After Max 8 crashes, DoT Secretary Chao named a Committee Composed of Aviation Safety Experts Report with 10 Recommendations #1 was SMS mandate for OEMs, BOEING NEEDS NOW Panel Calls FAA Aircraft Certification Process…
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Aviation Safety/Noise Problems in Hawai’i need to be addressed Existing FAA Manual and HDOT Guide should be the alpha points Safety and Noise Issues can be resolved by informed compromise The 49th and 50th states…
Safety was ‘a given’: Inside the boardroom amid Boeing’s crisis Boeing employees pushed back on “stupid” airlines and regulators who asked for more pilot training Internal Boeing documents show employees discussing efforts to manipulate…
Insurance Claim Data Reduce Aviation Safety Risks? Preventative Data based on ASRS, FOQA, CAST, ASIAS, etc. FAA, EASA, CAAs establish their repositories Flight Safety Foundation adds Global Safety Information Project Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty…
Computer integration is collecting data in flight Data goes to airlines, MROs, OEMs and FAA Reduces risks and lowers costs Reliance on others risks loss of airline expertise Guest authors add to the robustness of the…
FAA Issues Important Charter Guidance to Pilots and Passengers Safe Air Charter Operations “Holding out” is a necessary, but difficult legal distinction Part 135 imposes more safety requirements and Part 91 FAA provides more guidance…
Ode to Col. Walter Boyne, a man who embodied the joy of Flight USAF bomber pilot Director of National Air & Space Museum Writer, Historian Man who got great joy from flying Walt Boyne is…