Sector: Aviation
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CHIRP Aviation Advisory Board Chairs explain what we do
CHIRP has recently produced a video (approx 10mins long) voiced by our Advisory Board Chairs to highlight the key elements of our role and encourage awareness of our activities. The video can be accessed at the link below.
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CHIRP Aviation Annual Report FY2023-24
FY2023-24 saw the first full year of flying since the end of the COVID-19 pandemic and the associated removal of general travel and social restrictions in UK. Commercial aviation activities continued their recovery over the twelve months and reached pre-pandemic levels of flying towards the end of the reporting period, albeit with some interruptions in…
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Stress, distraction and flying don’t mix
It was back in 2002 and I was working for a major Telecoms provider as part of their first team selling classified advertising in their new “Purple Book” in the North England region. I was recruited as I’d had considerable success in contract labour recruitment – a game that required a very high work ethic, lots…
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There are no hyphens in “Jeppesen”
It may be useful if I share my recent experience with the Jeppesen database upload into my AVIDYNE IFD 440. You can imagine a “Swiss Cheese” IFR approach scenario in which this could become a safety issue. In July 2023, I took out an annual subscription with Jeppesen for their European database. The methodology was…
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