Axe to fall on dozens of top FAA officials<br><br>Web Posted 12:57 AM ET, April 30, 2001.<br><br>By Dan Rupp<br><br><br><br>ASO SafetyCenter, Chicago — Air...
FAA Proposes $211G Fine Vs. Airline<br>Source: Associated Press <br>Publication date: 2001-05-01<br><br><br>SEATTLE (AP) -- The Federal Aviation Administration...
This is why I do not fly. I know that in the past<br>many people (like Stuart) have tried to brand me as a fool who believes in conspiracies, but the <br>truth...
I don't think you are a fool, Maggie! Not at all! I don't happen to believe in conspiracies myself, but I also don't condem those who choose to do so: it's...
Actually, I don't believe in conspiracies either.<br><br>And I don't think the problem is confined to the<br>Airline Industry.<br><br>What I do believe is...
It looks like our opinions are even closer than either of us thought, then! <br><br>Even though I do run a company, I do not subscribe to the prevaling ...
I don't know what Swissair's problem is - but I can tell you that they've exhibited pretty poor judgement in the past. (see the installation of that dumb ...
Maggie, in my book, if an airline deliberately falsifies records as a general policy, then there should be a BIG TIME penalty, starting with criminal action ...
Stuart wrote:<br>> Now, as for the situation right now with Swissair, I'd really like to know just where the fault lies: <br><br>Yes, so would the ...
Workforce Issues: Essential Human Factors<br><br>A human factors program is a critical error-reduction tool and can help create a safety culture change within...
I can attest to portions of your views, Stuart. I have witnessed the gross negligence, desperate measures and just plain poor choices at the aircraft ...
Flight 261 case far from over <br><br>By Steve Miletich<br>Seattle Times business reporter<br><br>Although punitive damages against Alaska Airlines have been...
Tommy McFall of Southlake, Texas is a former National Transportation Safety Board accident investigator, airline pilot, and Naval Aviator. Mr. McFall is ...
From Air Safety Week:<br><br>Pilot Error, Another Look<br> <br>The industry could be right at that point where an upswing in accidents due to pilot error is in...
There are other factors and underlying trends that are latent and unidentifiable in such statistics, and which can skew them in different directions. Some of...
Moreover, another authority has decided to put its name to a trend it apprehends could be FAST rising. FAST is an acronym for Future Aviation Safety Team. It...
From Air Safety Week:<br><br>FAST Rising Threats to Future Air Safety: The 'dirty eleven'<br>Reliance on flight deck automation. <br>Emergence of new concepts...
We have been following the controversial launching of the new travel site, Orbitz because the CEO is Jeffrey Katz, former CEO of swissair during the period ...
This is a small excerpt from Stephen Kimber's book, 'Flight 111.'<br><br>"Though he would concede later that it might seem "macabre" to<br>outsiders, Katz...
"I think the penalties for these things are never stiff enough, otherwise companies would not dream of doing what they are doing." <br><br>Maggie here is ...
FAA UNEASY ABOUT NON-STC’D SMOKE SAFETY DEVICES<br><br>by Stephen Pope<br><br>In a bulletin issued by the FAA’s flight standards office in Washington,...
More than Ironic, Barbara, I'd say it is somewhat shocking! As far as I'm aware, these devices were carefully designed to be used in cockpits, and have been...
At a cost of US$ 11,000 apiece, I hardly think the average airline or airline pilot is going to buy one unless he is absolutely convinced that it is a usefull...
The highest priority of every institution is its own survival. Bureaucratic institutions like the FAA have a particularly obnoxious way of responding to ...
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