20 October 2026
Walkaround
Aviation news and fleet brief
What is going on with the aircraft you work on. Every page is a five minute read, and every claim carries at least two independent sources.
Today in aviation
The one or two things worth knowing right now. Each opens in full, with its own sources.
Certification
FAA set to announce 737 MAX 10 certification, sources say
The FAA is expected to announce certification of Boeing's largest 737 MAX variant today, the last formal step before Boeing can work toward 2027 deliveries of the long delayed jet.
Air traffic control
FAA and controllers agree a pay raise tied to new scheduling rules
Air traffic controllers get the raise Congress funded in April, but only after agreeing to badge in and out and let the FAA build shifts around forecast traffic.
Technical and maintenance
FAA orders A380 engine seal replacement after uncontained failure
One high pressure turbine seal broke apart and forced an Airbus A380 to abort its takeoff roll, and the FAA now wants every high cycle seal of its kind off the wing within weeks.
By the numbers
Every figure below is the one published on the page it links to, so you can check it rather than take it.
Fleet brief
One page per type, kept current. All 15 types, with photographs and a size comparison.
Changed this week: Boeing 737 MAX, Airbus A380, Boeing 787 Dreamliner, Boeing 777 and 777X, Boeing 767, Airbus A220, Airbus A330 and A330neo, Embraer E-Jet E2.
Boeing
Airbus
Bombardier
Engines
Most of what goes wrong on a modern airliner goes wrong at the engine. All fourteen families.
CFM International
GE Aerospace
Pratt and Whitney
Rolls-Royce
Technology
The fleet and engine pages track what is happening to the aircraft. These track what is happening to the job. All 9 topics.