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The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA’s) new compliance philosophy1 has introduced an oversight approach that proactively manages risks through the “identification and control of existing or emerging safety issues” and…
A pilot fails to notice a warning light for two critical aircraft systems and conducts a takeoff. A crew ignores company procedures on a repositioning flight. A maintenance technician fails…
If I close my eyes and think back real hard, I can remember when I was a newly certificated aviation maintenance technician (AMT). Armed with my airframe and powerplant certificate…
Some aging pilots struggle to respond appropriately to this insidious threat.
In an article comparing constant-angle, nonprecision, straight-in instrument approach procedures (IAPs) with “dive-and-drive” (stepdown) IAP designs (“Continuous Descent,” ASW, 7/13), the article’s source makes a case against airline flight crews’…
SMS must be built into UAS development — beginning with testing.
EU countries have a top aviation safety record, but improvements in the system still are needed.
