Partners and Programs:
Partners and Programs:

FLIGHT SAFETY FOUNDATION HEADQUARTERS

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Phone: +1 703 739 6700 Fax: +1 703 739 6708

AeroSafety World

AeroSafety World April 2011

Mechanical Issues, Maintenance Matters

Bad Parts

An influx of counterfeit parts has prompted an industry group to recommend ways of curbing risks.

by Linda Werfelman

Runway Safety (approach and landing), Cover Story

Too Late to Go

Faced with an imminent overrun, a Hawker captain attempted a go-around.

by Mark Lacagnina

InSight

Safety Chill

Journalists are rightly concerned about “libel chill,” the threat of litigation used to discourage investigative reporting that can damage powerful interests. Though under-reported by journalists, there is another “chill” that…

by Barry Wiszniowski

Cabin Safety

Collective Wisdom

Simulations show how child restraint systems work, but lack of injury-exposure data impedes policy insights.

by Wayne Rosenkrans

Flight Ops

Why Good Forecasts Go Bad

Every now and then even the best tools result in little more than a guess.

by Ed Brotak

Threat Analysis

LightSquared on Track

GPS specialists race the clock to resolve concerns about harmful interference from a new U.S. wireless broadband network.

by Wayne Rosenkrans

Infrastructure

Shutting Down

A Flight Safety Foundation report is proposing guidelines to identify IAPs that could be decommissioned.

by Linda Werfelman

Business Ops

Checklist Confusion

Corporate operators have little guidance for modifying manufacturers’ checklists.

by David M. Bjellos

Seminars EASS

Stop Stalling

Loss of control accidents have safety experts looking closely at stall prevention and recovery training.

by J.A. Donoghue

President's Message

Changing the Conversation

One mission of this organization is to represent the global aviation safety community in the news media. We can go on the record and say things that might not be…

by William R. Voss

Editorial Page

Slipping Away

One of the toughest jobs connected with aviation safety is trying to convince operators that being safe today has little bearing on being safe tomorrow if continuous attention is not…

by J.A. Donoghue

Safety Briefs

Safety News | April 2011

Control-Tower Supervision Air traffic controllers should not be permitted to work as supervisors at the same time they are performing operational air traffic control duties, the U.S. National Transportation Safety…

by Linda Werfelman

Foundation Focus

BARS Training Advances

The global demand for raw materials has caused a significant growth in mining operations, with an equivalent level of growth in the operations of contract aviation companies involved in supporting…

by Flight Safety Foundation

DataLink

Side Trips

Runway conditions were only one factor in excursions, U.K. data show.

by Rick Darby

InfoScan

The View From the Sharp End

The first error is trying to define human error.

by Rick Darby

On Record

Brake Anomaly Causes Overrun

Business jet was slow to accelerate for takeoff, then could not be stopped.

by Mark Lacagnina