AA 5324 in DC Feb 2025

AA5342 mishap investigation Dear NTSB Investigators:   Important points related to AA 5342 mishap investigation:   1. From the time the CRJ flight crew accepted and was assigned the River visual Approach to RW 1, and later Circling to RW 31, FAA ATC no longer considered the flight to be operating under FAR IFR rules,Continue reading “AA 5324 in DC Feb 2025”

UPS Safety Program: Prevention or Mishap Investigation? What are the Financial Consequences of a Failed Safety Program?

Is UPS Airlines now joining the ranks of so many previously safe FAR Part 121 airlines whose safety program looks good on paper, but in the field is no longer functioning to prevent fatal mishaps? Since 1982, UPS has run UPS Airlines free of fatal mishaps. In fact the few mishaps that have occurred in the operationContinue reading “UPS Safety Program: Prevention or Mishap Investigation? What are the Financial Consequences of a Failed Safety Program?”