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Monday, March 22, 2010
American Air in FAA 'Doghouse'
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has hit American Airlines with $300,000 in new fines over maintenance issues. The FAA says American's mechanics put off maintenance last year on pitot tubes. The aviation agency said mechanics noted problems with a dashboard light on a McDonnell Douglas MD-82, then... [read more]
March 22, 2010 Air Safety Week
Full Body Scanners: No Panacea
The push to deploy full body scanners at airports worldwide will cost U.S. taxpayers roughly $3 billion over eight years. But it is unclear that the devices would have prevented the Christmas Day terrorist attack involving a Northwest Airlines jetliner...
March 22, 2010 Air Safety Week
FAA/Wayward Northwest Pilots Enter Deal
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) says two Northwest Airlines pilots whose licenses were revoked after they flew past their destination last year have agreed to drop their appeal of the FAA's disciplinary action. In return, the grounded aviators will...
March 22, 2010 Air Safety Week
Hersman: Fatigue Major Threat to Transport Workers
Are we getting enough sleep? How does skipping or shortening a night's rest affect your job? Those questions may seem harmless in the context of professions that involve a large percentage of time sitting at a desk while looking at a computer screen, but in...
March 22, 2010 Air Safety Week
TSB Watchlist Includes Runway Concerns
The Transportation Safety Board (TSB) has released its latest "Watchlist" that points to critical safety issues troubling Canada's transportation system. Singled out by the Board was the risk of runway collisions, controlled flight into terrain...
March 22, 2010 Air Safety Week
Judicial Meddling in Safety Probes
During the 22nd Annual European Aviation Safety Seminar held in Lisbon, Portugal last week, the Flight Safety Foundation embraced recommendations to form a Multidisciplinary Task Force of legal experts from the aviation industry, law enforcement, judicial...
March 22, 2010 Air Safety Week
Air France 'Black Box' Search to Resume
The search for the flight data and cockpit voice recorders of Air France Flight 447, which crashed into the Atlantic last year killing all 228 people on board, will resume on 25 March, according to Le Figaro. The French newspaper said France's air accident...
March 22, 2010 Air Safety Week
FAA Ordered to Cough Up Cash
On March 4, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) denied the Federal Aviation Administration's appeal challenging a decision by an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) to pay Air Trek, a Florida-based air ambulance operator, attorney fees and expenses in...
March 22, 2010 Air Safety Week
Safety & Technology Trends
Purdue University Adopts FDM Purdue University's Department of Aviation Technology is factory-equipping its fleet of new Cirrus training aircraft with GA-FDM's predictive Flight Data Monitoring (FDM) and recording systems. The GA-FDM system, already used by...
March 22, 2010 Air Safety Week
Security Shortlines
Airport Vending Machine Ban Tossed It is reported that a federal appeals court has ruled that Raleigh-Durham International violated the First Amendment when it banned newspaper vending machines in 2004. A three- judge panel of the Fourth Circuit Court of...
March 22, 2010 Air Safety Week
Safety Rules & Regs
Boeing 777 Software. The FAA wants new software installed on Boeing 777s to prevent crew from inadvertently engaging the autopilot before takeoff. The problem can result in a high-speed rejected takeoff and increase the chance of a runway overrun. Boeing says...
March 22, 2010 Air Safety Week
Accidents & Incidents
Date Aircraft Type Narrative Death/Injury Remarks Feb 01, 2010 Watertown, NY CESSNA 402C N121PB A/c operating as Cape Air Flight 1805 substantially damaged during landing overrun on Runway 7 at Watertown International (ART). As pilot received ATC clearance...
March 19, 2010 N/A
Carry-On Baggage Endangers
The Association of Flight Attendants (AFA) has released the results of a recent membership survey in which one out of two flight attendants witnessed carry-on items falling from overhead bins in the previous 60 days. The union says the survey validates...
March 19, 2010 N/A
Eurocontrol Launches Aircraft Identification Program
Eurocontrol has initiated an Aircraft Identification Program to assign a unique identifier to all flights to be used continually by Feb. 9, 2012. According to the agency, the shortage of available secondary surveillance radar (SSR) codes has been causing...
March 18, 2010 Avionics
Pickering, Geotest-Marvin Form Alliance
Geotest-Marvin Test Systems, of Irvine, Calif., and U.K.-based Pickering Interfaces have formed a strategic alliance aimed at providing customers a broader range of test equipment choices. An initial element of this program has been the creation of a joint...
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