Steve Scott

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  • FAA Seeks to Improve Flight Crew Training

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    The flight crew’s crucial role in saving all 155 people aboard US Airways Flight 1549 after its Hudson River ditching should support the Federal Aviation Administration’s efforts to force airlines […]

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  • ‘Miracle on the Hudson’

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    National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigators are probing the Jan. 15 crash of a US Airways Airbus A-320 (N106US) into the icy Hudson River minutes after it departed LaGuardia Airport […]

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  • Air Carriers Fight FAA Crew Rest Rule

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    Seven U.S. airlines, including American and Continental, have sued the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), claiming the U.S. aviation agency broke its own rules when it set new enhanced standards […]

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  • Restore ASAPS, ASAP

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    The National Transportation Safety Board is unhappy that Aviation Safety Action Programs (ASAP) have recently been discontinued by some major air carriers, including American Airlines and US Airways. ASAP, which […]

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  • Air Safety Program on the Skids

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    Much to the unhappiness of aviation safety advocates and government regulators, four U.S. air carriers have pulled out of the Aviation Safety Action Program (ASAP), a safety project credited with […]

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  • EU Inaugurates SESAR

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    The European Union is launching a new air traffic management system to help cope with increasing numbers of flights over Europe. The system will employ the same satellite-based technology as […]

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  • Meeting of the Minds

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    The 5th Annual FAA International Aviation Safety Forum, which took place December 2-3, in Washington, DC, once again provided a venue for high level and informative discussions about global aviation […]

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  • Emergency AD Issued for Boeing 737s

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    The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued an emergency airworthiness directive that orders emergency inspections on some next-generation Boeing 737s because of possible faulty fuel pump wiring that could lead to […]

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  • NTSB to Hold Hearing on EMS Operations

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    The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) will hold a public hearing on the safety of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) helicopter operations. The three-day hearing runs February 3-5, 2009, at the […]

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  • ‘Change’ Coming to the FAA

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    While "change" has been a slightly over-used phrase this year, FAA Acting Administrator Bobby Sturgell last week stuck with that theme in walking attendees of the Air Traffic Control Association’s […]

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