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Airbus A380 fleet should be grounded, say engineers!
By AEI Editor
Published: Jan 26, 2012
Aircraft engineers in Australia have called for the entire worldwide fleet of Airbus A-380 super-jumbos to be grounded after cracks were found in some wings. The faults were discovered in planes operated by Qantas Airways and Singapore Airlines. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-16452878 |  |
Aviation in the EU ETS: ECJ clears the runway
By AEI Editor
Published: Jan 16, 2012
AEI Press Release
By AEI Editor
Published: Dec 16, 2011
Should the European Aviation Safety Agency Hold It’s Head in Shame?
The Judge in charge of the legal investigation into the Spanair MD80 accident has concluded that all charges against Spanair’s management should be dropped and only two maintenance engineers should face charges on 154 counts of involuntary manslaughter and 18 counts of negligence  Spanair Investigation - AEI Press Release.
Read also the article from Flight Safety Foundation !
Austerity and Denial.
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Australian tribunal asked to suspend Qantas lockout!
By AEI Editor
Published: Oct 30, 2011
The Australian government is seeking an order from the country's national labour relations tribunal to force an end to a lockout by Qantas, Australia's biggest airline.
Fair Work Australia is hearing arguments on the second day of the lockout, imposed after weeks of rolling work stoppages by unionized pilots, engineers and ground staff.
Read the latest news from ALAEA dated Oct.31
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Air France mechanics strike ended !
By AEI Editor
Published: Oct 19, 2011
In France the aviation mechanics trade union SNMSAC has gone on an open-ended strike demanding a wage rise from the country’s flagship carrier Air France. Read the report of the outcome on the members only page. Made by AEI Secretary Europe & Africa. |  |
Aircraft engineer sucked into plane engine !
By AEI Editor
Published: Aug 11, 2011
A New Zealand man has died in a horrific accident when he was sucked into the engine of a turbo-prop airplane.
The 51-year-old aircraft engineer had been working on the engine in a testing facility at Woodbourne airport, near the South Island town of Blenheim.
Sources said the engine, from a giant C-130 Hercules, was mounted on a testing frame, in a remote corner of the airport, and not attached to an aircraft at the time. |  |
AEI Secretary General Report July 2011
By AEI Editor
Published: Jul 11, 2011
Air France mechanics go on strike!
By AEI Editor
Published: Jun 14, 2011
In France the aviation mechanics trade union SNMSAC has gone on an open-ended strike demanding a wage rise from the country’s flagship carrier Air France. Union representative Marc Saladin said on Sunday that negotiations with the company management had fallen flat. AEI Affiliates should be aware of any unexpected Air France aircrafts in their hangars, and remember that colleagues in SNMSAC are on strike. | |
AEI London Regional Meeting.
By AEI Editor
Published: May 5, 2011
AEI Affiliates! Find the minutes from AEI regional Meeting in London on the members page. Attached is also a PDF file that contains a number of documents referred to in the minutes. |  |
Air France crash flight recorder found !
By AEI Editor
Published: May 5, 2011
French investigators said on Tuesday that have found the second flight recorder of the Air France plane that crashed into the Atlantic almost two years ago.
Flight 447 from Rio to Paris plunged into the sea off the Brazilian coast in June two thousand and nine, killing all 228 people onboard. The latest discovery comes two days after the first flight data recorder was recovered.
They should hold cockpit conversations during the flight’s final moments, which will bring officials and victims’ relatives closer to understanding what happened |  |
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