This, unfortunately, is the seventeenth Potpourri edition. This information resource is intended to capture some of the articles about the coronavirus impact on aviation. Not included are, for example, the high profile battles over the…
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FAA issues Final Airworthiness Directive for Max 8 Boeing and FAA had Great Falls Egg Repair Recipe more than AD Boeing once held the preeminent aerospace manufacturing position in the world, an achievement based on…
FAA determined that work of DPE deficient Requiring the pilots to be reexamined Annoying, necessary, but avoidable? A Designated Pilot Examiner (DPE) administered practical tests, somehow deficient (His DPE was not valid? His tests…
Bill Mandates Masks for Crew, Passengers and others No teeth, only Report Not apply to Regional Aircraft and Mechanics Chairman DeFazio appears to have accepted that the FAA does not have the statutory authority to…
Garmin’s HomeSafe system tremendous advance EMERGENCY: selects airport, path, communicates and lands Garmin had cyber attack Within days of each other, Garmin announced (1) the certification of its HomeSafe system, which can land the airplane…
This is the sixteenth Potpourri edition. This information resource is intended to capture some of the articles about the coronavirus impact on aviation. Not included are, for example, the high profile battles over the grants/loans…
Flight 3407 families frustrated with FAA Pilot Record Database NPRM slow Deliberations part of complex, extensive new requirement There is little doubt that creating a data base to capture the full flying history of pilots…
Anti Noise Systems have been proposed before, but did not meet tests Dr. Bhan Lam’s system of 20 speakers mounted on window-PROMISE Impressive Publications, but no realistic test, YET The idea of using noise cancelling…