Our Swedish affiliate, SFF, welcomes all members of AEI to Malmö in the south of Sweden from 18th. to 21st. of September 2008.
The AEI congress will take place at Radisson SAS Hotel in the city centre.

 Updated June. 2nd. 2008

The International Civil Aviation Organisation wants to stop the automatic prosecution of pilots, air traffic control officers and other frontline staff following accidents or incidents. At present, automatic prosecution is standard practice in many states.

If the Accident Investigation and Prevention Group (AIG) recommends the adoption of the paper's proposals for promoting a global "just culture" relating to incident reporting and accident investigation, it will almost certainly lead to radical new additions to Chapter 13 of the ICAO treaty, which defines standards and recommended practices for accident investigation.

   

Within the last 10 years there is almost nobody who has not been affected from liberalisation and globalisation.
This huge progression of change has witnessed many big events such as changing the borders and great economic bankruptcies. 


 TALTA introduction and licenses in Turkey.

Flight Safety Foundation Questions French Manslaughter Charges in Concorde Crash.

 FSF against Concorde charges 

The five defendants could face up to three years in prison and 45,000 euros ($71,400) in fines if convicted on the manslaughter charges, while Continental could be ordered to pay heavy fines, damages and interest.

Australia's Qantas Airways said on Monday it had postponed talks with striking aircraft engineers until Wednesday to give unions more time to prepare.

Both sides had scheduled talks for Monday over a long-running dispute with engineers demanding an average 5 percent pay rise, which has grounded just over 200 domestic flights during a month of rolling work stoppages.

The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) responded to a safety warning distributed in October by AEI and the AEI affiliated unions worldwide.

The warning detailed safety concerns discussed at the AEI Congress in London in September 2007, an event attended by representatives from EASA and the European Union's Transport Committee.

In a AEI press release in March 2008, AEI had received "little response" let alone support or acknowledgement (from the authorities) despite specifically telling them where evidence could be found."

This has caused an article in aviationweek.com

 Read the Aviationweek article !

Government Watchdogs confirm AEI Report !

First to be publicly criticised and forced to admit it could do better was the FAA.   Now it’s Transport Canada.
Both regulatory bodies have been severely criticised for their approach to regulating the industry and maintaining standards. Concerns have also been raised that “regulators have become too cosy with the industry” and that the pressure from industry to allow for more self regulation is resulting in serious safety lapses.