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…
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SMS is policies, procedures, analysis, prioritization, and solution development SAFETY CULTURE is found within the attitudes of leaders and team Captain Kimberly Perkins examines the science of humans in Safety Culture Safety Management Systems are…
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,…
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…
EASA Director Ky’s statement on FAA certification Rep. Graves (R-Mo) and Graves (R-LA) ask Sec. Butigeig to question Earlier Actions by EASA and others have wounded/killed BASA? The Republican House T&I leadership have written to…
PRESIDENTS’ DAY AVIATION MEMORIES–Pilots, Planes, firsts