
Is There Really a No.1?
For those who manage risk in aviation organizations, it can be irritating when simplistic news reports start hitting the street about who is “No. 1 in airline safety.” While the airlines…
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For those who manage risk in aviation organizations, it can be irritating when simplistic news reports start hitting the street about who is “No. 1 in airline safety.” While the airlines…
by Mark Millam
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…
by Barry C. Davis, Julia Pounds, Paul Krois, and Melissa Wishy
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…
by Sunshine McCarthy
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…
by Carol E. Giles
Some aging pilots struggle to respond appropriately to this insidious threat.
by Peter v. Agur Jr.
Remotely piloted aircraft warrant a new CRM.
by David Royo and Thomas Anthony
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’…
by Alan Gurevich
SMS must be built into UAS development — beginning with testing.
by Thomas Anthony and Harrison Wolf