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SkyWise app to be withdrawn from 30 November 2022

Please note that the SkyWise app will be discontinued on Wednesday 30 November 2022 and will not display any new notifications that are published after this date. Feedback from industry and user data shows that most people prefer to receive SkyWise notifications via an email subscription or by visiting the SkyWise website. If you currently…

CHIRP Air Transport FEEDBACK Edition 144

CHIRP Air Transport FEEDBACK Edition 144 contains thoughts on company absence and sickness policies, problems with inexperienced crews, considerations when volunteering for additional duties, and CRM issues with the use of Captain’s discretion.  Also included is feedback on Just Culture and fuel tables from readers of the previous Edition 143. SW2022/305 The post CHIRP Air…

New AMC & GM – UK Reg (EU) 965/2012

New Acceptable Means of Compliance (AMC) and Guidance Material (GM) has been published (ORS9 No 15), and relates to several requirements in UK Reg (EU) 965/2012. These include the requirements for assessing and reporting runway surface conditions, power supply to cockpit voice recorders, in-flight recording for light aircraft, commercial air transport operation of certain aeroplanes…

Annual Aviation Safety Review 2021

We have now published the Aviation Safety Review for 2021. This annual safety review for the United Kingdom is compiled by the Safety Intelligence team of the UK Civil Aviation Authority. It presents the safety performance of UK civil aviation to the end of 2021. Data is subject to change as ongoing investigations are completed.…

CHIRP Drone/UAS FEEDBACK Edition 5

CHIRP Drone feedback edition 5 has been published. In this edition of Feedback, we have reports from a number of different Drone Operator communities. There is a very detailed report from the sub 25kg emergency services community using a DJI Matrice 210 (V1), which is the result of an accident and full report originally published…

Met Office Volcanic Ash Webinar

In response to interest from the aviation community the Met Office invite you to a Volcanic Ash webinar on Wednesday 28 September 14:00-15:00. The hour-long session will focus on: > Overview of the response process and products provided by Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre (VAAC) London> Communications between VAAC London and VAAC Toulouse> Future product developments>…

Potential for airspace restrictions associated with uncontrolled re-entry of space debris

The European Union Space Surveillance and Tracking consortium has been tracking a large space rocket (Chinese originating Long March 5B rocket) and estimate it will re-enter earth atmosphere between Saturday 30 and Sunday 31 July. The potential re-entry path does not bring any debris over the UK, but could impact flights planned through Bulgaria, France,…

UK Civil Aviation Authority and US Federal Aviation Administration agree continuation of Maintenance Implementation Procedures beyond 2022

The Civil Aviation Authority and the Federal Aviation Administration have provided an update on the planned changes to the Maintenance Implementation Procedures. The existing procedures were agreed between the UK and the USA in January 2021, which allowed for the continuation of maintenance organisation approvals between the UK and the USA post-EU Exit until 31…

Notification of Jamming Trial – RAF Spadeadam, 11 – 12 July

Jamming activity impacting licence exempt bands will take place between the 11th – 12th July 2022. Jammers located within 3km of 550307N 0023320W. Activity will take place between 0800-1800 UTC on each day. Activity will affect UAS control and situational awareness devices within a radius of 15NM. Frequencies are 432-446MHz, 863-870MHz, 900-928MHz, 2300-2800MHz and 5725-5875MHz.…

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