David Learmount
@davidlearmount.bsky.social
Aviation journalist, safety and human factors specialist. I aviate therefore I am.
Airbus' and Boeing's new airliners: will they have pilots? what will they look like? davidlearmount.com
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How aviation works - in the cockpit, the cabin, the hangar, and the air traffic control centre
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November 28, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Airbus' and Boeing's new airliners: will they have pilots? what will they look like? davidlearmount.com
What does Europe mean to you? Watch European Movement UK's video featuring Caroline Lucas: bsky.app/profile/euro...
To so many of us, Europe is more than a place, it’s a part of who we are. Hear what the public had to say when we went out and asked them what Europe means to them.
November 8, 2025 at 4:53 PM
What does Europe mean to you? Watch European Movement UK's video featuring Caroline Lucas: bsky.app/profile/euro...
DC-10 crash nightmare runs again, but this time at Loisville, looking like a replay of American Airlines Flight 191 in 1979, still the most disastrous airline accident on US soil. davidlearmount.com
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How aviation works - in the cockpit, the cabin, the hangar, and the air traffic control centre
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November 6, 2025 at 8:28 PM
DC-10 crash nightmare runs again, but this time at Loisville, looking like a replay of American Airlines Flight 191 in 1979, still the most disastrous airline accident on US soil. davidlearmount.com
Boeing 737, the Beginning of the End: davidlearmount.com
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How aviation works - in the cockpit, the cabin, the hangar, and the air traffic control centre
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September 30, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Boeing 737, the Beginning of the End: davidlearmount.com
Air India crash at Ahmedabad. An examination of whether this disaster was an accident, or the result of a deliberate act by one of the pilots: davidlearmount.com
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How aviation works - in the cockpit, the cabin, the hangar, and the air traffic control centre
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July 14, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Air India crash at Ahmedabad. An examination of whether this disaster was an accident, or the result of a deliberate act by one of the pilots: davidlearmount.com
Continuing Learmount.com's "Awful Airlines" series: Vuelling woos unhappy passengers with "Instagrammable cocktails". davidlearmount.com
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How aviation works - in the cockpit, the cabin, the hangar, and the air traffic control centre
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July 3, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Continuing Learmount.com's "Awful Airlines" series: Vuelling woos unhappy passengers with "Instagrammable cocktails". davidlearmount.com
Air India 171: the system is beginning to leak under pressure, and the facts are emerging. davidlearmount.com
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How aviation works - in the cockpit, the cabin, the hangar, and the air traffic control centre
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June 26, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Air India 171: the system is beginning to leak under pressure, and the facts are emerging. davidlearmount.com
India orders enhanced checks for Boeing 787s. Details here: davidlearmount.com
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How aviation works - in the cockpit, the cabin, the hangar, and the air traffic control centre
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June 18, 2025 at 3:52 PM
India orders enhanced checks for Boeing 787s. Details here: davidlearmount.com
People are STILL inheriting seats in the House of Lords – it’s frankly medieval. But we are so close to winning on this. Sign now. action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/168933/...
It’s outrageous that the majority of our lawmakers are unelected. Sign now to demand power be placed rightfully in the hands of the people
It takes 30 seconds
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June 16, 2025 at 3:37 PM
People are STILL inheriting seats in the House of Lords – it’s frankly medieval. But we are so close to winning on this. Sign now. action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/168933/...
Air India Boeing 787-8 crash at Ahmedabad: what do we know so far, if anything? davidlearmount.com
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How aviation works - in the cockpit, the cabin, the hangar, and the air traffic control centre
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June 12, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Air India Boeing 787-8 crash at Ahmedabad: what do we know so far, if anything? davidlearmount.com
"Ladies and gentlemen, your pilot is unconscious": news about a commercial flight with no-one in control of it, with more than 200 people on board. davidlearmount.com/2025/05/27/l...
Ladies and gentlemen, your pilot is unconscious
An official incident report has confirmed that a Lufthansa Airbus A321 flight from Frankfurt, Germany to Seville, Spain on 17 February last year flew for 10min without any pilot supervision because…
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May 27, 2025 at 5:29 PM
"Ladies and gentlemen, your pilot is unconscious": news about a commercial flight with no-one in control of it, with more than 200 people on board. davidlearmount.com/2025/05/27/l...
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The Brexiters are the past now. They must be left there, for the good of the country inews.co.uk/opinion/cant...
You can't argue with Brexiters – they have completely lost the capacity for reason
The Brexiters are the past now so they must be left there, for the good of the country
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May 20, 2025 at 4:49 PM
The Brexiters are the past now. They must be left there, for the good of the country inews.co.uk/opinion/cant...
More troubles for ATC in America. Meanwhile Trump and Duffy ride to the rescue, probably in a Qatarian 747 luxury Boeing Business Jet (BBJ): davidlearmount.com/2025/05/12/t...
Trump rides to the rescue of US ATC
“The ancient infrastructure is buckling,” says the President of the USA, Donald J Trump. His subject is the state of America’s air traffic control (ATC) services, but he does have a solution:…
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May 13, 2025 at 12:07 PM
More troubles for ATC in America. Meanwhile Trump and Duffy ride to the rescue, probably in a Qatarian 747 luxury Boeing Business Jet (BBJ): davidlearmount.com/2025/05/12/t...
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June does not speak for The Onion in this instance. As a policy, we are open to extravagant, golden-toiletted sky palaces from all known petrostates.
just want to make it clear. i am NOT taking bribes from domestic or foreign entities. i would not do that. bribes are illegal
May 12, 2025 at 6:08 PM
June does not speak for The Onion in this instance. As a policy, we are open to extravagant, golden-toiletted sky palaces from all known petrostates.
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So many layers of corruption.
May 12, 2025 at 5:26 PM
So many layers of corruption.
Trump rides to the rescue of US Air Traffic Control. davidlearmount.com
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How aviation works - in the cockpit, the cabin, the hangar, and the air traffic control centre
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May 12, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Trump rides to the rescue of US Air Traffic Control. davidlearmount.com
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Opinion from the FT's Editorial Board: 'The US and European countries that tout Israel as an ally that shares their values have issued barely a word of condemnation. They should be ashamed of their silence, and stop enabling Netanyahu to act with impunity.' www.ft.com/content/f5fd...
May 7, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Opinion from the FT's Editorial Board: 'The US and European countries that tout Israel as an ally that shares their values have issued barely a word of condemnation. They should be ashamed of their silence, and stop enabling Netanyahu to act with impunity.' www.ft.com/content/f5fd...
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Nigel Jenney, Chief Executive of the Fresh Produce Consortium (FPC): “Our world-leading border is currently the most expensive and least efficient globally. This is a self-imposed crisis creating huge distress and significant additional costs that ultimately consumers must shoulder.”
#RejoinEU🇬🇧 🇪🇺
#RejoinEU🇬🇧 🇪🇺
UK border ‘most expensive and least efficient’, FPC warns
Nigel Jenney joins other industry experts in telling cross-party EFRA Committee that UK post-Brexit border system is broken
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May 6, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Nigel Jenney, Chief Executive of the Fresh Produce Consortium (FPC): “Our world-leading border is currently the most expensive and least efficient globally. This is a self-imposed crisis creating huge distress and significant additional costs that ultimately consumers must shoulder.”
#RejoinEU🇬🇧 🇪🇺
#RejoinEU🇬🇧 🇪🇺
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Washington DC airspace will remain at high risk of mid-air collision despite FAA traffic curbs: davidlearmount.com
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April 3, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Washington DC airspace will remain at high risk of mid-air collision despite FAA traffic curbs: davidlearmount.com
Following the 29 January mid-air collision over Washington DC, that airspace is destined to remain highly risky despite moves by the FAA to make it safer: davidlearmount.com
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How aviation works - in the cockpit, the cabin, the hangar, and the air traffic control centre
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April 3, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Following the 29 January mid-air collision over Washington DC, that airspace is destined to remain highly risky despite moves by the FAA to make it safer: davidlearmount.com
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This is now a Jasmine Crockett Stan account. I absolutely LOVE this woman! 👏 👏 👏
March 28, 2025 at 10:32 PM
This is now a Jasmine Crockett Stan account. I absolutely LOVE this woman! 👏 👏 👏
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🇵🇱🇪🇺 "The paradox is that 500 million Europeans are asking 300 million Americans for help to protect them from 140 million Russians," — Tusk
❗️"We must rely on ourselves, fully aware of our own potential and believing that we are a world power," he said.
❗️"We must rely on ourselves, fully aware of our own potential and believing that we are a world power," he said.
March 2, 2025 at 2:28 PM
🇵🇱🇪🇺 "The paradox is that 500 million Europeans are asking 300 million Americans for help to protect them from 140 million Russians," — Tusk
❗️"We must rely on ourselves, fully aware of our own potential and believing that we are a world power," he said.
❗️"We must rely on ourselves, fully aware of our own potential and believing that we are a world power," he said.
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Please share. 🙏🏻
March 2, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Please share. 🙏🏻