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Currently I’m evaluating research on the roles of the Captain vs the First Officer in the detection and correction of procedural errors on the flight deck. Fortunately I’m not looking at our entire operation, just one small corner of it. First, some background. Delaying Final FMC Performance Data Entry Our SOP’s are pretty much based on Boeing’s [...]
On January 13, 2011, Air Canada Flight 878 departed Toronto for Zurich on a scheduled passenger service with 95 passengers, 6 flight attendants and 2 flight crew. After approximately three hours of flight time, the First Officer expressed a desire for a ‘controlled rest’ – a standard practice used in many (usually non-US) airlines that [...]
A Runway Change, particularly once the aircraft has begun to move under it’s own power, can be a profound change to implement on the flight deck. If you sit on the flight deck in cruise, look around and consider the worst sequence of runway change – say from a long runway away from terrain and [...]
For the last two years I’ve had the privilege of working closely with Karlene Petitt on a number of projects – including a number of websites and a podcast. As a group, we’ve followed the progress of her first novel with great interest. In fact, in the early days of our collaboration, her book was [...]
Attached are two documents that seemingly appear to be genuine Airbus documentation detailing damage done to QF32 as a result of the uncontained failure on the Airbus A380 earlier this month. The first document, QF32-A380-Damage-Overview.pdf, appears to be a PowerPoint slide presented by Thomas Montagne, Airbus’ Technical Services Manager. It presents an overview of major [...]
We considered devoting a segment on the uncontained engine failure of Qantas Flight 32 (VH-OQA, an Airbus A380) in the latest episode of Flight Podcast, but decided it was inappropriate to address the issues in any detail in the early stages void of any real or formal investigation. We have a panel of experts that [...]
The real story about a cargo fire indication that forced Northwest airlines Flight 41 to divert into Iran was never told in any detail. The airline did a wonderful job of silencing the crew on board the airliner to the point where most employees were – and remain – blissfully unaware that one of their [...]
Between trying to record and produce for an Australian based aviation TV program, podcasting (which is taking for more time than any of our participants ever expected – due in part to the extroadinary popularity of it after only one episode) and a hectic international schedule, the posts to this blog have dropped off a [...]
On the 16th and 17th February, an Air Traffic Controller at John F. Kennedy airport (Glenn Duffy, 48, of Stony Brook, New York) permitted his 7-year-old son and younger daughter to issue ATC instructions with JFK air traffic. The recordings were posted onto LiveATC.net before the FAA and the air traffic controllers’ union became aware [...]
The following internal safety audit report into Korean Airlines flying operations was conducted in September 1998 by an external New Zealand check and training pilot. The internal safety audit report was allegedly part of a wider program being overseen by Delta Airlines of America. It was never intended to be public. The report was allegedly [...]
This is one of the most disturbing videos that I have ever seen. It’s taken from the inside of Beechcraft Bonanza and shows a pilot in formation with an L39, flying in marginal VMC conditions around mountainous terrain. The pilot ‘inadvertently’ enteres cloud at low altitude and comes within inches of killing all on board [...]
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