ARTICLE: EU agencies criticized over conflicts of interest The ethics of an aviation safety organization must be beyond reproach. Any innuendo that the regulator may have a conflict of interest creates substantial crisis of credibility….
ARTICLE: Recent events, news coverage, and aviation safety The news media with its 24 hour digestive track likes or demands immediate, short, simple answers when a story, like the American seat row tracks, becomes public….
ARTICLE: En Route Automation Program Is On Target, Says Director The IG has been a frequent critic of the FAA’s management of NextGen in general and ERAM specifically . It is GREAT news to hear…
ARTICLE: Renews Two Partnerships To Promote STEM-AVSED Curricula The future of aviation depends on the quality of the young women and men who are attracted to all aspects of the business—engineers, regulators, mechanics, pilots, flight…
ARTICLE: GAMA/AOPA Webinar this Friday, Oct 5 at 1pm EDT on FAA Part 23 Aviation Rulemaking Committee (ARC) It is unusual when the federal government formally requests input from the private sector for outside-the-beltway opinions…
ARTICLE: Safety Analytics in the Air and on the Ground This is an interesting commentary on a recent article “NASA Uses Text Analytics to Bolster Aviation Safety.” The statistical analytics that are being used to…
ARTICLE: Regulators Focus On Runways A lot of smart people have devoted considerable attention to the problems being encountered on runways and still, as noted by NTSB Chairwoman Debbie Hersman: “These incidents remind us how…
ARTICLE: Flight Design pitches transatlantic adventure The German LSA manufacturer, Flight Design, has a creative marketing department. They have launched a campaign to attract US buyers. The attraction is that Flight Design has assembled support…