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Devil or the deep blue sea, is “MayDay” call appropriate? : mindFly
Pilots had a choice of the devil or the deep blue sea.
Relief from info overload, Digital NOTAM gives the pilot need and risk-based information: mindFly
A NOTAM is a notice, distributed by means of telecommunication. The NOTAM contains information about a change in aeronautical facilities, services, procedures or hazards, the timely knowledge of which is essential to personnel concerned with flight operations. NOTAM was created more than 60 years ago. It is based on structured messages with a free text […]
Boy lift operator, Girl and finally AI, Aviation follows same trend: mindFly
Lifts were skill based and operated by boys. Girls started operating 1929 onwards and gradually became fully automatic. Aviation is witnessing a similar trend. Mostly men flying the machines heavier than air. There is a recent push for more women to fly the big birds and there are murmurs of artificial intelligence taking over. There […]
The announcement, ISASI 2019 Hague Program: mindFly
Speaking on day 1. My presentation is on Inattentional Blindness during visual approach. What caused the A320 lineup and descent to a lowest of 60ft over a taxiway. This could have been the worlds worst air disaster. http://isasi2019.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/ISASI2019_Preliminary_Program_190523.pdf My paper is accessible from my shop https://safetymatters.co.in/shop/
Most Airlines uplift less fuel, miss the missed approach fuel requirement: mindFly
Some missed approach procedures can be 70-90 NM long. Does the fuel uplifted for the flight cater for this?
The Concorde saga, unsustainable flight:mindFly
The performance calculations coupled with the failures made the Concorde unsustainable in flight.
Delighted! Invited to present at the worlds largest gathering of Air Safety Investigators @The Hague :mindFly
The worlds biggest gathering of air safety investigators is taking place at the Hague, Netherlands from 03-05 Sept 2019. My submission has been selected by the conference technical committee. I am proud to announce that I will be delivering my presentation to the astute community of investigators and safety professionals.
Pilot picks up wrong taxiway marking leading to excursion:mindFly
Air India Express B-737 taxying on a rainy night ended up in a drain at Kochi airport in southern state of India. How could this have happened? For every, occurrence/behaviour there is a reason. Besides fatigue, environment, poor taxi markings, the reason for this occurrence could have been the intermediate taxi holding marking. The pilot […]
U.S. Army Shakes Up Pilot Training Programs: mindFly
The new generation of pilots is facing the dilemma of handling increasing levels of automation. They are not being able to retain the skills of flying to deal with automation failures. The Multi Pilot License program drastically reduced real-time flying and replaced it with flight simulator flying. But it’s not the solution. It is a […]
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