India’ DGCA has graded poorly on ICAO standards competence Some of the Air India Express accident at Kozhikode Airport match prior critiques Time to reassess the IDGCA safety ratings??? The Kozhikode Airport at Karipur in…
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FAA Probes Alleged Boeing Pressure on Designated Inspectors If Boeing ODA members applied “Undue Pressure” 49 USC § 44702(d), 14 CFR Part 183 and Order 8100.15B require integrity Chapter 7. Suspension appropriate? By Alan Levin…
Various reports point to remedial actions for FAA and Boeing Dickson initiates improvement in Certification Engineering and Human Factors Calhoun’s upgrading of Certification and ODA not as apparent Few Aviation Safety matters have received as…
Continental Airlines and Airline Safety and Federal Aviation Administration Extension Act of 2010 Pilot Records Database NPRM reaches Part 91 Opponents argue that proposal exceeds Act’s intent The tragic crash of Continental 3407 created an impetus…
Pakistan International crash pilot error; pilot training? Pakistan CAA determines that 150 PK pilots have fraudulent licenses PCAA fires 5 senior civil servants involved in licensing ICAO, EASA and FAA all found PCAA meeting standards…
FAA Administrator Dickson’s Senate Testimony Can Change Everything But is it necessary? By Mike Borfitz U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, will convene a hearing titled, “Examining…
ICAO’s USOAP 20th anniversary of ACTIVITIES- time to RETHINK? Activities v. Actions Audits at a Point in Time v. Continuous Collaboration Duplicative, even contradictory, Audits Single, Consolidated, Consistent, Cooperative In a self-congratulatory press release (see…
In a candid interview, David Calhoun largely laid the blame for the company’s 737 Max crisis on his predecessor. By Natalie Kitroeff and David Gelles March 5, 2020 FLORISSANT, Mo. — In his eight weeks…