Steve Scott
Articles By Steve
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List of NTSB ‘Most Wanted’ Safety Improvements Languish
The status accorded the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) to its "Most Wanted" list of recommendations ranges from "unacceptable response" to "progressing too slowly." None of the board’s aviation-related recommendations […]
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Proposal to Make Flight Restrictions Permanent Draws Criticism
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has received thousands of comments in opposition to its proposal to establish an air defense identification zone (ADIZ) around the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area. "It […]
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Advance Payments to Air Crash Victims’ Relatives Need Revision
Advance payments to the families of air crash victims need to be done promptly, without delay, and to this end the United States needs to execute regulations implementing the provisions […]
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Staffing and Training Shortages Hinder Oversight of Airline Safety
The impact of budget cuts is hurting the Federal Aviation Administration‘s (FAA) ability to oversee the safety of the airlines, particularly those not covered by the Air Transport Oversight System […]
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Interrelationship of Factors Supporting ‘Damage Tolerance’ Outlined
Damage tolerance, or the design philosophy that allows for crack growth up to certain limits, depends ultimately on feedback from the fleet to assure that actual cracks on planes in […]
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Minimum Wiring Tolerances Eschewed In Favor of General Principles
A major effort to improve wiring safety in airliners does not specify a set or minimum distance that one wire must be separated from another. However, the criteria by which […]
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Improved High-Load Seats Mandated for New Airliners
Only new air transports must be fitted with 16 G seats fully compliant with current rules, according to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Its final rule, published Sept. 27 in […]
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Screening 100 Percent of Cargo May Not Be Necessary
A new air cargo security system under development by a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) advisory group would require only "elevated risk" air parcels to be screened. But the working group […]
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Sweeping Changes to Service Difficulty Report System Nixed
The effort to modernize the service difficulty report (SDR) system began with a bang and ended with a whimper. Almost five years ago to the day, the Federal Aviation Administration […]
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Factors for Safer Flying In Inclement Weather
Pilots who start flying earlier in life, and have a higher level of training, are at lower risk of being involved in a weather-related general aviation (GA) accident then those […]
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