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First officers who fly for passenger and cargo airlines now will be required to hold an ATP certificate and an aircraft type rating, the FAA said on Wednesday, although several exemptions are available. The final rule has been posted on the FAA website (PDF), and soon will be published officially in the Federal Register. Currently, […]
The instructor pilot in the cockpit of the Asiana 777 that crashed in San Francisco on Saturday was acting as an instructor in a 777 for the first time, the NTSB said in a news conference on Tuesday. The captain at the controls, it was previously reported, was flying his first approach in the 777 […]
On Monday, the Air Line Pilots Association released a statement critical of the NTSB’s handling of the Asiana crash investigation. “ALPA is stunned by the amount of detailed operational data from on-board recorders released by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) this soon into the investigation,” ALPA said. “The amount of data released publicly during […]
The NTSB said on Monday morning that interviews would begin by the end of the day with the four pilots in the crew of the Asiana 777 that crashed in San Francisco on Saturday, killing two girls and injuring dozens of passengers. In a press briefing in San Francisco, officials said investigators are beginning to […]
Asiana Airlines said on Monday the pilot at the controls when a 777crashedat San Francisco Saturday, killing two girls and injuring dozens of passengers, was in training on the 777, and was landing the airplane at SFO for the first time. The pilot is an experienced captain with a total time over 10,000 hours, but […]
During the ’80s, while with Mugu Approach, a controller asked an aircraft “to state position.” Pilot came back: “Fiscally conservative. Socially, somewhat liberal. Two miles west of Point Dume.” Greg Andrewsvia e-mail
AVweb’s “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes toCirrus Aviationat McMinnville Municipal Airport (KMMV) in McMinnville, Oregon). ReaderDaryl Medd(and several other members of the organization) told us how Cirrus Aviation stepped up to make the 2013 Cessna Pilots Society gathering a smooth, trouble-free celebration: The fine folks at Cirrus Aviation were there making sure all the […]
As I mentioned in Sundays blog, the Asiana crash in San Francisco on Saturday was unusual for being unusual. There just arent many Part 121 crashes these days. But its unusual for another reason: the NTSB is making effective use of social media, specifically Twitter, to pass on snippets of information as they become available. […]
Nine passengers and the pilot aboard a de Havilland Otter air taxi died when the aircraft reportedly crashed on takeoff at the airport in Sodotna, AK late Sunday morning. The aircraft burned before firefighters could reach it. The airplane reportedly belonged to Rediske Air, of Nikiski, AK and may have been an Otter converted to […]
A pilot aboard Asiana Flight 214 called for a go-around 1.5 seconds before the tail of the aircraft struck a seawall off the end of Runway 28L and San Francisco International Airport Saturday morning. At a news conference Sunday, NTSB Chairwoman Deborah Hersman said the cockpit voice recorder also recorded a crew member calling for […]
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