Summary: Airchive.com and Airways Magazine working together, airline citations over passenger rights, airline safety, and announcements from AirVenture Oshkosh. Guest Guest Chris Sloan is the founder of Airchive.com and president and founder of 2C Media, a television production and promotion company. Previously, Chris held senior level executive positions with NBC, TLC, and USA Networks. Chris produced "International Airport 24/7: Miami" on the Travel Channel, and oversaw the TLC documentary on the building of the Airbus A-380 featuring John Travolta. We talk about changes at Airchive.com and their cross-promotion with Airways magazine, which is becoming more feature driven. Airchive.com will become AirwaysNews.com and deliver the digital product. Also, Chris tells us about the challenges producing Airport 24/7 and other aviation programs he has in the works. We talk about aviation shows on TV, thoughts on an all-aviation television channel, and how different markets demand different aviation programming. News Passenger rights rules lead to jump in U.S. airline citations The LA Times looked at U.S. Department of Transportation records for citations issued against airlines and travel agencies from 2010 to 2013. 521 citations were issued in that time period, almost twice the annual rate for the previous four years. Airlines were cited airlines 181 times for violating rules of unfair and deceptive practices, like advertising fares that were not available. Mistreating disabled passengers resulted in the largest fines. Elsewhere: Netherlands and Germany fine foreign airlines over ETS Swiss Regulator Fines Airlines $11M For Price-Fixing Despite All the Recent Accidents, Flying is Still Very Safe It’s been a bad time recently for commercial aviation: MH70 still missing, MH17 shot down by a missile over Ukraine, TransAsia ATR-72 crashed a Taiwanese in heavy rains killing 40, aAn Air Algerie MD-83 with 116 on board crashed in Mali. Flight Bans Show Skittishness Over Trouble Spots Airlines are acting ahead of their regulatory agencies. How Israel persuaded the Airlines that Ben Gurion is Safe Israel’s Civil Aviation authorities sent a memo to international airline regulators and airlines, describing that Ben-Gurion is safe. In part, the memo says, "The Iron dome launch batteries covering Ben-Gurion Airport operate under a specific set of procedures which I cannot go into in detail due to security reasons. I would like to note, however, that out of over 2,250 rockets fired from Gaza into Israeli territory... not a single one has landed in Ben-Gurion Airport." News from AirVenture Oshkosh 2014 AeroVue Cockpit Retrofit Launched By BendixKing There's A New Light Sport Amphib Coming To The Block Cessna Introduces Turbo Skyhawk JT-A Brown Aviation Lease and Redhawk Aero Partner to Address High Cost Flight Training Combining Hardware, Software and Services Premier Launches Diesel Cessna 172 Upgrade Program David Vanderhoof's Aircraft of the Week The Tagboard Senior Trend 30, and the M/D-21 - the MACH 3.5 drone that had a serious disaster in July 1966. See a video of the accident: SR71 Sistership, The MD21 Blackbird Accident and JC-130 Recovery. The Australia News Desk The first two RAAF F-35s are unveiled in Texas, and Qantas are once again considering splitting their International and Domestic arms, as the proposed changes to the Qantas Sale Act just aren’t enough in their eyes. Find more from Grant and Steve at the Plane Crazy Down Under podcast, and follow the show on Twitter at @pcdu. Steve's at @stevevisscher and Grant at @falcon124. Across the Pond This week Pieter is at the home of the Fleet Air Arm, Royal Navy Air Station Yeovilton in Somerset in the UK, for their annual Air Show. There are no flying Swordfish this year but the Royal Navy Historic Flight Sea Fury certainly starts off the display with a growl in the hands of Lt Commander Chris Gotke. Visitors from the Army and RAF,
