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March 9, 2009
Safety and Technology Trends
FAA Names Aviation Safety Execs The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has announced several key personnel changes in the agency's aviation safety organization. Peggy Gilligan was named the new associate administrator for aviation safety. Gilligan has...
March 9, 2009
Safety Rules & Regs
Airworthiness Directives; Boeing Model 737-600, -700, -700C, -800, and -900 Final rule; request for comments. SUMMARY: This document publishes in the Federal Register an amendment adopting airworthiness directive (AD) 2008-24-51. This AD requires...
March 2, 2009
Safety & Technology Trends
Chealander to Join Airbus Steven Chealander will join Airbus Industries next month as the company's vice president, technical training. Chealander will assume his duties on March 9th at Airbus' Training Center in Miami, FL. Chealander is currently one of five...
March 2, 2009
Safety Rules & Regs
Airworthiness Directives; BAE Systems (Operations) Limited (Jetstream) Model 4101. Final rule. SUMMARY: The FAA is superseding an existing airworthiness directive (AD), which applies to all BAE Systems (Operations) Limited (Jetstream) Model 4101 airplanes...
February 23, 2009
FAA/NTSB Remain at Odds over Turboprop Icing Needs
Ever since 1994 when an American Eagle flight en route to Chicago in freezing rain went into a high-speed dive and crashed near Roselawn, Indiana, killing all 68 people aboard, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and the Federal Aviation...
February 23, 2009
Continental Connection Crash Prompts Tailplane Stall Suspicions
While it will be at least a year before the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) issues its probable cause determination on the Feb. 12 fatal crash of Continental Connection Flight 3407 in Buffalo, NY, there is growing suspicion that icing may...
February 23, 2009
Continental Airlines Safety Records Sought by Airline Passenger Rights Group
The Coalition for an Airline Passengers' Bill of Rights and The Gibson Law Firm have filed federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests regarding two recent crashes of Continental Airlines flights. The requests, which were submitted to the U.S...
February 23, 2009
Innovative Web Site Captured Crash of Flight 3407
Media coverage of the fatal crash of a Colgan Air Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 turboprop in Buffalo, NY on Feb. 12 was helped by a network of amateur radio and aviation enthusiasts that aired on their web site (http://www.liveatc.net) the final air traffic control...
February 23, 2009
Techniques For Saving Fuel And Reducing Noise
Airline passengers arriving in Atlanta on early morning "redeye" flights during the past few months may have noticed something different during their descent to the runway. Instead of the typical sound of engine power rising and falling as the...
February 23, 2009
USAF Weather Squadron Picks Up New Responsibilities
The 15th Operational Weather Squadron at Scott AFB will assume short-term backup responsibilities for the National Weather Service's Aviation Weather Center and Storm Prediction Center on April 1. AWC provides aviation warnings and forecasts of hazardous...
February 23, 2009
Safety & Technology Trends
Air Berlin Adopts Electronic Nav Charts Following a three-month implementation phase, the airlines in the Air Berlin Group are now flying with the Lufthansa Systems Lido eRouteManual electronic navigation charts. The five-year contract also covers the use of...
February 16, 2009
NTSB Urges Closer Monitoring of Gulf Chopper Commo
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recommends that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) more closely monitor the communication contingency plans of all Gulf of Mexico operators following natural disasters. The advisory was prompted by the...
February 16, 2009
USAF Supports Nigerian Air Safety
Statistically, traveling by air is often cited at the safest way to travel. While taking to the sky has some inherent risk, advances in technology, coupled with stringent maintenance requirements and rigorous training procedures for aircrews have contributed...
February 16, 2009
Safety & Technology Trends
American Air Urges Pilots to Restart ASAP American Airlines is urging its pilots' union to restart the Aviation Safety Action Program (ASAP) that expired last October when the carrier and union couldn't agree on changes. However, an Allied Pilots Association...
February 16, 2009
Safety Rules & Regs
Federal AviationAdministration Advisory CircularApproval Guidance for RNP Operations and Barometric Vertical Navigation in the U.S. National Airspace System. This advisory circular (AC) provides system and operational approval guidance for operators to...
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