Introduction

Our world is changing fast through new technology which effects mechanical reliability, operating processes and the environment.  These changes impact on our customer expectations and the way we operate. As aviation professionals we need to be more effective and more responsible than just ‘successful’ Air Operator Certificate holders.

We need to continue to build a viable future to cope with change and have a pro-active process of managing change and development. This involves not waiting for change but anticipating change and planning how we and the industry will respond to it. We need to continually improve safety and the service we deliver. Unfortunately the UK CAA and other National Authorities (Dutch, Germans and Italians), all of whom have no experience of SE-IMC operations; seem to be opposed to this.

The delivery of the first Single Engine Turbine Aircraft for commercial use was nearly 20 years ago and since then the fleet of 2000+ aircraft have flown over 10 million hours. The utilisation increases at over 70,000 hours a month. Commercial operations account for over half of the hours flown.

ICAO has now given its ‘seal of approval to Single Engine - IMC operations but unfortunately the progress of approval of commercial operations in Europe is depressingly slow and has now lasted over 10 years.  Meanwhile the there is a continuous but unnecessary loss of life. The UK CAA and other National Authorities who are opposed to SE-IMC have been and are still continuing to delay matters by failing to embrace the concept of change, not for the sake of change but for the failure to accept the facts that flying in Single EngineE-IMC operations will lead to an improvement in safety, less noise and less pollution. That’s what life is about a safer and more responsible world for all.

Will the introduction of the new generation composite Very Light Jets be halted as unlike the Single Engine Turbine aircraft they have not yet flown the millions of hours?

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This web site is to inform a wider audience about the benefits of single engine turbine aircraft operation and dispel some of the myths and folklore promulgated by certain individuals and organisations that have a vested interest in stopping this development in Aviation.