Summary: The aviation industry is living through one of the most (now positively) exciting times in its history, and will be for decades to come; this is my small take on why, including the developments I’m not 100% comfortable with. Despite being ravaged by the pandemic, and only beginnings its […]
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Beware of the Automation Point of No Return
Summary in seven points: Everything is becoming more automated. We tend to cede control to automation before it is actually ready to take over. In the process of ceding control, our skills degrade; in the first stages of this process, our past hands-on experience protects us from disasters, allowing over-reliance on automation to […]
Read MoreOn thermals and colliding cultures
The aviation industry is, after a disastrous 2020, finally showing some signs of life. While the ramp-up is still slow on the normal operations side, the speculative future side is experiencing a downright boom. Or should I say Boom, because one of the threads is the renewed push into making […]
Read MoreMelbourne Airport could self-power all its flights with renewables
The leading disclaimer: I do not believe that technology in and of itself is the solution to pretty much anything – especially when the technologies discussed don’t even exist at scale yet. Having said that, some back-of-the-envelope math can inform us of the art of the possible and, as such, be […]
Read MoreCalling for nuanced views
Can you be an advocate and a critic of the same thing? I believe you can. In some ways, we live in a very black-and-white era. I’m sure you have noticed the divides; there are entire countries that appear sharply divided across political lines, and people elsewhere may pick other […]
Read MoreOpinion: For the good of the industry, let’s cool down the hype on eVTOLs
[Originally published on World of Aviation on March 19th, 2021] New technologies are undoubtably exciting. Sometimes, however, the excitement shared in the concept of new technologies does not translate well into reality, and the idea of what is possible can far outpace that which is actually probable. In today’s aviation […]
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