Steve Scott

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• Wiring & Electrical Problems Are Dominant Dangers For Regulators

  BY Steve Scott// January 19th, 2004

  Recent regulatory activity coming out of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) shows that more than two-thirds of the safety-related items fall into three of 13 categories of action. The pattern […]

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• International Firefight Over Armed Air Marshal Demand

  BY Steve Scott// January 12th, 2004

  The U.S. demand that certain inbound flights from foreign airports have armed air marshals aboard has created an international furor. Foreign pilots unions that have issued public position statements are […]

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• 2003: Another Safe Year

  BY Steve Scott// January 5th, 2004

  Results best 1990s trend Despite the Christmas Day fatal crash of a B727 on takeoff at Cotonou Airport, Benin, 2003 was one of the safest years ever for the commercial […]

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• Later In-Flight Sleep Produces More Alert Pilots for Landing

  BY Steve Scott// December 22nd, 2003

  Scheduled sleep periods critical for safety of ultra-long haul flights The amount and quality of sleep long-haul pilots obtain during flight is a critical factor in the safety of ultra-long […]

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• False Navigation Display Leads to Near-Crash

  BY Steve Scott// December 15th, 2003

  Terrain warning driven by same faulty positional data The case of an airliner on approach that missed trees on a ridgeline by a scant 55 feet underscores the hazard of […]

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• Safety Management Paying Dividends at Air Transat

  BY Steve Scott// December 8th, 2003

  Risks down, costs down, incidents down, quality up, trends favorable MONTREAL – Safety pays. More precisely, the time, effort and management discipline invested to improve safety translates into reduced costs. […]

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• ‘Slackadaisical’ On-Demand Charter Operations Criticized

  BY Steve Scott// November 24th, 2003

  Safety Board also calls for a low airspeed alert before stall warning A low airspeed alert is needed for all aircraft engaged in scheduled and on-demand commercial operations. Such a […]

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• Effort Launched to Reduce Global Accident Rate by One-Quarter

  BY Steve Scott// November 17th, 2003

  Safety seen as central to avoiding the rocky shoals of financial disaster The accident rate for the aviation industry must be reduced as a matter of maintaining public confidence in […]

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• Pilots’ Reaction in Severe Icing Too Late To Avoid Crash

  BY Steve Scott// November 10th, 2003

  The safety mantra: anti-icing ON, autopilot OFF, speed UP, get OUT of icing The basic procedures necessary to cope with in-flight icing continue to be re-learned the hard way – […]

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• Reduced Vertical Separation Practices To Be Applied to U.S. Domestic Airspace

  BY Steve Scott// November 3rd, 2003

  Traffic alert and collision avoidance system (TCAS) technology will not be required on cruising aircraft separated vertically by 1,000 feet, according to a final rule on domestic reduced vertical separation […]

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