Air Safety

A firestorm of controversy has been ignited by the notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) issued Sept. 21 by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regarding surveillance means immediately outside the cockpit […]

By Billie Vincent The decision by the head of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Kip Hawley, to reorient the TSA’s screening workforce toward increased emphasis on detecting improvised explosive devices […]

A unique method of assessing fuel tank safety may in fact be the most suitable approach. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently published for industry comment a notice of proposed […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]