With contentious debate, a 25 year professional’s pilot mental health insights
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With contentious debate, a 25 year professional’s pilot mental health insights

AVIATION is struggling with the issue of PILOT MENTAL HEALTH. This invidious problem is difficult to diagnose. This safety risk has been the subject of many experts and one that the Journal has prioritized in postings; here are two of recent publications: The opinions on this conundrum are not uniform— NTSB Chair Homendy criticized the FAA…

With contentious debate, 25-year professional offers pilot mental health insights

With contentious debate, 25-year professional offers pilot mental health insights

AVIATION is struggling with the issue of PILOT MENTAL HEALTH. This invidious problem is difficult to diagnose. This safety risk has been the subject of many experts and one that the Journal has prioritized in postings; here are two of recent publications: The opinions on this conundrum are not uniform— NTSB Chair Homendy criticized the FAA…

Joby’s certification and financial prospects look POSITIVE

Joby’s certification and financial prospects look POSITIVE

Below are two informative articles about “powered-lift” vehicles under a “special class” process defined in 14 CFR 21.17(b). The first scrutinizes the FAA’s SEMINAL STANDARD for issuing a TYPE CERTIFICATE. The second paper looks at the new criteria, assesses the Joby design and issues a “BUY” recommendation in the author’s book. The dollars invested in…

Exceptional Female Aviation Role Models –   International Women’s Day
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Exceptional Female Aviation Role Models – International Women’s Day

This site has frequently addressed the history and future of WOMEN IN AVIATION—for example, Lessons from Women in Aviation- past and present , The UN has designated March 8,2024 as INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY. And due to a rush of other stories, that day of recognition was missed. However, since then, two tremendous examples of women, who…

Secretary Buttigieg: A BLIP is not a BLIP.
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Secretary Buttigieg: A BLIP is not a BLIP.

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, at a Press conference introducing his FY 2025 FAA budget, repeated the mantra used by air traffic privatizations proponents (largely Republican), that “A BLIP IS A BLIP” or in his terms that based on solely on raw operations numbers that business aviation does not pay its proportion of the ATC costs….

Aviation Safety Culture works, and Media Bias distorts the record;
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Aviation Safety Culture works, and Media Bias distorts the record;

so says academic research paper!!! In reviewing a tremendous analysis of SAFETY CULTURES across all transportation modes, these astute observations made by Roslyn Layton ,a Senior Fellow at George Mason University’s Antonin Scalia Law School: “…AIR TRAVEL DEATHS have PLUMMETED BY TWO-THIRDS, even though total miles traveled have increased by 42 percent over the last 30…

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…

AI comments on EASA’s 2nd issue paper on       Artificial Intelligence
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AI comments on EASA’s 2nd issue paper on Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence has shown to be a hot topic on the JDA Journal—many clicks, a large number of sharing’s and more than usual comments. So, when EASA posted ISSUE 2 OF ITS CONCEPT PAPER ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) AND MACHINE LEARNING (ML), it seemed appropriate to share this leading edge of regulatory AI reading (see…

What can be learned from Piper Fury and Part 23 revision?
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What can be learned from Piper Fury and Part 23 revision?

A long tortuous trail towards allowing greater innovation in developing and certificating Normal, Utility, Acrobatic, and Commuter Category Airplanes has been in place for 10 years. Does the Piper announcement of its new, innovative Piper M700 FURY (see below for detailed technical description by Piper) signal an improvement in the processing of this aircraft? HISTORY “Background…

URGENT FAA MESSAGE ABOUT ATCer RECRUITMENT FAILS TO MENTION ONE
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URGENT FAA MESSAGE ABOUT ATCer RECRUITMENT FAILS TO MENTION ONE

RGENT FAA MESSAGE ABOUT ATCer RECRUITMENT FAILS TO MENTION ONE Below is an FAA announcement by FAA Administrator Mike Whitaker establishing the Air Traffic Collegiate Training Initiative (AT-CTI). The program expands the labor pool of air traffic controller to meet a staffing shortfall. He HIGHLIHTED the valuable partnership between selected colleges and universities and FAA….