by Jillian Gustafson | Jan 7, 2010 | Blog
President Obama has given his remarks on the preliminary evaluation by security and intelligence officials of what allowed a suspected threatening person onto a flight on Christmas Day (from Wired.com). A six-count indictment was issued against suspect, Umar Farouk...
by Jillian Gustafson | Dec 31, 2009 | Blog
In the week following the attempted bombing of Flight 253, we’ve already seen several stages in the government response to the incident. And, yes, I use the word “government” broadly, since we are talking about agencies, the executive and...
by Jillian Gustafson | Dec 28, 2009 | Blog
As we all now know, a young Nigerian man (also of Yemeni descent), on Northwest Flight 253 from Amsterdam to Detroit on Christmas, brought explosives on board with intent to do greater damage than was actually done. And oh, has it revealed holes in the U.S. and...
by Jillian Gustafson | Oct 27, 2009 | Blog
Northwest Airlines Flight 188 What a strange story this has become, since all of the early speculation proved incorrect. The pilots were not discussing or napping, rather distracted by personal laptop use (which violated company policy). The NTSB has published their...
by Jillian Gustafson | Oct 23, 2009 | Blog
This week, I had the opportunity to attend a screening in the GE Aviation Lecture series at the National Air and Space Museum. Miles O’Brien and Patty Wagstaff were presenting a film they made about ongoing pilot training at the Kenyan Wildlife Service. It was...
