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One Possible, Practical, Repeatable Response to the Regional Airline Pilot...
ARTICLE:LETU partners with Skywest for pilot cadet program There appears to have been more debate than progress on the matter of the pilot shortage. The above linked story shows some smart movement by...
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Airbus announces a Response to the Pilot-Automation Interface Problems; it is...
Both the National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration have opined that the pilot-cockpit interface has its problems due to the crewmembers’ inordinate reliance on...
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Auburn Reverses Field from Closing to Upgrading its Aviation Program
There is no doubt that aviation needs more pilots; even ALPA must admit that a robust inventory of well-trained professional aviators is a BIG plus for safety. The below↓ article is good news about a...
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Bruce Landsberg retires as GA’s Chief Safety Officer
Bruce Landsberg is leaving AOPA as its President of the Foundation and Executive Director of the Air Safety Institute. Those are such large shoes to fill that two people will occupy his two prior...
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Something New and Old in Aviation Education—All Good for Aviation Safety
The value, if not the necessity, of aviation education to the future of our profession is a frequent theme here. With repeated warnings of pilot shortages and recent consternation by the university...
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Acting NTSB Chair Hart uses real cases to show need for better Pilot...
This subject has been a frequent topic here. Pilot professionalism is so important that it bears repeating again and again. Acting NTSB Chair Christopher Hart, himself a pilot and an aeronautical...
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Welcome to First Woman Chair of RAA
For anachronistic, misguided reasons, women did not receive appropriate opportunities in the airline industry for too many years. That is the past and now positions of authority are increasingly...
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A Pilot may not fly when Fatigued; that rule protects Safety
Cargo pilots are claiming that the lack of regulations is likely to result in fatal accidents. That allegation is not sustainable if the PICs and SICs are complying with one simple rule. The FAA has...
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Reading between the Lines of the FAA’s sUAS NPRM, some insights
The sUAS rule had a seven year (plus) gestation period, clearly has more than one author/parent and was born in a 195 page package. The commentary from a representative group of stakeholders, other...
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Harrison Ford’s accident at Santa Monica is example of how safe the Airport...
As represented by the articles below, the opponents to the existence of Santa Monica Airport have tried to leverage the publicity of Harrison Ford’s crash to give credibility to their claims that it...
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Technology is an Important Addition to Aviation Safety; the Pilot is the...
It is clearly too early to make any conclusions; for the NTSB is merely at the preliminary stages of its investigation of the June 25 deHavilland DHC-3 Otter turboprop crash on a cliff about 25 miles...
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Wildfire, Wildfire Burning is the Cry; Aviation must respond is the Reply—...
The below two headlines scream that the US inventory of aviation assets and pilots may not be adequate to preserve the nation’s national forests, other natural assets, homes, buildings and people. This...
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AP & DOT IG ignore the solution to airline pilot competency—it’s not JUST an...
The AP and the DoT Office of Inspector General need to be more current on new rubric of aviation safety. The below story and the IG report concludes that THE FAA enhances its “ability to ensure that...
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Global Business Aviation Safety Illuminated by 65 candles on FlightSafety...
The Impact of FlightSafety International FlightSafety International (not to be confused with Flight Safety Foundation) reached the milestone of its 65th Birthday. Founded by A.L. Ueltschi, the company...
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Innovative Paths to the JetBlue cockpit
FAA Insight by JDA Journal Gateway Select JetBlue’s New Program Offering Pathways to Piloting JetBlue has added Gateway Select program to its six other pathways to pilot careers at the carrier. It...
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FAA proposes NPRM on Pilot Professionalism based on 2010 ARC Reports
FAA Insight by JDA Journal FAA NPRM on Pilot Professionalism The History & Potential Improvement The Federal Aviation Administration issued an NPRM intended “to enhance the professional development...
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ICONic Airplane gets further lift with new training facility
FAA Insight by JDA Journal ICON A5 An Amphibious Light Sport Aircraft With A Training Center ICON Aircraft is a privately held American aircraft design and production company. ICON is selling its ICON...
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Experimental planes becoming safer, officials say
FAA Insight by JDA Journal Experimental Aircraft Safety Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) Raises Safety Performance KUDOS to the Experimental Aircraft Association. Against all odds, this set of...
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The debate over the 1,500-hour pilot rule needs Quantitative Analysis not...
FAA Insight by JDA Journal 1,500 Hour Pilot Rule Quantitative Analysis Providing Hard Data Some airlines aver that the higher minimum hour requirement is precluding them from finding qualified pilots....
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Aviation as a Stimulus for Students to take STEM courses
FAA Insight by JDA Journal The Value of STEM Education to Aviation Kids Reach New Heights in STEM Education Through Aviation is not a title which you would expect to find in US News & World Report....
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