What really happened on Alaska Airlines flight AS1282? 12 January 2024 Mark D Young writes on the mid-flight loss of a door plug on a flight on 5 January 2024
The crash of ZS-CAR: An analysis 03 February 2022 Mark D Young examines the report on the loss of the Civil Aviation Authority's flight inspection aircraft
What really happened on the SAA's vaccine flights? 24 March 2021 Mark D Young writes on the controversy around the flight to Brussels and back at the end of February
Boeing 737 MAX may fly again 19 November 2020 Mark D. Young writes on the FAA's decision to lift the grounding order on the airliner
On Airlink's challenge to the SAA BRP process 24 June 2020 Mark D Young says the airline is owned more than R700m by the national carrier
The SAA Business Rescue Plan: An analysis 17 June 2020 Mark D Young says plan is peppered with caveats, disclaimers and relies on goodwill of parties to walk away from the mess
Death by red dot 19 September 2019 Mark D Young on how changing procurement requirements killed off a small business
Who is Simon Roche? 05 June 2019 Mark D Young profiles the Suidlander spokesperson responsible for exporting the ‘white genocide’ narrative to the world
Federick Brownell: An obituary 14 May 2019 Mark D Young writes on the life of the man who designed the SA national flag
The Boeing 737-8 MAX issue explained 13 March 2019 Mark Young examines what could be behind the two recent crashes of the newly introduced airplane
Intimidation tactics, old and new 08 March 2019 Mark D Young writes that the Twitter-trap is the modern hakke-trap
The Buffalo's Groot Krokodil problem 19 February 2018 Mark D Young writes on certain parallels between now and FW and the post-PW era
"One-Engined-Zulu" 08 November 2017 Ten years ago ago the right engine of a Nationwide Airlines Boeing 737 fell off on take-off from Cape Town, Mark D Young tells the story
When Spur videos become ghosts 06 July 2017 Mark D. Young on his thus far failed efforts to view key CCTV footage of the lead-up to the infamous altercation
Finding Flight MH370 08 March 2017 Mark D. Young on a volunteer project to track down the missing Malaysian airliner
SAAF: So who stole the planes? 25 February 2016 Mark D Young gives his assessment as to in which museums such military aircraft could have been squirrelled away
Why Skywise was never going to fly 14 December 2015 Mark D Young says the airline's business model was misconceived from the start
“Zuma's new R4bn jet": A reality check 12 November 2015 Mark D. Young says a realistic look needed at aspect of VIP transport by 21 Squadron of the SAAF
Why Africa distrusts the ICC 15 June 2015 Mark D Young says primary issue facing the court is that the US, Russia and China are not signatories to the Rome Statute
The DA leadership contest: A torch for a new generation? 09 May 2015 Mark D Young is of the view that the forthcoming congress of the official opposition marks a watershed in local politics
Entitlement, in black and white Colourful, and poisonous The different ANC and SACP stations on the NDR railway line Violent crime in SA Afrikaner apologia
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