by Jillian Gustafson | Jan 21, 2016 | Blog
Flight 3407 Families: IG Report Emphasizes Importance of Developing Manual Flying Skills Throughout a Pilot’s Career Experience Does Matter; Entry-Level Pilots Need More – Not Less – Hand Flying Prior to Being Hired by Regional Airlines Buffalo, New...
by Jillian Gustafson | Mar 23, 2010 | Blog
Late yesterday, by a vote of 93-0, the Senate (finally) passed the FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act. The FAA has been authorized by short-term extensions since 2007, it took a lot to get to this point. Just this year: FAA is now under...
by Jillian Gustafson | Jan 25, 2010 | Blog
Ethiopian Air Flight 409 Sadly, last evening, Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409 caught fire (from early reports) and crashed shortly after takeoff from Beirut, Lebanon. Airsafe.com has a good summary, as of Monday afternoon. It appears as though none of the passengers...
by Jillian Gustafson | Jan 20, 2010 | Blog
Today and tomorrow on the Hill, there will be a few committee hearings so that legislators can better understand what went wrong leading up to the attempted bombing of NW253 on Christmas. They are (from GovExec): Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs...
by Jillian Gustafson | Oct 20, 2009 | Blog
The Business of Airline Repairs NPR News is running a wonderfully informative special series this week on the outsourcing of airplane maintenance. With the U.S. airline industry struggling financially in the post-9/11/01 world, this has been a trend for some time. ...
