library of measurements, parameters and events reduce the efforts in measuring and monitoring new best practices. After a substantial trial period with EMS, we concluded that it was the best fit for our requirements." FlightPulse is a mobile app that uses aircraft data and advanced flight data analytics to enable pilots to securely access their own flying metrics and trends. FlightPulse can be used to optimize efficiency, reduce operational risk and improve pilot awareness. "We are thrilled to be chosen by Cathay Pacific to expand our growing digital partnership into the arena of flight analytics," said Andrew Coleman, senior vice president and general manager of GE Aviation's Digital Group. "We're merging multiple data sources, building on a comprehensive set of analytics and expanding with FlightPulse to help pilots fly more efficiently and reduce carbon emissions." GE Aviation's flight analytics service uses flight data generated by the aircraft and merges it with the airline's operational data. It applies proprietary data management and analytics technology to help Cathay Pacific better manage their aircraft operations and assets, providing previously unavailable insight into efficiency, flight safety, engineering and maintenance. Capt Hoey noted that the FlightPulse tailored information for individual crew members enables Cathay's pilots to conduct their own analyses and compare themselves with their peers. "The interactive report allows them to review their fuel planning, collaborate on focus areas and drive behavior changes. The ability to include safety-related analytics is another added advantage that enhances SOP implementation and improves safety. We believe FlightPulse will be welcome and supported by our crew," said Capt Hoey. About GE GE Aviation, an operating unit of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), is a world-leading provider of commercial and military jet engines, and avionics, digital solutions and electrical power systems for aircraft. GE is the world's Digital Industrial Company, transforming industry with software-defined machines and solutions that are connected, responsive and predictive. With people, services, technology and scale, GE delivers better outcomes for customers by speaking the language of industry. Learn more at geaviation.com/digital, twitter @GEAviation https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200901005425/en/Cathay-Pacific-Group-GE-Aviation-Expand-Digital Back to Top Cars Light Runway In Alaska To Enable A Child's Hospital Flight Living in a remote community with limited air and road connections has its challenges. It can be inconvenient at the best of times and life-threatening at its worst. It was undoubtedly a risk when a medical flight dispatched to pick-up a child was unable to land in the remote village of Igiugig, Alaska. The runway lights had failed last Friday night, and the plane was unable to land without having visibility of the runway. That's when villagers banded together to shed a little light on the problem. "Any time a plane flies over that late at night, you know something is wrong," - Ida Nelson, Igiugig resident via The New York Times Waiting for a special flight It was the evening of Friday, August 28th, when a child was waiting to be flown from her home in the village of Igiugig, Alaska, to Anchorage to receive special medical attention. With the Beechcraft King Air 200 scheduled for the pick-up, the runway lights of the state-owned airport had failed, jeopardizing the airlift operation. According to The New York Times, the plane circled overheard as the pilot of the LifeMed Alaska flight could not see the runway of the rural airstrip. As a creative response and a literal 'light bulb moment,' locals jumped into action, bringing their vehicles to the sides of the runway to light the path. Villagers of the close-knit tribal community of just 70 residents sprang into action. Some drove their sport utility vehicles (SUVs), all-terrain vehicles (ATVs), and cars to the rural airport, where they pointed their headlights at the runway. This allowed the pilot of the LifeMed Alaska Beechcraft King Air to land. A photograph of this can be seen in the New York Times Twitter post below. In an interview with The New York Times, tribal clerk Ida Nelson said that at least 20 vehicles, including her Honda 4-by-4, lined the runway. Nelson says that her neighbor even made 32 phone calls to mobilize the villagers. With just 70 residents in the village, it would be a safe assumption that the entire town was called. This enabled the twin-propeller aircraft to land and safely evacuate the young girl to Anchorage to seek medical attention. A result of vandalism A spokesperson for the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities says that the runway lights had been vandalized, run over by an all-terrain vehicle. The state department is responsible for the airport, and maintenance workers had inspected the damage the week prior and were planning to perform repairs. "Vandalism on Alaska's small airports does occur every year...and the state has been working to educate all Alaskans as to the importance of protecting the infrastructure, particularly the role it plays in emergencies, such medical flights. We respond to any reports of damaged runway lights and repair them as quickly as we can." -Shannon K. McCarthy, Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities via The New York Times It's not easy to make these types of repairs in remote northern communities. Maintenance workers must fly in from other locations, taking up to several days. https://simpleflying.com/cars-light-runway-in-alaska-to-enable-a-childs-hospital-flight/ Back to Top Autonomous distress tracking for commercial passenger aircraft • Devices and software to provide autonomous distress tracking will soon become a requirement for commercial passenger aircraft In June 2009 Air France Flight 447 from Rio de Janeiro crashed into the Atlantic Ocean while en route to Paris, killing all 228 passengers and crew. It took five days to locate the first bits of wreckage and two years for the flight data recorders to be located and recovered from the ocean floor. Five years later in March 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing disappeared along with its 239 passengers and crew. The Boeing 777 was never found, despite an extensive three-year search that covered 120,000km2 of the South China Sea, Andaman Sea and the southern Indian Ocean. What happened to Flight MH370 has been labelled as one of aviation's greatest mysteries. Both tragic incidents led to severe concerns being voiced about the functionality and reliability of civil aviation's systems for tracking flights, emergency distress beacons and the flight data recorders that are colloquially known as black boxes. Aerospace needed to provide a robust, joined-up response to the problem and that response came from the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), in the form of the Global Aeronautical Distress Safety System (GADSS). Phased implementation Agreed and adopted into ICAO's aircraft operating standards and recommended practices in 2016, GADSS has three main phases. The first phase requires aircraft to carry beacons that work underwater. The second requires aircraft to carry a device capable of reporting their position every 15 minutes. Both of these rules were introduced in 2018 and cover the existing aircraft fleet. Autonomous distress tracking (ADT) is the final and arguably the most crucial part of GADSS. From January 2023 ICAO regulations require that all aircraft manufactured which weigh more than 27,000kg (60,000 lbs) and are capable of carrying more than 19 passengers must be able to autonomously transmit their position once a minute while flying in distress. ICAO's GADSS does not stipulate the technologies airlines and aircraft makers have to use to meet its tracking and emergency distress rules. This has led to a variety of solutions being developed and tested to meet the requirements. Simulation and validation Blue Sky Network's (BSN) Hawkeye ADT was developed to meet the requirements of ICAO's GADSS. The company is focused primarily on the US aviation market. Hawkeye is able to detect a crash before it happens by using a combination of sensors and an attitude heading reference system that detects erratic movements. Hawkeye triggers itself autonomously and independently without having to rely on the aircraft's systems. Hawkeye ADT took three years for BSN's engineers to develop. Gregoire Demury, president and CEO at BSN emphasizes that it is the only product that has been developed "from the ground up" to meet the incoming ICAO standards on distress. He says, "Some claim that an emergency location transmitter can meet the standards, but our system is the only one that meets all of the new requirements. "We use a technology called short burst data to provide global tracking capabilities and two-way communication, which is better suited to detect a distress then GPS and ADS-B. "ADS-B is not designed to provide services to airlines or to detect a distress. Our technology is." Hawkeye ADT was tested using computer simulations and Demury has full confidence in its capabilities to ensure that crashed aircraft will not be lost in the future. "We've gone further than required to ensure that this is the case," he says. "We obtained data from the French Aviation Safety Board about 63 different aircraft crashes and simulated every incident with our technology. "In every case Hawkeye worked as expected, allowing us to answer that question with confidence." The Hawkeye ADT device has so far been certified for use on the Boeing 737 and the team used a 737 for the installation, systems testing and DO1060G testing for vibration, shock, and lightning strikes. BSN is certifying the device for the 767 next and then the Airbus A320. "We will be first to market," Demury says. Redundancy and independence French company Orolia has been making emergency location transmitters (ELT) since 1985 for the aviation and maritime sectors. It has developed two devices specifically to meet ICAO's GADSS regulations, both are specifically focused on ELT. Unlike several other companies in this field, Orolia does not do operational flight tracking but specializes in emergency beacons. The company became part of an industry working group focused on developing ways of solving the issue of losing aircraft after the Air France crash in 2009. Efforts to develop a solution were renewed after Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 was lost in 2014. Christian Belleux, aviation product manager at Orolia says, "The need to be able to locate the aircraft just before it goes into the sea was identified early on. Once the ELT sinks it cannot transmit its location." The company was part of two European research projects to develop and commercialize ELTs for aircraft alongside companies including Airbus and Air France. The Helios project resulted in the Ultima DT (distress tracker) which was launched last year and the Ultima S. The Ultima S activates in the water and was launched in 2018 came after the Tauceti research project finished. Compared to other solutions, the Ultima range has more redundancy says Belleux, "Our product monitors what happens on the aircraft in real time. It is not subject to downtimes and errors in a communications link. There is no dish that can become disconnected and the Ultima is guaranteed to survive a crash," he says. "One of our key aims with Ultima was to ensure someone with unfriendly intentions cannot tamper with the aircraft's system. That is why it is an autonomous and independent system - even if you cut out all of the circuit breakers it will still transmit," Belleux says. The Ultima's performance has been validated thoroughly during flight testing: "We have conducted successful flight tests to demonstrate the Ultima DT's capabilities with Iberia in Spain," says Belleux. "We used the new Galileo satellites to activate the device. The test was one of the first applications returning acknowledgement from the new satellites." Built in distress tracking Canadian avionics supplier Flhyt supplies tracking and monitoring technology to airlines and has expanded the functionality of its main solution, AFIRS (automated flight information reporting system) to cover ADT. AFIRS, which includes a component that is installed on the aircraft itself, can track multiple aircraft in multiple locations. The company also supplies the AirMap product a data streaming tool that is used in airline operations centres. Matt De Ris, product manager at Flyht says, "AFIRS can deliver the requirements of GADSS. The 2023 mandate is for new aircraft types. Aircraft manufacturers have mostly made their technology decisions for that, so we are focused on retrofit." Flyht has two customers capable of what De Ris calls abnormal tracking. "We haven't activated the specific algorithms for ADT for most of our units because it is a little complex," he says. "But when a customer wants it, we can facilitate it with a push of a button." AFRIS is having the capability of using terrestrial ADS-B added to it, which De Ris says will also enable it to more than meets the GADSS requirements. AFIRS is also being line-fitted onto new A330, A320 and A220 aircraft to provide safety data and voice capabilities, he adds Ris, so there is a fleet of around 2000 aircraft that could potentially be configured by the company to meet the GADDS requirements. De Ris says, "Why would you want to install extra equipment if you already have AFIRS installed on your aircraft and you could achieve the requirements of ADT with the push of a button?" Delayed introduction None of the ADT systems mentioned previously are in service yet. The ICAO deadline for new aircraft to be fitted with ADT was expected to come into force on January 2021, but it is not a legislative requirement and the exact timescales for its introduction can be decided by different nations. As a consequence, the deadline has been delayed to 2023. According to Belleux, the European introduction of ADT was always likely to slip. "It is becoming delayed because it is a very different system compared to the previous generation of ELTs. The standards the working group are defining about the ELT's architecture, the European Technical Standard Order, is not yet published and it is 2020. The aircraft OEMs cannot be ready to integrate this year." Copsas Sarsat, the global satellite constellation which is used for many ELTs, also needs to upgrade its infrastructure before autonomous distress tracking can be introduced. "The ground stations that will receive the new message protocols need to be updated," says Belleux. In the USA there is no mandatory plan for ADT's introduction, but aircraft that fly over Europe will need to be equipped regardless. Meanwhile, companies such as Orolia, BSN and Flyht are continuing to have discussions with airlines about fitting the ELT and preparations are being made for its introduction. However, the size of the market has to be rationalized. There are 15,000 aircraft over 27,000 kg that GADSS applies to. A lot of those aircraft will only ever fly over the American continent and never see the sea, so there is no need for them to carry ADT equipment. But for airliners travelling over sea, ADT will be required to meet the ICAO regulations one day and Demury is confident the measures being taken by industry will make aviation safer. He says, "ADT is important because for many years the flying public was misled to think that their location was known at all times, mainly because of the moving map on the back of seats. "With this system, airlines will take responsible action that will ultimately save lives. The technology is available at a very affordable price." Belleux says, "Unfortunately there will still be incidents, but we will not have problems finding the aircraft in the future thanks to this new technology." https://www.aerospacetestinginternational.com/features/autonomous-distress-tracking-for-commercial-passenger-aircraft.html Back to Top FIRST 70-PLUS SEAT HYBRID ELECTRIC REGIONAL AIRCRAFT TO FLY BY 2028 Bristol-based Electric Aviation Group hopes to bring the first 70-plus seater Hybrid Electric Regional Aircraft (HERA) to the mass air transportation market by 2028. Engineers have been working on designing carbon-neutral electric planes for some years but the problem has always been developing a prototype that can seat more than a few people. The HERA could prove a step in the right direction. Electric Aviation Group's HERA was unveiled in July at the 2020 FIA Connect Farnborough Airshow, and has been designed to "solve the challenges of decarbonisation and mass transportation". With a range of 1,500km and a maximum speed of 275kts, HERA features "whisper-quiet' operations, reducing noise pollution along with carbon emissions. Meanwhile, a novel "Potential Energy Recovery System" (PERS) allows aircraft batteries to charge while airborne, minimising turnaround time after landing.Electric Aviation GroupRapid acceleration, driven by a "Gear Assisted Take-Off Run" (GATOR) system, provides a quick lift off, creating a 20 per cent energy saving compared to commercial aircraft. Short take-off-and-landing (STOL) performance enables HERA to use small regional airports and warehouses for cargo-carrying capacity, while a "cabin-flex" version also permits passenger operation during the day and cargo operation at night. Electric Aviation Group has already developed and filed 25 patents on a range of other new technologies, and expects to commence demonstrator flights in 2024. According the Group, integration of these technologies could increase operating profit per aircraft by over 50 per cent compared to existing regional aircraft.Electric Aviation GroupTo "future-proof" HERA, in case battery energy density or alternative fuel sources and technologies become significantly more developed and affordable in the coming decade, the hyrid design can be converted into all-electric or carbon neutral version. By developing a patent portfolio, HERA technology can also be scaled and retrofitted to existing airframes, making them more sustainable and (potentially) more profitable. Looking ahead, Electric Aviation Group sees the HERA as "a blueprint for larger, long-range aircraft concepts as the propulsion and energy storage technologies develop".Electric Aviation GroupTo date, market investment in hybrid and electric aircraft design has been focused on smaller, sub-19 seat aircraft. With air traffic growth doubling every 15 years, company founder and CEO Kamran Iqbal hopes that HERA can provide a solution to consumer needs, while helping the UK government reach its green transportation targets. "Not only will the development of the HERA help the Department of Transport accelerate its 'Jet Zero' carbon reduction goals, it will also help to create much needed job opportunities in the aerospace, manufacturing, engineering and services industries post-Brexit," says Iqbal, who comes from an aerospace background, primarily with Airbus. "This represents the future of both passenger and cargo flights internationally and as an opportunity for investment, it could not be better timed."Electric Aviation GroupWith emphasis on British-innovation and British-build, the organisation expects to initially create more than 25,000 jobs. Electric Aviation Group envisions shaping what it estimates to be a US$4.4 trillion market. The price tag to bring HERA into series production comes to US$5 billion. The company is seeking additional revenue streams, including through its "JetZero Consortium", which brings together UK-based engineers, manufacturers, academic advisors and suppliers in support of the project. Electric Aviation Group is also hoping for a "modest" grant from the UK government, which recently launched an initiative called the Jet Zero Council for emission-free flying, "to tackle aviation emissions in line with the government's ambition to achieve the first-ever zero-emission long haul passenger plane". The Council has made £350 million in funds available to businesses working towards decarbonising the heavy industry, construction, space and transport sectors. Funding is intended for projects that can help the UK reach its target of net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. https://globetrender.com/2020/08/31/electric-aviation-group-hybrid-electric-aircraft/ Back to Top Amazon's Prime Air inches closer to takeoff in the US with FAA approval Amazon has been given the Federal Aviation Administration's approval to operate as a drone airline in the United States, paving the way for it to start offering commercial deliveries on a trial basis, Bloomberg reports. The FAA said that the ruling allows Amazon to "safely and efficiently deliver packages to customers," according to CNBC, and let its drones carry packages outside of the operator's visual line of sight. "This certification is an important step forward for Prime Air," Amazon's vice president in charge of Prime Air, David Carbon, told Bloomberg, adding that the decision "indicates the FAA's confidence in Amazon's operating and safety procedures for an autonomous drone delivery service that will one day deliver packages to our customers around the world." "THIS CERTIFICATION IS AN IMPORTANT STEP FORWARD FOR PRIME AIR" The milestone has been a long time coming for Amazon, which announced its Prime Air plans way back in 2013. But hardware limitations, not to mention health and safety regulation, presented big challenges for the company. It made its first successful drone delivery in Cambridge, England in 2016, but a regular commercial service never followed. Even now, Bloomberg notes that there are numerous hurdles standing in the way of Amazon and its competitors making routine deliveries. The FAA is expected to finalize new rules about flying drones over crowds before the end of the year. Amazon told Bloomberg that it intends to begin making delivery tests, but it declined to provide further details. Last year, Amazon unveiled the latest version of its delivery drone, which is able to take off vertically like a helicopter and then fly forward like an airplane. Amazon said that its intention is to produce electric drones capable of flying as much as 15 miles, to deliver packages weighing under five pounds, and to do so in 30 minutes or less. At the time, Amazon said it was intending to start delivering packages "in a matter of months," but the service has yet to materialize. Amazon is far from the only company to have gained FAA certification, Bloomberg notes. Google's sibling company Wing secured its approval to make deliveries last April, and later claimed the title of being the first commercial drone delivery service in the US when it started offering deliveries in Virginia later that year. UPS has also been trialing using drones to transport medical supplies in North Carolina in partnership with Matternet. https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/31/21408646/amazon-prime-air-drone-delivery-faa-clearance-approval-health-safety-alphabet-wing Back to Top Hawaiian Airlines issues furlough notices to pilots and flight attendants, signals more cuts ahead Hawaiian Airlines president and CEO Peter Ingram explained, June 1, what Hawaiian Airlines would be implementing for their Travel With Confidence procedures. Hawaii's largest carrier Hawaiian Airlines today announced more than a thousand more job cuts as the coronavirus-related drop in travel demand and lockdowns continues to create economic woes. Hawaii's largest carrier Hawaiian Airlines today announced more than a thousand more job cuts as the coronavirus-related drop in travel demand and lockdowns continues to create economic woes. Peter Ingram, Hawaiian Airlines president and CEO, announced the new cuts today in a letter to employees. In the letter, Ingram said furlough notices would be sent today to flight attendants and pilots. The company said it would reduce its flight attendant workforce by 816 jobs, with 341 of the furloughs involuntary. Hawaiian also said it plans to reduce pilot staffing by 173, with 101 of those reductions involuntary. The company said furlough notices would also be sent in mid-September to union members with the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) and the Transport Workers Union of America (TWU). Hawaiian plans to reduce IAM workers by about 1,034 jobs and TWU workers by 18, but so far, does not have the split of voluntary and involuntary layoffs. "This week we have begun involuntary separations with our non-contract employees following the acceptance of voluntary separation packages over the past few weeks," Ingram said in a video message to employees. "This is an incredibly painful time for our company and for all of us personally. Ingram said he's seen his share of tough times during his 26 years in the airline industry, most of them at Hawaiian Airlines. "But I haven't seen anything in that time that compares to the way that this pandemic has hobbled our business," he said. "We're forced to take steps now that just a few months ago were unthinkable. I'm sure for many of you there is sadness, some disbelief and anxiety for the future. I share those emotions and more." Hawaiian is one of the state's largest employers and prior to COVID-19 was enjoying a long growth period. From 2005 to March, it had gone from about 3,500 to 7,500 employees, about 90% of whom were working in Hawaii. Earlier this month when Hawaiian issued warnings of impending cuts, Ingram had said that he hoped involuntary separations would be reduced through voluntary reductions and early retirements. While there were quite a bit of employee sacrifices, they weren't enough to stave off the latest reductions. He also had hoped another round of the federal payroll support program, or returning travel demand, would make a difference. So far, neither has materialized. When Hawaiian announced a few weeks ago that it would start the process of downsizing the airline, Ingram said he said that "the company would survive, but not as we were, not for a while." Today he reiterated his belief that the company would survive. "The airline that is of these islands will continue and those that are leaving our company are still a part of our extended ohana," he said. "As we move forward, I expect more than just a recovery- Hawaiian airlines will thrive again." https://www.staradvertiser.com/2020/08/31/breaking-news/hawaiian-airlines-issues-furlough-notices-to-pilots-and-flight-attendants-signals-more-cuts-ahead/ Back to Top FAA Certifies Cirrus Vision Jet's Safe Return Becoming the First Jet Aircraft to be Certified with Garmin Autoland • Once activated, Safe Return assumes control of the aircraft and transforms the Vision Jet into an autonomous vehicle that navigates to the nearest suitable airport for landing, communicates with air traffic control, lands and brings the aircraft safely to a complete stop. • The Vision Jet, with both Safe Return and the award-winning Cirrus Airframe Parachute System® (CAPS®), provides a comprehensive, must-have total safety solution unique to G2 Vision Jet operators. Duluth, Minn. & Knoxville, Tenn., Aug. 31, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cirrus Aircraft and Garmin International, Inc. today announced Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certification of the Cirrus Vision Jet™ Safe Return™ system - a revolutionary system enabled by Garmin's autoland technology that allows passengers to land the Vision Jet with just the touch of a button. The certification follows tremendous growth of the Vision Jet, including becoming the world's best-selling jet in general aviation earlier this year and delivery of the 200th Vision Jet last month. Now, with Safe Return and the Collier award-winning Cirrus Airframe Parachute System® (CAPS®), the Vision Jet provides the most comprehensive, must-have total safety solution in general aviation. "With Safe Return, we are making personal aviation more accessible, elevating the passenger experience and taking the next step towards autonomous flight," said Zean Nielsen, Chief Executive Officer at Cirrus Aircraft. "The Vision Jet sets a new standard in personal travel with the combination of Safe Return and CAPS, offering the ultimate level of safety, control and comfort for the pilot and passengers." The Safe Return activation button is purposefully located on the ceiling in the Vision Jet's cabin for easy access by passengers and can be activated, if needed, within minutes of the aircraft's take-off. Once activated by the touch of a button, Safe Return assumes control of the aircraft and transforms the Vision Jet into an autonomous vehicle that navigates to the nearest suitable airport for landing, communicates with air traffic control, lands and brings the aircraft safely to a complete stop, allowing passengers to exit the aircraft. This revolutionary system is powered by the Cirrus Perspective+ by Garmin® flight deck, which uses all available aircraft data to calculate a flight plan, avoid terrain and weather, initiate an approach and complete a fully autonomous landing without pilot or passenger intervention. Additionally, the flight deck provides visual and aural updates to the passengers, including current location, remaining fuel, airport of arrival and estimated time of arrival. Safe Return can be easily disengaged by the pilot with a simple press of the Autopilot disconnect button on the yoke if a passenger inadvertently activates the system. "Garmin and Cirrus share a passion for designing and engineering products without compromise. Together, we have delivered some of the finest safety-enhancing technologies to our customers over the years, and we are proud to now add the certification of Garmin Autoland in the Cirrus Vision Jet to that growing list of accomplishments," said Phil Straub, Garmin Executive Vice President and Managing Director of Aviation. "Congratulations to our collective teams who contributed to the certification of Autoland on the Vision Jet, a technology that will undoubtedly have lasting impacts on the safety of our aviation industry and the lives of our customers." In 2016, Cirrus Aircraft ushered in a new era in personal transportation with the FAA certification of the world's first single-engine Personal Jet - the Vision Jet. The turbine aircraft defined a new category in aviation with its spacious pilot and passenger-friendly cabin featuring panoramic windows, reclining seats, comfortable legroom for five adults and two children, and as the only turbine aircraft with a whole airframe parachute system as standard equipment. Then, in 2019, Cirrus Aircraft unveiled and began delivery of the G2 Vision Jet, offering enhanced performance, comfort and safety with increased cruise altitude, speed and range, and a newly-upgraded Perspective Touch+™ by Garmin® flight deck. More information on Safe Return and the G2 Vision Jet can be found at www.cirrusaircraft.com/visionjet. About Cirrus Aircraft Cirrus Aircraft is the recognized global leader in personal aviation and the maker of the best-selling SR Series piston aircraft and the Vision Jet, the world's first single-engine Personal Jet, as well as the recipient of the Robert J. Collier Trophy. Founded in 1984, the company has redefined performance, comfort and safety in aviation with innovations like the Cirrus Airframe Parachute System® (CAPS®) - the first FAA-certified whole-airframe parachute safety system included as standard equipment on an aircraft. To date, worldwide flight time on Cirrus aircraft has passed 11 million hours and 193 people have returned home safely to their families as a result of the inclusion of CAPS as a standard feature on all Cirrus aircraft. The company has four locations in the United States, located in Duluth, Minnesota; Grand Forks, North Dakota; Knoxville, Tennessee and McKinney, Texas. Find out more at www.cirrusaircraft.com. About Garmin International Garmin's aviation business segment is a leading provider of solutions to OEM, aftermarket, military and government customers. Garmin's portfolio includes navigation, communication, flight control, hazard avoidance, an expansive suite of ADS-B solutions and other products and services that are known for innovation, reliability, and value. For more information, visit www.garmin.com/aviation. Erin Webb Cirrus Aircraft 865.748.4377 ewebb@cirrusaircraft.com https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2020/08/31/2086177/0/en/FAA-Certifies-Cirrus-Vision-Jet-s-Safe-Return-Becoming-the-First-Jet-Aircraft-to-be-Certified-with-Garmin-Autoland.html Back to Top Mexican airline Interjet to boost domestic flights MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican airline Interjet said on Sunday it will increase the number of routes and frequency of its domestic flights starting in September, including boosting travel options to the country's northern states and popular tourist destinations. Interjet, one of Mexico's three biggest airlines with a portfolio of more than 50 routes, said it will enforce health and safety measures and also offer its passengers free rapid COVID-19 tests and N95 masks. In July, Interjet received a $150 million capital injection to help it through a major restructuring in a bid to offset the crisis in the airline sector as the coronavirus pandemic choked global travel. https://www.yahoo.com/news/mexican-airline-interjet-boost-domestic-180053952.html Back to Top Not all gloom for aviation training as MAX, cargo fleets beckon (Reuters) - Aviation training specialists, which saw simulator sales plummet when the coronavirus pandemic brought air travel to a near halt, are getting some relief from an uptick in demand from cargo carriers and airlines gearing up for the Boeing 737 MAX's return to service. Simulator makers Textron and CAE had bet on a sales bonanza with Boeing recommending fresh pilot training on a MAX simulator for the aircraft grounded since March 2019 following two deadly crashes, when it finally flew again. The pandemic dashed those hopes, crippling air traffic and casting doubt over the jet's future. Now they look to business aviation, a lifting of travel restrictions, revived hopes for the MAX's certification later this year or early next, and heavier cargo traffic to boost training and help through the simulator sales drought. TRU Flight Training Iceland, a joint venture between Icelandair and Textron's TRU Simulation + Training, for example, is seeing continued demand from cargo pilots training on its Boeing 757 simulator, its managing director Gudmundur Orn Gunnarson said. Cargo carriers and Icelandair are now the center's top sources of training activity, though that is roughly at half of where it was a year ago, Gunnarson said. Canada's CAE, the world's largest civil aviation training company, said it was in advanced discussions with airlines about doing more training after it reported a sharp drop in simulator deliveries. Both CAE and its U.S. rival Textron built 737 MAX simulators last year without formal orders, betting on pent up demand, but the pandemic dashed those expectations. A CAE spokeswoman said the majority have since been converted to orders and been delivered. CAE delivered 56 full-flight simulators in fiscal year 2020 ended on March 31, but only two in April-June. Textron in June suspended the production of simulators at its Montreal plant, cutting up to 1,950 jobs across several business units. Textron and CAE see a quicker recovery in business aviation, where flights have dropped 4% in the U.S. year-to-date compared with 2019, even as commercial traffic plunged 45%, according to Flightaware. Textron also sees demand in the simulator training market from schools and the military, said Vance Ontjes, TRU's director of training and customer services. Gunnarson said the Icelandair joint venture has orders to lease the 737 MAX simulator for pilot training, though that will happen only when the plane is close to being certified. Jonathan Norman, aerospace consultant at Frost & Sullivan, expects MAX's certification in the U.S. to fuel extra demand for training for a year. "That's the amount of time it is going to take airlines to re-certify all their pilots," he said, adding Southwest Airlines - the largest operator of the MAX worldwide - may need to retrain all of its pilots. Job cuts across the industry and many experienced pilots retiring, with new recruits furloughed or laid off, will also require retraining many who remain. "It creates a cascade effect," said aviation consultant Kit Darby. U.S. airlines, which received $25 billion in March to cover payroll and protect jobs until September, are asking for a further installment, though talks on another government COVID-19 stimulus remain stalled. American Airlines , United Airlines and Delta Air Lines are bracing for pilot cuts. The government program's expiry could even overwhelm training providers, says Dennis Tajer, a spokesman for the Allied Pilots Association that represents AA pilots. "Potential furloughs should they hit are going to drown the training facilities with the amount of training that needs to be done," he said. Longer-term, training and simulator providers will have to contend with smaller fleets and fewer pilots given industry predictions of air travel returning to pre-pandemic levels in 2024. Analysts also doubt an upswing in cargo business can last given the underlying weakness of the global economy. https://www.yahoo.com/news/not-gloom-aviation-training-max-174220127.html Back to Top SpaceX delays launch of next 60 Starlink internet satellites to Thursday • Liftoff is scheduled for 8:46 a.m. EDT (1329 GMT). SpaceX has pushed the launch of its next big batch of Starlink internet satellites back two days, to Thursday (Sept. 3). A Falcon 9 rocket had been scheduled to loft the 60 Starlink satellites on Tuesday morning (Sept. 1) from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. But those plans have changed, SpaceX representatives announced today (Aug. 31). "Now targeting Thursday, September 3 at 8:46 a.m. EDT for launch of Starlink from Launch Complex 39A, pending Range acceptance - team is using additional time for data review," SpaceX said via Twitter this afternoon. ("Range" refers to the Eastern Range, the U.S. Space Force entity that oversees launches from the East Coast.) SpaceX will attempt to land the Falcon 9 first stage on a ship at sea during Thursday's Starlink mission. You can watch all of Thursday's action live here at Space.com, courtesy of SpaceX, or directly via the company. SpaceX has already launched 600 Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit. But the constellation will get far bigger than that, if things go according to plan: SpaceX has approval to loft 12,000 Starlink spacecraft and has applied for permission to launch about 30,000 more on top of that. The upcoming Starlink launch was originally targeted for Sunday (Aug. 30), but bad weather scuttled that attempt. https://www.space.com/spacex-delays-starlink-11-satellite-launch.html Swinburne University Capstone Research Projects 2020 - Airline pax preferences Study Airline Passenger Carrier Preference Research Project 2020 The Low-Cost Carrier (LCC) business model has disrupted the aviation industry. It has generated new passenger demand, provided passengers with more choice and created many competitive challenges for the traditional Full-Service Carriers (FSC). As the global airline market continues to change and adapt to new challenges, airline passenger preferences and intent to travel may also change. As part of our undergraduate research project at Swinburne University of Technology we are conducting a survey on passenger preferences regarding the decision to fly between LCC and FSC airlines. This survey asks for your views on various issues associated with airline choice and seeks to better understand passenger risk perceptions and the perceived value offered by each airline model. You will be asked to complete an online questionnaire, which also includes an explanatory statement. The study takes approximately 20 minutes to complete. To access the survey, please go to the following link: https://swinuw.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3wwfJDvc7chU3Cl Participants who complete the study will be eligible to enter a draw to win an iPad. This research project is being supervised by Peter Renshaw at the Department of Aviation, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia. If you have any questions, please contact Peter at prenshaw@swin.edu.au *** Image from: Uphues, J. (2019). Full service carrier vs. low cost carrier - What's future-proof? Retrieved from https://www.inform-software.com/blog/post/full-service-carrier-vs-low-cost-carrier-whats-future-proof Back to Top SURVEY: GA PILOTS AND PIREPs "Dear GA pilot, Researchers at Purdue University are seeking general aviation (GA) pilots to participate in an online study, partially funded by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) NextGen Weather Technology in the Cockpit (WTIC) program. The goal of this study is to evaluate opportunities for speech-based or other "hands-free" technologies that GA pilots might use to submit PIREPs. If you are able and willing to participate, you will be asked to review a set of 6 weather-related flight scenarios and record PIREPs as if you are flying. The study will last approximately 20 minutes and can be completed using a laptop or desktop computer. Participation in this study is completely voluntary. You can withdraw your participation at any time during the study for any reason. If you agree to participate, you will be asked to acknowledge your voluntary participation. Then there are 4 questions about your flight history, 6 weather scenarios, and 4 questions about PIREPs. Responses to the survey will be completely anonymous. We ask that you complete the study in a quiet location free from background noise. You must be at least 18 years of age or older to participate. When you are ready to begin, please click here: https://purdue.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6lZhv409DcoV8KF and follow the instructions in Qualtrics. Please feel free to share this link with other pilots you know. Email any questions or concerns to Mayur Deo and Dr. Brandon Pitts at nhance@purdue.edu." Back to Top Graduate Research Survey (1) Stress and Wellbeing for Global Aviation Professionals Dear colleagues, I am inviting you to participate in a research project on wellbeing in the aviation industry during the COVID-19 pandemic. This situation has affected aviation professionals around the world, and this research seeks to identify wellbeing strategies that work across professions, employers, families, and nations. All responses to this survey are anonymous. The findings of this research will inform future work by the USC Aviation Safety and Security Program and the Flight Safety Foundation to improve wellbeing for aviation professionals during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. The survey should take approximately 10 minutes to complete. Please click or copy the link below to access the survey, and please share it with any interested colleagues. https://usc.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cC2nlWEAazl22TX This research will support a treatise towards a Master of Science in Applied Psychology degree at the University of Southern California's Dornsife College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences. The researcher is also on the staff of the USC Aviation Safety and Security Program. Thank you, and please contact us with any questions, Daniel Scalese - Researcher scalese@usc.edu Michael Nguyen - Faculty Advisor nguyenmv@usc.edu Curt Lewis