Class E Airspace: Floors, Chart Reading & Charter Rules
Archives for Class E Airspace Explained: Where It Starts, Who Controls It, and What Charter Crews Must Know At how many different altitudes can class e airspace begin? The answer is five — and that single fact explains why Class E airspace remains the most misread airspace class on a sectional chart. Class E is […]
Traffic Advisory System Aircraft: ADS-B In & NTSB A-26-31 Guide
Archives for Traffic Awareness in 2026: ADS-B In, TAS, and What NTSB Recommendation A-26-31 Means for Your Fleet An ADS-B In system could have given the cockpit crew its first audible traffic advisory system alert 59 seconds before impact in the January 2025 Washington-area midair collision—59 seconds the crew never had. According to NTSB analysis […]
FAA Oxygen Mask Rule Changes 2026: Part 135 & Part 91 Impact
Archives for What the FAA’s Proposed Oxygen Mask Rule Changes Mean for Part 135 and Part 91 Operations The Federal Aviation Administration‘s oxygen mask rules, written for cockpit designs and operational assumptions that bear little resemblance to modern pressurized aircraft, have remained essentially unchanged since the 1960s and 1970s. On September 24, 2026, the agency […]
FAR 91.205 Required Equipment: VFR & IFR Rules Explained
Archives for FAR 91.205 Required Equipment: What Must Be Working to Fly You are completing your preflight and notice the attitude indicator is sluggish and unreliable. You are planned for an IFR departure in 30 minutes. Can you legally go? The answer depends entirely on your understanding of FAR 91.205 — and the companion rule […]
TFR Aviation Guide: Charter Dispatch & Flight Restrictions
Archives for TFRs Explained: How Charter Dispatch Avoids Temporary Flight Restrictions A VIP TFR in aviation — a temporary flight restriction — can have an outer ring spanning 30 nautical miles, large enough to shut down routing across an entire metropolitan region with little advance notice. For a charter dispatcher who checked NOTAMs at filing […]
Part 135 SMS Requirements: 2027 Compliance Deadline Guide
Archives for Your Part 135 SMS Countdown to 2027: What Every Operator Must Do Before May 28 The Clock Is Ticking: Part 135 SMS Compliance Deadline Is May 28, 2027 As of mid-2026, every existing Part 135 SMS certificate holder in the United States has roughly 12 months to build, operationalize, and formally declare compliance […]
Powered-Lift Aircraft & eVTOL: Part 135 Operator Guide
Archives for Powered-Lift Aircraft and eVTOL Integration: What Part 135 Operators Need to Know Now On April 10, 2026, the FAA issued new operations specifications and training specifications for powered-lift aircraft under Parts 135, 142, and 194 — meaning the regulatory infrastructure for commercial eVTOL operations is no longer theoretical. It is live. The question […]
NOTAM Guide: Types, Format & Preflight Planning Tips
Archives for NOTAMs Explained: Types, Format, and How to Use Them in Preflight Planning In April 2026, the FAA replaced the backbone of the entire U.S. NOTAM system — yet the coded, abbreviated notices pilots must decode before every flight look exactly the same. If you’ve ever stared at a wall of NOTAM text and […]
Part 135 Operator & Part 380 Public Charter: Compliance Guide
Archives for Public Charter Under the Microscope: The Part 135 Operator and Part 380 Debate FAA and DOT rulemaking activity through 2025–2026 has zeroed in on a question that refuses to resolve itself: when a part 135 operator sells seats on a published schedule under a Part 380 public charter arrangement, is it a charter […]
Crew Resource Management: Principles, TEM & FAA Requirements
Archives for Crew Resource Management (CRM): Principles, TEM, and Why It Still Matters If human error remains a factor in the majority of aviation accidents, why do some operators still treat crew resource management training as a checkbox exercise? FAA Part 135 now mandates CRM training across eight core topic areas, and EASA is pushing […]