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ACSF ASAP Program Reaches 115 Participants

The reports are beginning to produce non-compliance and root cause trends, enabling the development of common mitigations.

Safety

October 31, 2018

FAA Working With Industry on High-altitude O2 Mandate

Rick Miller, a top expert on the high-altitude oxygen mask requirement, expressed hope that "something positive" would result soon.

Safety

October 31, 2018

FAA Asks Operators To Examine W&B Procedures

A number of accident and incident investigations have revealed several instances where inaccurate basic operating weight was used.

Charter & Fractional

October 30, 2018

Runway Safety, Fatigue Land on Canada TSB Watchlist

Runway overruns and risk of collisions on runways, as well as fatigue, was cited by TSB as a concern for aviation safety.

Regulations and Government

October 30, 2018

Safety Standdown Strives To Normalize Excellence

FAA, NTSB, NBAA, and top safety experts kick off this year's Safety Standdown, which is now entering its third decade.

Safety

October 30, 2018

2018 Bombardier Safety Standdown Takes Off

In-person event is at capacity, but interested aviation professionals can still virtually attend the event via webcast.

Safety

October 30, 2018

NTSB Calls for 25-hour CVRs

According to the Safety Board, recent safety investigations have been hampered because relevant portions of the recordings were overwritten.

Regulations and Government

October 29, 2018

Metro Improves FOQA with IRIS FDM

Flagged Events Drop 20% In One Year

Rotorcraft

October 26, 2018

AINsight: Notams Are Wall of Text and Bunch of Garbage

Human-factors can improve the dissemination of information.

Safety

October 26, 2018

Eurocontrol Continues Wake-turbulence Research

Avoiding and countering wake vortices remains primarily an operational concern.

Safety

October 23, 2018

Polaris Integrates Pulsar's 'Fatigue Meter'

The integration enhances pre-fllight risk management.

Safety

October 18, 2018

Air Transport Growth in India Threatened by Safety Lapses

U.S. FAA due to conduct audit of Indian DGCA starting October 31

Airlines

October 18, 2018

IS&S ThrustSense Offers VMC Protection

System Monitors Yaw, Adjusts Engine Power

Safety

October 17, 2018

First IS-BAH Stage 3 FBO Announced

Fort Worth, Texas-based American Aero FTW is one of the industry's earliest adopters of the voluntary SMS-based program.

FBOs

October 17, 2018

Tac Air Earns Chain-wide IS-BAH Stage 2

It becomes the first large FBO operator to earn the distinction at all of its facilities.

FBOs

October 17, 2018

Liftkar Portable Stair Climber Makes NBAA Debut

Unit can lift up to 352 pounds up an aircraft or any other set of stairs, drawing interest from FBOs, charter management companies, and aircraft owners.

Aircraft

October 17, 2018