Cover Story, Winter/Challenging Ops
Can You Stop?
A Norwegian study found that runway condition reports may notprovide an answer.
Runway Safety (approach and landing), Flight Ops, Winter/Challenging Ops
Valuable Intelligence
Temperature–dew point spread helps pilots anticipate slippery winter landing conditions.
The Big Chill
ACPA conference participants learn how to beat winter at its own game.
Watery Illusions
Pilots of the Super Puma misunderstood their location during an overwater approach to a North Sea helideck.
Flash of Light
Authorities blame the increased availability of relatively cheap high‑powered laser pointers for a surge in laser strikes on aircraft.
GSIP Related Articles, Safety Oversight
No Turning Back
Airlines redouble participation in FAA ASIAS analyses that transform proprietary safety data into system-level solutions.
Verge of Consciousness
Hypoxia prevented the pilot from understanding what the gauges were telling him.
Everyone’s Business
Polar route operators routinely adapt to space weather, but scientists envision global communication interference and electrical blackouts.
More Than A Door
Despite years of CRM training, barriers still inhibit cockpit-cabin information flows.
Executive Message, President's Message
Protect the Data | Looking Beyond Accidents
The discussion of protecting aviation safety data from use in courts of law prompted this exchange between Rutger G. Vossen, board member, technical affairs for the Dutch Airline Pilot Association,…
Fear of Damage
Lately I’ve heard a fear expressed increasingly often that what we say about aviation safety issues in public, or in private meetings or even in response to surveys trying to…
Safety News | November 2011
Falling Behind European nations are falling behind in efforts to upgrade the continent’s “notoriously inefficient” air traffic management, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) says. IATA said the problem has…
Zero Gained
Taiwan’s commercial transport category airplanes have had no fatal accidents since 2002.
The Restless Flight Attendant
A statistical analysis finds more detail about flight attendants’ reports of on-the-job fatigue.
High Speed + Tail Wind + Wet Runway = Overrun
Both pilots had doubts about the landing, but neither called for a go-around.