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| 08.17.2009 |
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Safety Webinar Examines Increasing Safety Issues
This year has seen some of the worst controversies surrounding aviation safety in more than a decade as analysts debate the impact of such accidents as Colgan Flight 3407, the subject of Senate hearings yesterday, as well as Air France 447. For that reason...
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| 08.17.2009 |
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Safety & Technology Trends
NavSat System on Fokker Aircraft Fokker Services announces the introduction of an integrated Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) for the Fokker 100 and Fokker 70. With the integrated GNSS system Fokker operators will be able to obtain a more accurate...
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| 08.10.2009 |
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2008 Safety Review has Mixed Results
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has published its Annual Safety Review for 2008. The number of fatal accidents involving aircraft registered in member states of EASA and performing commercial air transport operations remained at the level of 2007...
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| 08.10.2009 |
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Safety & Technology Trends
ITT Teams with Oman RAF ITT has been awarded a contract to supply a turnkey Air Traffic Control (ATC) solution for the Royal Air Force of Oman (RAFO) at their new operational airbase. ITT will supply a turnkey ATC solution, including: a Terminal Air...
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| 08.10.2009 |
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Safety Rules & Regs
Safety Management System. Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM), Request for Comments. SUMMARY: This ANPRM solicits public comments on a potential rulemaking requiring certain 14 CFR part 21, 119, 121, 125, 135, 141, 142, and 145 certificate holders...
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| 08.03.2009 |
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Applying a New "Safety Culture' to Controller Errors
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has moved to ease tension with air traffic controllers who are meeting with senior agency officials and mediators over a new labor contract. "We're moving away from a culture of blame and punishment," said...
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| 08.03.2009 |
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Newark Installs New Runway Safety System
One of New York's busiest airports is now using an advanced ground radar system to improve safety. Newark Liberty International commissioned its Airport Surface Detection Equipment-Model X (ASDE-X) on July 15. ASDE-X enhances safety by collecting data from...
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| 08.03.2009 |
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Pilots Should Seek Apnea Treatment
Two pilots for Go! Airlines slumbered during a flight in Hawaii, were suspended for careless and reckless operation of an aircraft by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and subsequently fired by their employer. The captain was later found as suffering...
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| 08.03.2009 |
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Safety & Technology Trends
New NTSB Chairman Deborah Hersman, who has been a member of the National Transportation Safety Board for the past fiveyears, has been sworn in as the Safety Board's 12th chairman. Hersman was nominated for the two-year term as chairman by the While House last...
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| 07.27.2009 |
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Pilot Fatigue to be Studied
The DOT's Office of the Inspector General will evaluate the issue of aviation fatigue among pilots. The announcement stated: Title: Audit Initiated on the Review of FAA Regulations and Airline Policies Regarding Crew Rest Requirements and Fatigue Issues...
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| 07.27.2009 |
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Better Coordination Needed to Boost African Aviation Safety
A recently released General Accountability Office (GAO) report says more can be done to improve aviation safety among the nations of Africa. The African continent is important to U.S. economic, strategic, and foreign policy interests, and efforts have been...
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| 07.27.2009 |
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Sensis Conducts Low Cost Ground Surveillance Effort
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has selected the Sensis Low Cost Ground Surveillance (LCGS) system for evaluation as part of a secondary airport runway safety pilot program. The FAA initiative aims to reduce runway incursions at small- and...
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| 07.27.2009 |
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Safety Oversight of On Demand Operators Criticized
There is less safety oversight of "on-demand" flight operators than commercial airlines, according to a new audit by Transportation Department's Office of the Inspector General. The IG report says the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) conducts...
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| 07.27.2009 |
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Safety & Technology Trends
First Regional Airline Safety Forum The FAA on July 21 held the first meeting in what will be a series of 12 nationwide regional airline safety forums aimed at reducing risk at regional air carrier operations. The initial forum, held in a Washington, DC...
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| 07.20.2009 |
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Helping Pilots Get Past Ocean Storms
Scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, CO, are working on a system that would provide pilots on transoceanic flights more precise information about violent storms and clear air turbulence in their flight path. The NCAR...
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| 07.20.2009 |
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Alaska Air Going Green Over Seattle
This summer Alaska Airlines began testing next-generation flight procedures at Seattle-Tacoma (Sea-Tac) International that will allow the airline and its sister carrier, Horizon Air, to reduce their environmental impact during airport approaches. Dubbed...
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| 07.20.2009 |
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Making Alaskan Airfield Approaches Safer
Approaching Alaskan airfields can be an aerial obstacle course for aircraft making descents and landings. Often surrounded by challenging mountainous terrain, air corridors into and out of the airports may be hemmed in by pinnacles, towering conifers and even...
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| 07.20.2009 |
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FAA/NCOIC Team on NextGen
The FAA and the Network Centric Operations Industry Consortium (NCOIC) have entered into an agreement to advance the Enterprise Architecture of NextGen, the FAA's national airspace system (NAS) transformation program. NCOIC's FAA contract has a potential...
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| 07.20.2009 |
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Safety & Technology Trends
IHST to Meet The International Helicopter Safety Team (IHST) will hold its Third International Helicopter Safety Symposium, September 29 - October 1, 2009, at the Hotel Hilton Montr�al Bonaventure, Montr�al, Qu�bec, Canada. The event comes as long-term...
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| 07.13.2009 |
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Controller Fatigue and Errors Highlighted
A 21-page report by the U.S. DOT Office of the Inspector General points to air safety threats caused by air traffic controller fatigue in Chicago while recent runway incidents in Cleveland and Boston have resulted from training and operational miscues. The...
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