Article Article Article The discussion around Washington, particularly in the regional airline world, has been most discouraging about their future ability to hire and train pilots. The tone, if you read the cockpit blogs, has…
ARTICLE: “Preventing Fatigue is a Joint Responsibility” Over the past one or two years, there are few issues which have attracted as much attention as pilot fatigue, or as it used to be known as…
ARTICLE: ALPA Readies Aviation Industry for New Rule to Combat Pilot Fatigue The FAA has struggled to regulate the readiness of the cockpit crew for flight. For many years, the single most contentious FAR has…
ARTICLE: RAA members rally to answer FAA’s call The regulatory approach to aviation safety has moved from reactive to proactive. Much of those positive developments can be attributed to joint FAA/industry efforts, a quintessential example…
ARTICLE: FAA Proposes $2.75 Million Civil Penalty Against Boeing Co. for Quality Control Violations The civil penalty process has just begun and Boeing has not begun to explain its side of this story. It has…
ARTICLE: Monitoring Cockpit Systems Not Easy for Pilots The study of ergonomics made a significant contribution in the transition from a three person to a two pilot cockpit. The design and configuration of instrument display…
ARTICLE: Auburn University to Maintain Both Aviation Programs Responding to pressure from Auburn aviation alumni, students and future students (according to a source quoted in the attached article), Provost Timothy Boosinger announced that the University…
JDA partnered with G&W to teach 31 Chinese airport employees/middle managers/executives and three Civil Aviation Authority of China (CAAC) representatives about implementing Safety Management Systems. Clearly, the influences of ICAO’s SMS mandate caused airports from…