Continuous Descent vs. Dive-and-Drive
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’…
Touring
Despite safety progress, the U.S. air tour industry must resolve duty time, flight surveillance and maintenance issues, a report says.
Full Disclosure
Thorough U.S. aviation medical examiners ultimately save time, money and airman medical certificates of pilots.
Fatigue Fight
Study finds need for frequent reinforcement of the principles of fatigue countermeasures.
Timely Refinements
Airlines take a fresh look at all first officer training through the lens of their performance-based MPL programs.
Six-G Arrival
A copilot trainee inadvertently selected ground idle thrust on final approach.
Searching for Safety
Specialized aviation weather services aim to make information for pilots more accurate and more accessible.
Next Move
When the position of president and CEO of Flight Safety Foundation became available, it was immediately appealing to me. I recently had retired from International Aero Engines and was debating…
Child Restraint Devices
As parents, we’d all like to think that there is nowhere safer for our children than in our arms, particularly when our kids are very young. And from a nurturing…
Aviation Safety Events | June 2014
JUNE 10–11 — 2014 Safety Forum: Airborne Conflict. Flight Safety Foundation, Eurocontrol, European Regions Airline Association. Brussels, Belgium. <tzvetomir.blajev@eurocontrol.int>, <skybrary.aero>. JUNE 16 — International Progress Toward a Just Culture —…
Safety News | June 2014
Underwater Search | Air Ambulance Rules | Information Sharing | and more …
Analysis of Newly Harmonized Data Confirms Global Priorities
Approximately 61 percent of all commercial aviation accidents in 2013 occurred during the approach and landing phases of flight, according to an analysis of harmonized International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)…
Data Review
Reports Annual Safety Report 2013 U.K. Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB). 77 pp. Figures, indexes, tables. October 2013. Available from the AAIB at <www.aaib.gov.uk>. This report is the AAIB’s ninth…
Engine Fire on Night Takeoff
Fuel leak resulted from partial separation of a fuel flow transmitter.