Steve Scott
Articles By Steve
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Safety Board Critical of Comair Flight 5191 Pilots
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) on July 26 ruled that the primary cause of the Aug. 27, 2006 early morning fatal crash of Comair Flight 5191, a Bombardier CRJ- […]
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Oversight Of Pilot Medical Fitness Tightens
Witnesses before a recent hearing of the aviation subcommittee of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee said that the Federal Aviation Administration is making progress in improving its oversight of […]
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Regulations to Improve Aviation Safety in Canada Proposed
Lawrence Cannon, Canada’s minister of transport, infrastructure and communities, has unveiled proposed regulatory amendments to increase accountability in the aviation sector through the implementation of safety management systems by airports […]
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Misusing, Confusing and Disabusing the MEL
A Perfunctory "Press on Regardless" Turns Nasty The aircraft, an Airbus A319, was dispatched under the provisions of the operator’s Minimum Equipment List (MEL) with the Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) […]
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The Precipitating NOTAM
On Questioning The Need To Snow In an era where airlines are treating pilots’ flight time limits (FTL) as targets, the time available for an operation’s dispatch outbrief is limited. […]
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New Body Scanner Protects Travelers’ Dignity
Airport Security Becomes Less Intrusive Growing numbers of air passengers are complaining about the intrusive nature of airport security. The process has become like a military drill. We stand in […]
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The Terror Plot Against JFK
Keeping An Ear Out For Trouble The grandiose but poorly conceived plan of a four-man terrorist cell to blow up the fuel pipelines running into JFK Airport was recently nipped […]
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Cabin Health Concerns
Who’s Got What Aboard Your Plane? Like it or not, the quickest way to catch a deadly disease or infection is to be admitted to hospital. That’s a statistical fact. […]
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The G-Whizardry Of Display Flying
The Unsporting Hazards Of Airshow Performing The April 30 issue of Air Safety Week examined a few reasons why Blue Angel No6 might have crashed. One was pulling high sustained […]
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A Call For Dust-Off
The Search For A Reliable ELT Replacement When Kenya Airways Flt KQ507 went down shortly after takeoff from Douala Cameroon, the search started 250 kms away. Even though Douala ATC […]
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