Last month the FAA finalized its rule changes dealing with pilot work and rest hours to keep fatigued pilots out of the cockpit. Ned Levi examines the new rules to see if they fulfill Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood’s promise to “do everything possible to make sure pilots are rested when they get in the cockpit.”
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Last week, the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security held the second in a series of hearings about airline safety. Some of the testimony of the Airline Pilots Association was presented earlier on tripso. Here is the statement of “Families of Continental Flight 3407.‟
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With the decline in demand for first class, Qantas has decided to eliminate first class on some routes.
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According to reports from pilots when discussing the Colgan Air crash in Buffalo, many major airlines might be in for a similar result should their pilots face an icing stall similar to the one that grounded CO Flight 3407. Simulator training for dealing with icing is not regularly held.
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Mysterious deaths at Thai resort Jill St. Onge and Ryan Kells from Seattle took a three month vacation in Southeast Asia. Jill kept a journal that described the trip as idyllic: “So amazing… just drinking eating and living so cheaply and having a blast. Food, drink, good books, sun and warm waters… What else do [...]
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