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Freedoms of the sky
By Svetlana Surnikova International air transport has, until recently, been one of the most restrictive and highly regulated industries in the world. The Chicago Convention of 1944 laid the foundation that established the international bilateral air services agreements (BASAs) system, which presently continues to govern most of the world’s trade in aviation. In essence, BASAs or bilaterals are the building blocks of the bilateral framework that specify market access provisions. Typically, BASAs stipulate which airlines may operate between two countries, the routes they may serve, traffic rights, frequency and capacity (seats) limitations, and they often place controls over airline pricing. While many air transport markets between Africa and outside of Africa have been liberalised to a significant extent, intra-African air transport market, to-date, remains largely closed and has been primarily governed by restrictive BASAs hampering its expansion and livelihood. This has affecte...
Captain responsibility
Letter from an Anonymous Captain: Let's get some facts on the table. As an airline captain, I am the sole authority on the airplane. With that authority comes great responsibility. Likewise, FAR 91.1 states that I am solely responsible for the safe operation of the flight. Therefore, I am responsible for each and every one of you once you cross the threshold of the airplane door. Keep that in mind as we progress. In other words, you break a rule and I could lose my license. My livelihood is not worth your inability to comply. That aside, lets look at why the Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR's) are what they are. Most pilots will agree that the FAR's are written in blood. Every one of the rules was written as the result of the loss of life (a crash.) For example, most of you don't get why you have to have your seat-back and your tray table up for take off. Fact is, the most dangerous part of your fight is the high-speed takeoff regime-- that point from appro...
Sleep deprivation is killing you and your career
The next time you tell yourself that you'll sleep when you're dead, realize that you're making a decision that can make that day come much sooner. Pushing late into the night is a health and productivity killer. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20141201150910-50578967-skipping-sleep-is-career-suicide
Meet the Milky Way
FlightLapse #01 - MilkyWay from SkyProduction on Vimeo . Flying through the night, while the world beneath us is at sleep, is a pretty common thing as a longhaul pilot. Late evening departures lead to far distant destinations like Singapore, Hong Kong, Sao Paolo or J’burg. Depending on the direction of the flight the crew and the passengers either have a short night up ahead if flying eastbound or almost eternal darkness if headed westwards. The latter is the case for my todays flight across the Atlantic Ocean to South America. Our flight is packed and some 340 passengers are settling in for a long night flight. Its my turn to be at the flightdeck for the first part of the journey, as my other co-pilot gets the chance to rest in the crew bunk above the passenger cabin. We are heading our westbound, along the clearly visible Alps to our left. Just before reaching Geneva and the western tip of Switzerland we are making a shallow left turn to join the Rhone valley leading us to...