In 2015 Germanwings highlighted Pilot Mental Health Second Burjeel Medical Aviation Congress adds some useful thoughts Three recent medical journals make excellent suggestions The FAA’s Office of Aerospace Medicine has as one of its missions…
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India’s DGCA has struggled with with “peer” audits It has enthusiastically followed a State Safety Program DGCA identified that one of India’s airlines was using pilots with inadequate training India’s Directorate General of Civil…
Many names have been posed to follow Adm. Dickson at FAA Fix Boeing and other skills cited to support them HR analysis of recent FAA surveys suggest otherwise [HYPOTHETICAL MEMORANDUM] TO: Gautam Raghavan, Deputy Director…
FAA manages many,many NPRMs The Significant Rulemaking Report tracks the IMPORTANT ones January Report= SMS for airports, drug&alcohol for FRSs, UAS, Flight& Duty, Secondary Barriers,SST noise st The Significant Rulemakings Report (SRR) provides a summary…
Aviation has moved to preventative mode Young UND student’s suicide crash ASKS WHAT ABOUT PILOT MENTAL HEALTH It’s happened again– John Alan Hauser of Chicago died when his University of North Dakota training plane crashed…
Pandemic Quarantine kept many pilots from Cockpit Long absence from controlling planes likely to diminish SKILLS EASA issues practical guidance to address DECAY Many, if not all, aviation safety pundits have expressed concerns about the…
The annual Nall Report by AOPA ASI shows progress in GA Safety #1 risk is Loss of Control SMS would help identify the antecedents; GA says too burdensome Research by FAA. NTSB. Flight Safety Foundation,…
Media report on pilots’ diminished skills due to COVID absence Fail to mention that AWARENESS is key to addressing risk FAA Duty to Report Fit, Safety Briefings, NASA ASRS Callbacks and IATA guidance The worldwide…