Will Guisbond

1 week ago | theaircurrent.com | Will Guisbond

Log-in here if you’re already a subscriber HEAR FROM THE AIR CURRENT Leave this field empty if you're human: Release DateApril 16, 2025A notional G5000 Prime is on the horizon as Garmin’s next big avionics evolution Garmin has quietly been developing the next iteration of its integrated flight deck for Part 25 transport category aircraft.

2 weeks ago | theaircurrent.com | Will Guisbond

Log-in here if you’re already a subscriber HEAR FROM THE AIR CURRENT Leave this field empty if you're human: Release Date April 7, 2025 Bryan Bedford’s history of grabbing aviation’s third rails When Bryan Bedford took the helm of a “broken” Republic Airways in the summer of 1999, its owners told him he could “do whatever [he] want[ed]” to right the regional airline, he recalled to a group of Liberty University students in October 2019. Ultimately, Bedford, a devout Catholic, said he decided...

3 weeks ago | theaircurrent.com | Jon Ostrower |Will Guisbond

Log-in here if you’re already a subscriber HEAR FROM THE AIR CURRENT Leave this field empty if you're human: Release Date March 31, 2025 Wing production bedevils ‘fragile’ Boeing 737 Max ramp-up progress In February, Boeing moved to advance production of the 737 Max to 38 airplanes each month. The production system that assembles each single-aisle airplane in Renton, Washington briefly reached that rate, having jumped from 31 airplanes per month. But as the company advanced to a pace not seen...

1 month ago | theaircurrent.com | Will Guisbond

Log-in here if you’re already a subscriber HEAR FROM THE AIR CURRENT Leave this field empty if you're human: Release Date March 19, 2025 The acting FAA administrator is happy to stay off camera When Chris Rocheleau departed the downtown Washington, D.C. offices of the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) and reported for duty at the Federal Aviation Administration building on Independence Avenue, he never could have predicted that just a week into his tenure as deputy administrator...

1 month ago | theaircurrent.com | Will Guisbond

Log-in here if you’re already a subscriber HEAR FROM THE AIR CURRENT Leave this field empty if you're human: In a statement provided to The Air Current, the Air Line Pilots Association, International (ALPA) said that it has “concerns” about Federal Aviation Administration chief nominee Bryan Bedford’s past efforts to fight the 1,500 hour rule, which requires applicants for an Airline Transport Pilot certificate to have at least that many hours.