The unique aspect of aerospace medicine as practiced by a U.S. Naval Flight   Surgeon is the requirement to function independently at isolated duty stations. Whether at sea, on a small patch of land in mid-ocean, or at expeditionary airfield of the Fleet Marine Force, Flight Surgeons are often called upon to make medical and administrative [...]

There is a long-term favourable trend in business-jet fatal accident rates – and a significant improvement during the past three years which will be remarkable if sustained. That is the judgement of Paul Hayes, senior safety analyst at Flightglobal‘s data and consultancy division Ascend. During the 1990s, the rate in question was one fatal accident [...]

The Transportation Research Board of the U.S National Academies recently released the summary of their symposium titled “Research on the Transmission of Disease in Airports and on Aircraft.”  The symposium examined the status of research on or related to the transmission of disease on aircraft and in airports, and the potential application of research results [...]