DAP 11 00, chapter 6, outlines the requirements for visual approaches.

In summary, it should be remembered that these approaches can be requested by the crew on board or initiated at the request of ATCO; in the latter case, crew approval will be required. A visual approach may be authorized, provided the pilot can maintain visual contact with...

Working night and regular shifts is considered one of the most stressful jobs. And even more so for us, since we've worked regular hours and night shifts for many years.

Why are rules necessary?
Civil aviation is a powerful force for progress in our modern global society. A robust and growing air transport system creates and sustains millions of jobs worldwide. Beyond its economic aspects, air transport enriches the social and cultural fabric of...

Diane Vaughan is an American sociologist who has spent part of her career studying in various organizations the deviations from norms and practices and how these (the deviations) become the norm, often with devastating consequences.

Obviously we know nothing about deviating from the rules, since we never deviate from them...

Back to reality. The phone buzzes with a WhatsApp message while we're driving. Obviously, we can't resist the temptation to pick up the phone and look—it could be important!—then we check the messages and continue driving "without incident"...

Performance-Based Navigation (PBN) is here to stay, and it has enabled the shift from sensor-based navigation, which has been used for a long time, to aircraft performance-based navigation.

The PBN specifies the RNAV system performance requirements for aircraft operating on an ATS route, in an instrument approach, departure and/or arrival procedure, or in an airspace...

Technical bulletin presenting a diagram of the procedures to be followed in case of communications failure...

The 38th ICAO World Assembly, held in October 2013 in Montreal, Canada, approved the fourth edition of the Global Air Navigation Plan (GANP), which in turn led to ICAO Regional Offices developing their Regional Air Navigation Plans, thus...

DAN 91, ED1 of August 2012, establishes the requirements for night VFR flights, which must comply with the same requirements applicable to daytime VFR flights set out in...

In the event that a Spanish-speaking foreign crew does not understand one of the instructions detailed below, it could be due to differences between the phraseology used nationally and that proposed by ICAO in Doc. 4444...