American and Delta pilots raise RED FLAG of FATIGUE Airlines say concellations due to PILOT Shortage FAA SMS intended to resolve Safety Risks The 21st Century, so far, seems replete with failures to trust. It…
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EASA proudly issued its 1st AOC to WizzAir Hungarian Low Fare CEO asks his staff to fight through FATIGUE Now with no national CAA, Brussels must deal with this SMS mess There have been shocking…
Airlines flight cancellations = proof of pilot shortage Unions no shortage–pay is problem, inept management SOLUTION? Retire Age 65->67, Restricted ATP Union NO; airlines YES; GAO quantitative answer The battle over the supply of pilots…
In 2015 Germanwings highlighted Pilot Mental Health Second Burjeel Medical Aviation Congress adds some useful thoughts Three recent medical journals make excellent suggestions The FAA’s Office of Aerospace Medicine has as one of its missions…
India’s DGCA has struggled with with “peer” audits It has enthusiastically followed a State Safety Program DGCA identified that one of India’s airlines was using pilots with inadequate training India’s Directorate General of Civil…
Many names have been posed to follow Adm. Dickson at FAA Fix Boeing and other skills cited to support them HR analysis of recent FAA surveys suggest otherwise [HYPOTHETICAL MEMORANDUM] TO: Gautam Raghavan, Deputy Director…
FAA manages many,many NPRMs The Significant Rulemaking Report tracks the IMPORTANT ones January Report= SMS for airports, drug&alcohol for FRSs, UAS, Flight& Duty, Secondary Barriers,SST noise st The Significant Rulemakings Report (SRR) provides a summary…
Aviation has moved to preventative mode Young UND student’s suicide crash ASKS WHAT ABOUT PILOT MENTAL HEALTH It’s happened again– John Alan Hauser of Chicago died when his University of North Dakota training plane crashed…