The Air Current

Jon Ostrower is Editor-in-chief of The Air Current. Prior to launching TAC in June 2018, Ostrower served as Aviation Editor for CNN Worldwide, guiding the network's global coverage of the business and operations of flying. Ostrower joined CNN in 2016 following four and half years at the Wall Street Journal. Based first in Chicago and then in Washington, D.C. he covered Boeing, aviation safety and the business of global aerospace. Before that, Ostrower was editor of the award-winning FlightBlogger for Flightglobal and Flight International Magazine covering the development of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner and other new aircraft programs from 2007 to 2012. Ostrower, a Boston native, graduated from The George Washington University's School of Media and Public Affairs with a bachelor's degree in Political Communication. He is based in Seattle.

  • Historical Context
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 21 Min Read

The DC-10, 737 Max and the struggle to polish a tarnished airplane

What really happened to McDonnell Douglas and the DC-10 after it returned to service following its 1979...
  • Aviation Safety
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 4 Min Read

FAA pushes back on “pressure” to return Boeing 737 Max to service

"The FAA fully controls the approval process," wrote Dickson.
  • Airlines
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 14 Min Read

Southwest wants a small airplane from Boeing or Airbus and that could reshape aviation

The Boeing 737 problem that has nothing to do with the Max
  • Aviation Safety
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 18 Min Read

Emergency Autoland puts Garmin on the bleeding edge of autonomous flying

Designing and certifying automated systems in the era of the 737 Max.
  • Aircraft Development
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 15 Min Read

Boeing’s NMA in doubt as airlines take fresh look at 737 Max & 757 replacement

A handful of Boeing's top customers are being shown early plans for a 757 and 737 Max successor.
  • Three Points
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 11 Min Read

Four Points: McAllister out, Gulfstream’s G700, 737 Max 10 movement, A320neo’s eRudder

Issue No. 20
  • Aviation Safety
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 10 Min Read

New document in 737 Max investigation points to chaos, pressure in MCAS development

November 2016 message exchange between 737 Max technical pilots calls system behavior 'egregious'.
  • Aviation Safety
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 23 Min Read

Searching for 40-year old lessons for Boeing in the grounding of the DC-10

An eerily similar crash in Chicago 40-years ago holds lessons for Boeing and the 737 Max that...
  • Aviation Safety
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 12 Min Read

Checklists come into focus as pace-setter for 737 Max return

The certification flight to validate the changes to the 737 Max have been pushed into November at the...
  • Three Points
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 10 Min Read

Three Points: Delta & LATAM, the next trade war, and the coming fall-out

Issue No. 19
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