The current controversy and unhappiness regarding the TSA is understandable. Prior to 9/11, passenger screening was the responsibility of the airlines. At each airport, the carriers got together and one airline, acting on behalf of all of them, hired a…
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It’s a neat airplane. It lands on water! Its wings fold! It’s composite! It even has a parachute! The Icon A5 is advertised as being designed to “handle predictibly [and] like a well-mannered sports car.” If you’ve seen the A5…
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No news is no news. As of this moment, there have been reports that one of the pingers on one of the recorders of EgyptAir 804 has been heard. So far however, no aircraft. Even if the pingers have been…
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Several years ago, at The Airline Symposium, I asked Peggy Gilligan, FAA Associate Administrator for Aviation Safety, who was on one of our panels, “Why do the FAA and NTSB hate one another?” After the laughter in the room died…
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