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US adopts rigorous CO2 standards for Its Part 25 aircraft, while the PRC???
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US adopts rigorous CO2 standards for Its Part 25 aircraft, while the PRC???

Global Aviation has been struggling for decades to define a reasonable and responsible environmental standard. SimpleFlying’s Rytis Beresnevičius analyzes the FAA>EPA>ICAO final rule published on February 16,2024. His technical review is on point, and merits a careful read. This promulgation is MORE TECHNICAL AND COMPLEX than any in recent memory. It also poses a significant…

Russia’s ICAO petition adds a new definition for the word CHUZPAH. 
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Russia’s ICAO petition adds a new definition for the word CHUZPAH. 

SimpleFlying has published an informative review of Russia’s filing of a complaint against 37 ICAO Members averring that their collective actions have denigrated Russian aviation safety. The classic definition of the Yiddish word Chutzpah is the young person asked mercy from a criminal court based on being an orphan under a criminal charge of killing…

IATA’s 2023 Safety Report- good news
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IATA’s 2023 Safety Report- good news

Meta Data and powerful analytics are contributing to enhanced aviation safety. The numbers become more powerful as the volume and frequency of the information increases. Seemingly insignificant incidents occurring at different airlines demand attention when the events and their specifics are aggregated. International Air Transport Association (IATA)  has published its 2023 Annual Safety Report and…

Justice and Jail for Boeing vs. NTSB probable cause?
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Justice and Jail for Boeing vs. NTSB probable cause?

The Department of Justice (DoJ) has announced that it had initiated a CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION “WHETHER THE [Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max] PANEL BLOWOUT VIOLATED TERMS OF A 2021 SETTLEMENT that let Boeing avoid prosecution for allegedly misleading regulators who certified the 737 Max.” The charge traces to the terms to which Boeing agreed to close…

Canada updating its SMS, should the FAA start a similar review?
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Canada updating its SMS, should the FAA start a similar review?

Transport Canada Civil Aviation has announced that it will “update” its safety management system citing this risk assessment tool’s birthdate as 2005.  Our neighbor to the North recognizes that its current framework needs realignment with evolving ICAO nuances as well as other CAAs best practices. The FAA’s official adoption of SMS can be traced to…

EASA’s DIRTY DOZEN applied to your SMS 
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EASA’s DIRTY DOZEN applied to your SMS 

AVIATION SAFETY cannot be captured in a poster or a t-shirt. The below excellent article by EASA’s John Franklin provides very useful points about embedding this critical culture in each of our organizations. He has synthesized the multitude of behaviors on which SAFETY DNA can be built. The list if called THE DIRTY DOZEN, a phrase…

An Immediate RX for the Boeing SMS malaise ???
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An Immediate RX for the Boeing SMS malaise ???

The below article assesses the Boeing Max 7 debacle from a 50,00’ level and declares: “it’s not enough to say that the company will ‘ensure every next airplane that moves into the sky is in fact safe’”. It is way too early to define specific responses to whatever the FAA investigation increased oversight & delegation…

CANADA AND CHINA on CORSIA—what’s real and why? 
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CANADA AND CHINA on CORSIA—what’s real and why? 

The global goal for reducing aviation’s carbon emissions can only be achieved by a multinational shared strategy with measurable results. It is not enough for individual government to declare that “we’ll be better”- such a commitment MUST HAVE SPECIFIC DATES, PRECISE QUANTIFICATION, AND CLEARLY ARTICULATED/RELIABLE CO REDUCTION TACTICS. The world’s aviation community has met many times…

RTX’s response to GTF microscopic metal bits shows FOQA works around the world 
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RTX’s response to GTF microscopic metal bits shows FOQA works around the world 

Two reporters1 have written about RTX’s PW1100G Geared Turbofan Engines and the company’s determination that microscopic contaminants discovered in the powdered metal could expose the components to the risk of accumulating micro-cracks in advance of their specified service lives. The Popular Mechanics piece traces this remedial SAFETY ACTION reported by a Vietnamese airline about a DISC PROBLEM ON…

Canada’s bad USOAP score= message to other Civil Aviation Authorities? 
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Canada’s bad USOAP score= message to other Civil Aviation Authorities? 

Big news in Canada: First, a dramatic reveal that the international civil aviation body that assess civil aviation authorities has found its safety organization to have a disappointing evaluation. Second, a responsive report from the airlines that the critique was not an examination of their operations. (1000% accurate, but one of the findings may flow…