Aircraft News - Latin America / Caribbean.Dec 18, 2006 Embraer Embraer announced that it will equip e·quip tr.v. e·quipped, e·quip·ping, e·quips 1. a. To supply with necessities such as tools or provisions. b. its commercial E-Jets and two business jet models with CMC (Common Messaging Calls) A programming interface specified by the XAPIA as the standard messaging API for X.400 and other messaging systems. CMC is intended to provide a common API for applications that want to become mail enabled. 1. Electronics' PilotView EFB EFB Electronic Flight Bag (aircraft/crew computing device) EFB European Federation of Biotechnology EFB English for Business EFB Esbjerg Forenede Boldklubber (Esbjerg, Denmark soccer club) . "Many of the features found only in Class 3 EFBs, such as FMS-style line-select keys, a high-resolution, fully dimmable display, integrated communication capabilities and DO-160D qualification, make the Class 2 PilotView EFB an ideal system," CMC President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Jean-Pierre Mortreux said. Dec 18, 2006 Embraer Embraer Puts 2007 Investment At USD USD In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the U.S. Dollar. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. $500 Mln. Brazil's Embraer, the world's fourth-biggest manufacturer of commercial aircraft, expects to invest USD$500 million next year, its chief executive, Mauricio Botelho, said on Thursday. Botelho told a press luncheon Embraer had invested USD$2.6 billion since its privatization privatization: see nationalization. privatization Transfer of government services or assets to the private sector. State-owned assets may be sold to private owners, or statutory restrictions on competition between privately and publicly owned in 1994 and expected the company to invest a similar amount of money in the next five years. He did not say where the money would come from and whether Embraer would borrow funds in the market. Botelho also said the company would hire between 3,000 and 4,000 people next year. Embraer has a work force of some 19,000, most of them in Brazil. Dec 15, 2006 Embraer Embraer said last month it expects to deliver up to 165 planes in 2007, up slightly from a previous forecast of 160. The company also predicted it would deliver between 195 and 205 jets in 2008, including up to 20 of the new Phenom phe·nom n. Slang A phenomenon, especially a remarkable or outstanding person. 100s, a small, luxury business jet Embraer is developing. Embraer finished the third quarter with a firm order backlog of USD$13.3 billion. Dec 15, 2006 LAN Airlines LAN Airlines S.A. NYSE: LFL (formerly Lan Chile) is an airline based in Santiago, Chile. It is the principal Chilean airline and one of the largest in South America, with flights to Latin America, Canada, United States, Mexico, the Caribbean, Oceania, and Europe. , Boeing LAN Airlines this week took delivery of its fourth 767-300 passenger aircraft this year and said it will be used on flights to and from the US, Mexico, Tahiti and the Caribbean. It also operates nine 767-300 freighters. Dec 15, 2006 A joint letter sent to Brazilian authorities and released publicly last week by several international aviation organizations--including the Flight Safety Foundation, the International Federation of Air Traffic Controllers and the International Federation of Air Line Pilots' Assns.--heavily criticized the treatment of the pilots. Dec 11, 2006 Former Brazil Justice Minister Jose Carlos Dias, who is serving as the pilots' lawyer in the case, blasted blast·ed adj. 1. Used as an intensive: I hate these blasted flies. 2. Slang Drunk or intoxicated. 3. Blighted, withered, or shriveled. the police in comments to reporters in Brazil. He said charging the pilots was "prejudiced and discriminatory dis·crim·i·na·to·ry adj. 1. Marked by or showing prejudice; biased. 2. Making distinctions. dis·crim " and merely a way for the police to "find someone to blame" for the worst air crash in the country's history, in which all 154 aboard the nearly new 737-800 were killed. The pilots themselves left Brazil without comment but Dias said they would return willingly when necessary. An accident investigation report released last month said the Legacy pilots attempted to contact air traffic control 19 times in the 8 min. prior to the crash without success. Dec 11, 2006 Copa Airlines, Embraer Copa Airlines took delivery of its sixth Embraer E-190, which will seat 94 passengers in a two-class configuration. Dec 11, 2006 ExelAire, Gol Brazilian police charge ExelAire pilots, who face up to 12 years in prison. Brazilian police on Friday officially charged two ExelAire Legacy 600 pilots with endangering aircraft safety in the Sept. 29 midair collision with a Gol 737-800, a serious criminal charge that could land the US citizens in a Brazilian prison for up to 12 years if they are convicted. The charges came the same week the pilots, Joseph Lepore and Jan Paladino, were given back their confiscated con·fis·cate tr.v. con·fis·cat·ed, con·fis·cat·ing, con·fis·cates 1. To seize (private property) for the public treasury. 2. To seize by or as if by authority. See Synonyms at appropriate. adj. US passports The following is a list of passports: By country and territory
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . But they apparently will have to go back to Brazil for the trial, for which the starting date has not been determined. Dec 11, 2006 Gol, ExelAire Brazilian ATC ATC Air Traffic Control ATC Average Total Cost ATC Certified Athletic Trainer ATC At the Center (Hartford, Maine retreat center) ATC Applied Technology Council ATC All Things Considered has come under increasing scrutiny as air traffic has been slowed in the country in recent weeks, including last week when a communication system breakdown led to extensive flight delays and cancellations. Airlines in Brazil also have been affected by controllers staging work slowdowns to protest poor work hours and low pay. Dec 11, 2006 Gol, ExelAire Brazilian police on Friday officially charged two ExelAire Legacy 600 pilots with endangering aircraft safety in the Sept. 29 midair collision with a Gol 737-800, a serious criminal charge that could land the US citizens in a Brazilian prison for up to 12 years if they are convicted. The charges came the same week the pilots, Joseph Lepore and Jan Paladino, were given back their confiscated US passports and allowed to leave Brazil for the first time since the accident to return to their homes in New York. But they apparently will have to go back to Brazil for the trial, for which the starting date has not been determined. Former Brazil Justice Minister Jose Carlos Dias, who is serving as the pilots' lawyer in the case, blasted the police in comments to reporters in Brazil. He said charging the pilots was "prejudiced and discriminatory" and merely a way for the police to "find someone to blame" for the worst air crash in the country's history, in which all 154 aboard the nearly new 737-800 were killed. The pilots themselves left Brazil without comment but Dias said they would return willingly when necessary. An accident investigation report released last month said the Legacy pilots attempted to contact air traffic control 19 times in the 8 min. prior to the crash without success. Dec 11, 2006 Gol, ExelAire ExcelAire said in a statement that "to criminalize crim·i·nal·ize tr.v. crim·i·nal·ized, crim·i·nal·iz·ing, crim·i·nal·iz·es 1. To impose a criminal penalty on or for; outlaw. 2. To treat as a criminal. this accident investigation runs counter to the safety of the international flying public" and predicted the police would be subject to "worldwide criticism." A joint letter sent to Brazilian authorities and released publicly last week by several international aviation organizations--including the Flight Safety Foundation, the International Federation of Air Traffic Controllers and the International Federation of Air Line Pilots' Assns.--heavily criticized the treatment of the pilots. "A criminal inquiry has no place in the investigation," the letter said. "We do not seek to put our colleagues above the law. However, criminal investigations into aviation accidents like the one on Sept. 29 are at odds with efforts to discover root causes of accidents and avoid future mistakes." Dec 11, 2006 Z Editor: Aram Gesar, eMail: edit@AirGuideOnline.com For more global news, reviews, features and analysis, please go to: http://www.airguideonline.com/onlinenews.htm To Subscribe to Verb 1. subscribe to - receive or obtain regularly; "We take the Times every day" subscribe, take buy, purchase - obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; our Newsletters: http://www.airguideonline.com/order_formsubs.htm#news To Advertise: advert@AirGuideOnline.com Dec 11, 2006 |
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