Uncategorized – Safety Forecast

Safety and Training

Are safety and training related? If so, how?

Comair Expects Furloughs of up to 100 Pilots Starting in September in Wake of Service Cuts (AP, July 9) Comair expects to furlough up to 100 additional pilots between September and the end of the year in the wake Delta’s decision to make service cuts. The airline placed 295 pilots on furlough in October. AContinue reading “Comair Layoffs”

Safety is Local

Why is being local an important aspect of any safety program? The answer is quite simple: the owner of an asset has the most vested interest in preserving the assets by a safety program. Government and other organizations do have safety programs and they are important to aviation, especially commercial aviation. But the local programContinue reading “Safety is Local”

Air France 447, Airbus 330, Rio to Paris 1 June

First Published 1 June, but inadvertently deleted. It has been edited and re-posted today along with the accompanying comments. Thanx. Paul Miller The Weather Channel displayed an inter-tropical convergence zone (ITCZ) satellite shot of the area at the time of AF447 passage through the area. The Sat shot showed large areas of high cloud tops.Continue reading “Air France 447, Airbus 330, Rio to Paris 1 June”

Expensive Investigation? Better Operating Alternatives?

What are the costs now being incurred by Brazil, France, Air France, Airbus and all other parties to the AF447 disaster? Ever thought of that? My estimation is that more than $500 million will be spent in the next 2-3 years in operations related to this mishap. I wonder what would be the costs forContinue reading “Expensive Investigation? Better Operating Alternatives?”

Safety Riddle

Safety Riddle: Does the mishap cause the hazard to occur or does the hazard cause the mishap to occur? According to the FAA, Congress and airline transport associations safety experts, every thing is fine, until every thing is not fine. Read this case below: Crash Puts Focus on Air Safety-Senate Panel Plans Further Hearings (WashingtonContinue reading “Safety Riddle”

A Continuing Conversation

How can aviation safety be viewed as a continuing conversation, and not just get media attention after a crash or near miss? Leeanna Pletcher

Challenges

Well Paul, a worthy initiative for sure. At least you got me curious, particularly about how we are going to get to a useful forecast. And also about how we will get investments in effort (and perhaps even money) going in anticipation of future threats. (This is a bit of an Achilles-heel for initiatives suchContinue reading “Challenges”

American Airlines at Little Rock

Lets discuss American Airlines at Little Rock. What were the dispatcher duties when the aircraft approached the field, with major thunderstorms in the vicinity?

Safety Forecasting?

Every field prepares and presents regular forecasts. The most common example of course is the daily weather forecast. We can make an activity plan for our day based on the weather forecast. But other f0recasts are equally important to us. Who doesn’t listen to the sports forecast for the baseball or football season? Who doesn’tContinue reading “Safety Forecasting?”