Georgia: Dealing with Drones
Super Bowl Security Operation Proves Drones Can Be Part Of The Solution Six drones confiscated in Atlanta ahead of Super Bowl Georgia Man Charged with Operating an Unregistered Unmanned Aircraft System The state of…
Irresistible Force v. Immovable Object: Clash between SST and Environmental Opposition
Billionaire Bass’s Supersonic Jet Dream Wins Boeing Backing Boeing makes ‘significant investment’ in supersonic jet developer Aerion V. Global warming: New supersonic airplanes would be terrible for environment, study warns Noise and climate impacts of…
CBS INVESTIGATION DID NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT COMPLIANCE MEANS
FAA investigators assessing mechanics’ complaints may be interpreting regulations differently, CBS News investigation finds [ARTICLE 1] Airline mechanics feel pressured to overlook potential safety problems: “Accident waiting to happen” [article 2] [from article 1]…
Tracking the NTSB Most Wanted List
2019-2020 Most Wanted List NTSB Annual Event GENERAL AVIATION NOT LISTED Tracking annual MWLs Aviation safety is not a still photograph. Both the operational circumstances and the vigilance in pursuit of minimizing risk makes the…
New Director of EU’s Clean Sky with €4 billion budget
Airbus veteran steps up to head EU’s CleanSky research programme Axel Krein takes charge of €4B public-private partnership for clean aviation, at a time when its future EU funding is up in the air New…
New York Times on Lion Air Boeing 737 Max-YOUR THOUGHTS???
Lion Air 737 MAX 8 multiple reports and theories NYT thorough article YOUR THOUGHTS IN RESPONSE On 29th October, 2018, a Lion Air 737 MAX 8 crashed and an investigation was initiated to determine its…
1,400 Words about new AA Hangar, two say “safety”, more needed?
An Article, the Architect’s Summary and the AA press Release Over 1,400 words, SAFETY mentioned twice Thoughts on what should be mentioned! Big announcement was issued on the completion of American’s Hangar 2 at O’Hare…
Southwest paid the FAA for work done during Shutdown —a possible long term source of FAA funding?
Southwest paid FAA for work during Shutdown Follows prior policy Future way to fund FAA? The “sturm und drang”[1] of the Partial Shutdown was the pressure cooker for many odd outcomes. The one described below…