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…
ARTICLE: GAMA Files Comments in Support of FAA Airman Certification Standards for Pilot Training The folks at GAMA are influencing the future of the certification and operation of the aircraft which their members manufacture. The…
ARTICLE: College of Business dean announces suggestion to terminate flight program within aviation management degree Auburn University has decided to “outsource” its flight training program. Affiliation without academic credit may be the best that can…
ARTICLE: Fatigue Risk Management System is Preferred Method to Address Rest The issue of flight duty and rest has been a contentious issue for decades. Whether it is the circadian effects of operating on the…
ARTICLE: Pilot’s texting contributed to fatal copter crash, NTSB says Aviation accidents are rarely the result of a single error. NTSB findings of probable cause have frequently listed a number of factors which contribute to…
Research: Logbook Hours Don’t Always Make Safer Pilots Matthew Thomas and Melanie Todd completed a study in 2012 to examine the relationship between a pilot’s flight hours and their performance. In their report “Flight Hours and…
ARTICLE: Inclusion of Flight Attendants in ASAP adds to Systematic Safety Approach Though not the first such safety program with flight attendants, the adoption of an Aviation Safety Program by the FAA, US Airways management, and…