FAA Employees Can Now Express Safety Concerns Confidentially
Archives for » Page 38FAA employee confidential safety reporting The most significant safety asset on earth for pilots is the ability to report safety concerns, especially self-induced safety concerns, confidentially. Not only does it get the reporting pilot out of hot water, but it also helps other pilots benefit from what we learn from another pilot’s mistakes […]
ILS Approach with Autoland? – the FAA has a Warning
Archives for » Page 38Are you paying enough attention during each ILS approach? I’ll never forget my first autoland. It started like every other ILS approach, but when it get to 100 feet above the ground, moving at 130 kts and you can’t see a darn thing, things are not like other ILS approaches. To say it gets your attention […]
CTS Winter Operations Subjects Updated
Archives for » Page 38Winter Operations Subject Updates to Cold Temperature Airports Part of our service at CTS is updating our current subject material when updates arise. To that end, we have updated our rotor wing and fixed wing Winter Operations subjects per InFO 21004, which cancels and replaces InFO 19012. The updated InFO replaces the term “Cold Temperature Restricted […]
Pilot Training Lessons for Dual Engine Failure
Archives for » Page 38Pilot training, when done well, can change an emergency outcome At the end of my last recurrent pilot training lesson, my instructor gave me an unwelcome surprise. We were 10,000 feet over Atlanta when all went suddenly quiet – dual engine failure. We were busy down to the runway, which miraculously passed under […]
Class G Airspace May Get Warnings About Drones
Archives for » Page 38Class G airspace seems more crowded with drones The FAA has announced that drone operators have permission to fly their drones farther than line of sight AT NIGHT. It’s bad enough that they’re flying around in Class G airspace during broad daylight. Even though they aren’t supposed to be flown near […]
Pilot Training: Focusing During Runway Excursions
Archives for » Page 38Runway excursions happen when the aircraft and the training get away from you One of the 172s at our local flying school ended up in the grass the other day. No, it wasn’t a grass runway. It was very much paved, long, and wide. It was supposed to be just another […]
Oceanic Aviation Airspace Communication
Archives for » Page 38Oceanic aviation airspace is now more communicative than ever I just got the word that my boss is looking at an airplane in Switzerland, and if things work out as he has planned, someone will have to go over there and bring it back home. I think that someone may have […]
Pilot Training: Appreciating Recurrent
Archives for » Page 38Pilot Training Can Include Having Difficult Discussions I’m not sure if we appreciate recurrent pilot training for the gem that it is. For most of us, it’s a week of systems and simulators, and then we’re ready to take to the skies again. It’s a week in a hotel room, going out […]
Aviation Weather Plays a Role in “Scared Passengers” Lawsuit
Archives for » Page 38Aviation weather leads to a lawsuit A flight operated by Canadian Helicopters (CHO) in 2019 led to a lawsuit from the passengers. The official charge of the lawsuit was that bad weather led to multiple missed approaches to a Canadian oil rig, causing mental distress and even post-traumatic stress disorder. There […]
Aviation Airspace Safer From Laser Pointers With New Software
Archives for » Page 38Aviation airspace may stop seeing so many lasers during flights It amazes me that the authorities can locate the offenders in a laser attack on an aircraft. Think about all the aviation airspace up there; the laser-pointing criminals can be anywhere on the ground. They can be in a moving truck, a […]