Three Points: 60 Minutes’ eVTOL softball, sanctions kill MC-21-300, EK231 prompts FAA warning

Issue No. 55

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  • Anderson Cooper’s uncritical 60 Minutes feature on the eVTOL industry injected more hot air into a sector that’s already inflated with hype, setting up naive investors to be taken for a ride. There are big questions about eVTOLs that deserve more than marketing platitudes.
  • Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation has pulled the plug on the Pratt & Whitney-powered MC-21-300 as western sanctions solidify the long-term impact on the global aerospace industry. The impact of the sanctions isn’t localized, but a line of reporting prompts us to ask what role, if any, is the availability of Russian titanium from VSMPO-Avisma having on the production of the 777X?
  • Four months after Emirates 231 narrowly avoided crashing in Dubai following its botched take-off, the FAA is advising Boeing 777 and 787 operators about a “quirk” in the auto flight behavior of those two aircraft that could give pilots erroneous flight director guidance.
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Elan Head
As Senior Editor, Elan spearheads The Air Current’s coverage of electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, along with a focus on emerging sustainable technologies. A commercially-rated helicopter pilot and FAA Gold Seal flight instructor, Head brings a unique vantage point to explore this critical new sector.
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Jon Ostrower
Jon Ostrower is Editor-in-chief of The Air Current, where he leads coverage of the global aerospace and aviation industries. Prior to launching TAC in June 2018, Mr. Ostrower served as Aviation Editor for CNN Worldwide, guiding the network’s global coverage of the business and operations of aviation. Mr. Ostrower joined CNN in 2016 following four and a 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, Mr. Ostrower was editor of FlightBlogger for Flightglobal and Flight International Magazine covering the development of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner and other new aircraft programs from 2007 to 2012. He is also an instructor at the University of Southern California in the Viterbi School of Engineering's Aviation Safety and Security program. Mr. 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.
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