Sector: Aviation
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CHIRP appoints first programme manager in Advanced Air Mobility
CHIRP is pleased to announce the appointment of William (Bill) Dean as their new Advanced Air Mobility Programme Manager. Bill, a former military pilot who specialised in flight test, served with the Royal Navy’s Fleet Air Arm for 23 years, firstly as a helicopter pilot and then for most of his career flying the Sea…
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CHIRP appoints new Director of Aviation
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CHIRP is pleased to announce the appointment of Nicky Smith as their new Director of Aviation. Nicky, who is a former military and commercial helicopter pilot, takes on the role following the retirement of Steve Forward who has been with CHIRP since 2020. Having started her aviation career almost 40 years ago, Nicky flew a…
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Controller Pilot Data Link Communications (CPDLC) growing pains
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This Edition’s ILAHFFT entries are taken from our US NASA ASRS[1] sister organisation’s CALLBACK publication Issue 537(October 2024) that highlights some misunderstandings, expectation bias, complacency and problems with overly complex message formats from CPDLC. CPDLC is a great tool, but crews need to use it with care to ensure that the entire message is understood, and controllers need to…
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