Who to Contact if You’re Impacted by Aircraft Noise FAA Reauthorization of 1996 added one national Ombudsman FAA Reauthorization of 2019 added eight Regional Ombudsman ACUS guidance points to existing Regional Directors Aviation Noise Ombudsman,…
New York Lawmakers Demand Grounding of ‘Joy-Riding’ Helicopter Flights After Latest Crash Request Temporary Flight Restriction NYC helicopter facts do not meet FAR requirements Change Regulations slower than pass Legislation “Reps. Carolyn Maloney, Jerrold Nadler,…
2017 was the safest year in aviation Since reaching that height, COMPLACENCY? Loss of TRUST among FAA, Labor and management- HURT SMS data-driven discipline? Aviation has reached unparalleled safety levels and some or all of…
Cognitive psychology research suggests pilots could be learning the wrong lessons from close-calls Study suggests that cognitive outcome bias may result in future repeat of same behavior SMS learns from errors Might SMS try to…
Two crashes in 2014 and now Five Years later some answers? Dutch prosecutors file criminal charges against four for MH 17 Atlantic article provides an excellent hypothesis for MH 370 Two aviation disasters befell one…
FAA Initiating Rulemaking Activities For Civil Supersonic Aircraft Taking Steps To Advance The Development Of Civilian Supersonic Airplanes[1] In consecutive sections Congress tells FAA to reduce noise and to move SST (more noise) National Noise…
New Jets Threaten Airbus and Boeing Duopoly China, Japan and Russia developing new commercial airliners First aircraft design is not that easy Comac and Sukhoi planes are having problems; Mitsubishi needs some pax amenities This…
U.S. Lawmaker to Introduce Bill on Aircraft Maintenance Disclosure Another in a long list of efforts to stop Aircraft Maintenance Outsourcing Prior Efforts have not shown that independent MROs are unsafe When and what would…