Medallion’s Mission-Alaska focused aviation safety Well conceived, well received, but poorly implemented Concept applicable to other flying environments Would be well to diagnose Medallion’s faults The Medallion Foundation was an organization that held great…
FAA allows GA pilots to “share expenses” Standard explicated in new AC Both Court of Appeals and GAO affirm criteria in law and policy The Government Accountability Organization was asked by Congress ( FAA Reauthorization…
OIG issues its 3rd Report on Organization Designation Authorization Congress authorized and revised statutory basis Boeing 737 Max 8 and ODA Congress proposes more engineers and training–enought? The New DOT Inspector General, Eric J. Soskin,…
Aviation has benefitted from African Americans A list of those who advanced aerospace and who were/are Black Churchill says History needs be learned February is African American History Month. The Library of Congress, National Archives and…
FAA Metroplex implementation important National ATC goal Early NEPA processes did not go well LAS team got it right!!! The implementation of the Las Vegas Metroplex ATC design was just announced. Unlike many of the…
AERION LLC. announces it’s “tracking” B-737 Max 8s for FAA For what purpose? Monitoring MCAS post airworthiness determination The announcement by Aireon, LLC its contract with the FAA to follow all Boeing 737…
FAA finds number of airport safety violations SMS designed to systematically identify those risks SUX President promise of “not again” by SMS The City of Sioux City is paying a substantial fine for 2019 safety…
Helicopter pilot flying into IIMC can result in spatial disorientation a/k/a somatogravic illusion NTSB looks to simulator training to address Industry provides one This is the initial words of an NTSB announcing its findings as…