Update on Airline Pilot Hypovigilance and Incapacitation Detectors

By Jean-Jacques SPEYER, member of the Civil Aeronautics Commission of the AAE This note recalls the work carried out up to 2009 by the author in the context of reflections on the application to Airbus aircraft and proposes ways of implementation still to be developed,...

TRAIN and PLANE: Decarbonization in the same fight?

By Xavier BOUIS, AAE member and President of the IESF Aeronautics and Aerospace Sectoral Committee… and SNCF “Grand Voyageur” Why this article? I had this article published in April on the website of the Engineers and Scientists of France (IESF)....

The secrets and limits of Ariane 6*’s competitiveness

By Alain Charmeau, full member of the AAE and former Chief Executive Officer of ArianeGroup. [*] Article published in ASAF’s Spring 2022 issue of “Engagement”. Designed in the 1990s, the Ariane 5 launcher aimed to provide European states with...

Air, space and physical travel

By Eric Dautriat, Vice-President of Air and Space Academy What if Air and Space (and thus their Academy) together became the symbol of physical presence, in a world in the process of virtualization? The antidote to the invasion of ectoplasm and avatars? The...

A long-term vision of air transport: a great challenge.

Disclaimer: This text reflects only the opinion of its author and does not in any way commit the official word of the French Air and Space Academy. By Jean-Claude Ripoll, Honorary Member. Air Transport is one mobility tool among others. Not every movement of an...

Engines and the environment

Disclaimer: This text reflects only the opinion of its author and does not in any way commit the official word of the French Air and Space Academy. By Alain Joselzon, Full Member. The engines, and more generally the propulsion system, are a fundamental system for the...

Reflection on the problem of global warming

Disclaimer: This text reflects only the opinion of its author and does not in any way commit the official word of the French Air and Space Academy. By Alain Joselzon, Full Member. “Time for reflection is a time saver.” (Publilius Syrus) “You have to...

Stewardship will follow

Disclaimer: This text reflects only the opinion of its author and does not in any way commit the official word of the French Air and Space Academy. By Eric DAUTRIAT, Vice-President of the French Air and Space Academy The constant flowering of technological projects...

Ethics and Air Transport

Disclaimer: This text reflects only the opinion of its author and does not in any way commit the official word of the French Air and Space Academy. By Jean-Claude Ripoll, Honorary Member. Air transport has taken a significant place in the metabolism of humanity. It is...

Travelling: in our DNA

Disclaimer: This text reflects only the opinion of its author and does not in any way commit the official word of the French Air and Space Academy. By Alain Joselzon, Full Member. The following reflections were inspired by the recent international symposium organized...