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NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / March 29, 2023 / SAP: by Susan GalerEnergy-intensive industries are hot on the trail of business resilience in an uncertain world. Caught between skyrocketing and unpredictable

Complacency caused by the pandemic. its been something talked about my pilots by labor unions by captain sully sullenberger during her prime time special on air safety earlier this month, and now the acting head of the faa, essentially saying that the pandemic has created a type of rust among aviation workers, really trying to struggle to catch up. to this huge rebound in pandemic air travel. it was also something echoed by transportation secretary pete buddha judge during an exclusive interview...

Students and aviation professionals, ages seven to 81, heard from key leaders across the aviation, maintenance and supply chain industries on the many different career opportunities available to them.

Last week, Changi Airport reclaimed its title as the world’s best airport by London-based research firm Skytrax. And for good reason: Changi Airport isn’t just an airport, it is an unmissable tourist attraction and an amazing entertainment destination in its own right. So if you’re in Singapore for a long layover, it’s probably one of the best times you’re going...

Well as we should be doing it. >> i get the infeeling you don get nervous about much, but are you nervous about the trend were seeing with these incursions? >> no, not yet. were coming out of covid. when we cut back on flying so much and pilots took time off and came back to work, it takes a while to get back up to speed. some air traffic controllers have retired. some facilities are understaffed, over worked and playing catchup. and in a system like that, then there are chances for opportunitie...

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Traffic controllers at florida sarasota-bradenton the control tower cleared one plane to land and another to take off on the very same runway. investigators say the american airlines robe plans came within about a half mile of each other, or 14 seconds, from possibly coll colliding. dramatic video from brazil shows a plane with six people on board making an emergency landing with a parish suit. the video shows the plane with its single engine broken down, floating safely to the ground last weeke...

But to be clear, todays summit is just the start of a sweeping safety rerue of the aviation industry, since the start of the year, the most recent one about a week ago at reagan international airport. even billy nolan has said this uptick really defies logic. in his opening ra, today, transportation secretary pete buttigieg stressed the u.s. has the safest, most complex aviation sim in the i dont recall, yet theyre seeing more mistakes that usual, and happening on runways. heres what he told our...

Transportation secretary pete buttigieg opened this session. he said there is no apparent common cause in all of these incidents, but a cause and a fix must be found now. >> it will be one thing if we found a certain piece of technology in the cockpit or a certain control tower where there were a lot of issue, but instead what were finding is that pilots, ground crews and controllers alike seem to be experiencing this uptick, some who described it as a kind of rust but that needs to turn into a ...

Officials. >> reporter: weve already heard a range of ideas to make the aviation industry safer. increase funding, more staff, better technology. to be clear, todays summit is really just the start of this sweeping safety review of the entire u.s. aviation industry in the wake of the close calls you mentioned. this morning we heard from transportation secretary pete buttigieg who stressed that the u.s. has the safest, most complex aviation system in the world and, yet, they are seeing this uptic...