Highly scrutinized B727 Max 8 Boeing Chief Engineer Retires No one notices he was head of ODA for Max 8 So much to learn from him!!! Every investigative journalist, who can spell airplane, and every…
Another B737 Max 8 hearing–only one witness listed. Third hearing held by House, last was October 29. Wonder if the Democrats will do as promised and invite the FAA officials who made the Boeing 737…
Congress’ insipid practice of setting deadlines for answers in statutes without priorities Rep Graves (MO) and Rep. Graves (LA) ask good questions ODA staffing, training and support are critical issues Congress has developed a…
Congress is on a HILL From there it sees ALL Sometimes for GOOD and some NIL Congress is constitutionally empowered to set the safety parameters for Aviation Safety through enacting the Federal Aviation Act, periodically….
Representative Hughes of New Jersey died Was the Champion and Defender of NAFEC a/k/a the FAA Tech Center Saw the Importance for FAA to have Technology as a Mission Commentary here about Congress’ is frequently…
Aviation Safety Bill Targets Challenges Posed by Flight Automation Senators convert NTSB recommendation into a Bill Center of Excellence for Flight Automation and Human Factors in Commercial Aircraft COEs on a number of advanced technical…
NOTAM is critical safety communication from FAA to pilots So much information is in this Notice that its value is diminished ATO COO Teri Bristol announces new format A NOTICE TO AIRMAN has been an…
New FAA study will look at relation between airplane seat size and evacuation speed Civil Aerospace Medical Institute has FlexSim “laboratory” Try to measure correlation pitch/width and evacuation time Configurations: 2 seats on each side…