Date Posted: July 7, 2011 — by David Evans
The aviation industry is now facing direct actions to abate the growing effects of climate change. The implications for the industry are profound: fewer flights with more passengers, higher ticket prices to offset the costs of environmental pollution, and perhaps even a reduction in the...
Date Posted: July 1, 2011 — by David Evans
The “Most Wanted” list of safety improvements has been upgraded to reflect a more contemporary appearance, but no effort has been devoted to making the list more effective. Result: recommendations deemed especially critical languish on the list for years then disappear into a black hole...
Date Posted: June 24, 2011 — by David Evans
Expansion of the icing envelope for aircraft certification purposes, as proposed by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), will not cover all the icing conditions likely to be encountered by an airplane during its service life. The envelope needs to be expanded, claim a group of...
Date Posted: June 22, 2011 — by David Evans
The notion of supersonic airline flight keeps popping up, like a perennial weed. The latest concept comes from Airbus, which envisions of all things an eco-friendly supersonic jet that will fly 100 passengers at hypersonic speeds. The Airbus concept for such an airplane was revealed...
Date Posted: June 7, 2011 — by David Evans
Even now with the benefit of the flight recorders, French investigators seem quite flummoxed about the circumstances which led to the crash of Air France flight 447 in the South Atlantic on 1 June 2009. The answer to one question seems clear: Is the pilot...
Date Posted: June 1, 2011 — by David Evans
It is not good when crash investigators reveal a distinct lack of curiosity. Case in point: the investigation into the crash in Alaska which killed the pilot, Sen. Ted Stevens and three other passengers. Four other passengers survived, although injured. (See Aviation Safety Journal, January 2011,...
Date Posted: May 19, 2011 — by David Evans
Some bureaucrats at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) are good at tooting their own horns in the face of overwhelming and continuing vulnerability. A case in point is an FAA Technical Center document dated May 2011.
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Date Posted: May 10, 2011 — by David Evans
A bill passed overwhelmingly by a vote of 223 to 196 contains a provision that could make it more difficult for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to issue new safety regulations for the aviation industry.
Amendment 23 of the FAA Reauthorization and Reform Act...
Date Posted: May 9, 2011 — by David Evans
The investigation of a cargo airplane crash reveals inconsistencies in the government’s approach to air safety. Both the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) are open to criticism for being inconsistent. The lack of a uniform approach makes safety improvement...
Date Posted: April 29, 2011 — by David Evans
How to prioritize rulemaking projects is a new task which the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will assign to a committee of experts. This committee, known as the Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee (ARAC), will meet behind closed doors, its deliberations not open to the public, according...
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