Flight Safety Information March 7, 2012 - No. 047 In This Issue EU concerned over PIA aircraft maintenance mechanism Pilot dies in Israeli-made jet crash in Nevada Global accident rate reaches new low, announces International Air Transport Association Virgin plane's mid-air near miss with business jet ARGUS PROS Global Auditing Alaska Airlines Appoints John Hornibrook As Chief Pilot Woman Forced to Use Breast Pump in Airport Bathroom FAA Grants Gulfstream G280 A Provisional Type Certificate Air ambulance slides off Anchorage runway European Association for Aviation Psychology (EAAP)...International Courses on...Human Factors EU concerned over PIA aircraft maintenance mechanism LAHORE - The European Union has expressed concerns over "systematic deficiency" in PIA aircraft maintenance following detection of 40 uncertified defects on PK-734 operated by A310 at Paris on 9 Aug 2011 and has termed CAA regulatory controls as "unreliable". European Aviation Safety Agency has communicated to both PIA and CAA that final decision regarding placing of censures including ban is likely to be taken in March 2012 at the agency's next scheduled meeting. In a letter dated Nov 11, 2011 the agency stated "As part of ongoing surveillance of Part 145 holders, European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has accredited DGAC France to perform routine inspections on PIA on behalf of EASA". SAFA inspections have increased at London, Manchester and other airports, following increase in incidences involving PIA aircrafts with uncertified defects. This agency has previously censured and imposed a partial ban on PIA fleet in 2007. The ban was restricted PIA's aged poorly maintained Boeing 747 and A310 fleet of PIA. PIA now operates relatively new Boeing 777 and for most of them airline is still paying installments. For an airline which does not seem to have funds to keep its existing fleet flying , it makes no commercial sense that priority was to arrange finances for inducting 5 more B-777 at a tag of $1.5 billion with options for 5 more of the same. Parliamentary Secretary for Defence Azeem Daultana had informed NA on 22 Nov 2011, that PIAC Board had approved a 3-year Business Plan 2011-14 for induction of 6 Boeing 737 short range aircrafts but instead they have gone for more expensive new aircrafts for an airline which plans to reduce its long routes such as Chicago, incurring daily losses of over Rs7 Crore. Transparency International has termed the deal a gross violation of PPRA rules and alleged massive kickbacks over pricing. It is worth mentioning that prolonged delays of PIA flights and disruptions in flight schedules have become a routine matter. Agitated passengers are seen quarreling with PIA traffic staff who are unable to explain delays. These recurring mishandling of passengers is drastically damaging credibility of national airline with disastrous consequences on revenue generation and creating problems to pay installments on existing fleet of Boeing 777 and ATR. A recent example was observed on last Thursday when PK 757 operated by Boeing 777 was supposed to depart from Lahore at 11.30 am. The aircraft arrived from Karachi operating PK 302 with a technical defect that had a waiver under Minimum Equipment List approved by CAA and Boeing. In this case, the specified period for rectification expired as parts were not available. Another B-777 which returned from Manchester needed service first but instead it was deputed for PK-303 carrying a VIP who happened to be MD PIA. Over 300 passengers were made to sweat it out in the Departure Lounge after having been checked, despite the fact that aircraft was unserviceable and should never have departed from Karachi, which is main maintenance base and all aircrafts departing from there should be serviceable and not get grounded at first stopover. A student bound for London Noorjehan Khan (PNR FDHCIC) complained that there was chaos and even telephone facility was not available to contact her family, who were desperate after hearing news of delay on television. The young lady was exhausted and frustrated that passengers had to endure agony to wait for over 8 hours and finally they were told at 7 pm that flight would depart next day. A passenger who was to catch a connecting flight to USA was very agitated and said "this airline should be fixing its aircrafts instead of buying more". After a lot of protests passengers were allowed to leave Departure Lounge having suffered an ordeal of being cramped in a congested space for over 8 hours. The flight was rescheduled to operate after delay of over 24 hours on 2 March and departed at 11.45 am. When contacted PIA spokesman Syed Sultan Hassan and media advisor, Tahir Khaleeq both the officials did not attended their cell phones despite repeated efforts. http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/business/07-Mar- 2012/eu-concerned-over-pia-aircraft-maintenance-mechanism Back to Top Pilot dies in Israeli-made jet crash in Nevada LAS VEGAS (AP) -Authorities say a pilot for a defense contractor is dead after an Israeli-made military fighter jet crashed at Fallon Naval Air Station in northern Nevada. Base and company officials say the F-21 Kfir (kuh-FEER) aircraft crashed just after 9:15 a.m. Tuesday inside the west gate of the military airfield, about 60 miles east of Reno. Petty Officer 1st Class Doug Harvey says it was snowy and foggy at the time. Airborne Tactical Advantage Co. official Matt Bannon in Newport News, Va., says it's too early to say what caused the crash of the single-seat, single-engine aircraft. Bannon says the name of the pilot won't be made public until his family is notified. The aircraft is one of several types that the company provides under contract to the U.S. military. ************* Date: 06-MAR-2012 Time: 09:15 LT Type: IAI Kfir C2 Operator: Airborne Tactical Advantage Co. LLC Registration: N40.AX C/n / msn: 1.. Fatalities: Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 Other fatalities: 0 Airplane damage: Written off (damaged beyond repair) Location: Inside the west gate of NAS Fallon - KNFL, NV - United States of America Phase: Nature: Departure airport: Destination airport: Narrative: An IAI Kfir C2 crashed inside the west gate of NAS Fallon - KNFL, NV. The pilot was killed. www.aviation-safety.net Back to Top Global accident rate reaches new low, announces International Air Transport Association The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that the 2011 accident rate for Western-built jets was the lowest in aviation history, surpassing the previous mark set in 2010. The 2011 global accident rate (measured in hull losses per million flights of Western-built jets) was 0.37, the equivalent of one accident every 2.7 million flights. This represented a 39% improvement compared to 2010, when the accident rate was 0.61, or one accident for every 1.6 million flights. A hull loss is an accident in which the aircraft is destroyed or substantially damaged and not subsequently repaired for whatever reason including a financial decision by the owner. "Safety is the air transport industry's number one priority. It is also a team effort. The entire stakeholder community-airlines, airports, air navigation service providers and safety regulators-- works together every day to make the skies safer based on global standards. As a result, flying is one of the safest things that a person could do. But, every accident is one too many, and each fatality is a human tragedy. The ultimate goal of zero accidents keeps everyone involved in aviation focused on building an ever safer industry," said Tony Tyler, IATA's Director General and CEO. Safety by the numbers: * 2.8 billion people flew safely on 38 million flights (30 million by jet, 8 million by turboprop). * 11 hull loss accidents involving Western-built jets compared to 17 in 2010. * 92 total accidents (all aircraft types, Eastern and Western built) down from 94 in 2010. * 5 fatal hull loss accidents involving Western-built jets down from 8 in 2010. * 22 fatal accidents (all aircraft types) versus 23 in 2010. * 486 fatalities compared to 786 in 2010. * Fatality rate dropped to 0.07 per million passengers from 0.21 in 2010 based on Western-built jet operations. IATA member airlines outperformed the industry average for accidents of all aircraft types by 23% (1.84 accidents per million flights compared to 2.40). The IATA Western-built jet hull loss rate, at 0.41 accidents per million flights, was slightly higher than the average for the industry. "The accident rate for airlines on the IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) registry was 52% better than for non-IOSA operators. These numbers show that IOSA is helping to drive safety improvements for the entire industry, not just IATA member airlines. Of the 369 airlines on the IOSA registry, 130, or 35% of the total, are non-IATA member airlines," said Tyler. He noted that IOSA registered airlines flew 64% of all commercial flights in 2011, and that IOSA now includes 68 Safety Management System (SMS) standards that provide a baseline SMS assessment. Regional Review-Western-built Jet Hull Loss Rates * Asia-Pacific (0.25), Europe (0.0), North America (0.10) and North Asia (0.0) performed better than the global average of 0.37. * Asia-Pacific, Europe and North Asia recorded improvements compared to their performance in 2010, while North America stayed the same. * The Commonwealth of Independent States (1.06) was higher than the global average and also higher than last year (0.0). * Latin America and the Caribbean performed better than 2010 (1.28 in 2011 vs.1.87 in 2010), but was still almost 3.5 times worse than the global average. * The rate for the Middle East and North Africa region worsened to 2.02 from 0.72 in 2010. * The rate for Africa improved by 56% to 3.27 from 7.41 in 2010 but still was the worst performing region in the industry. IOSA carriers in Africa had a zero hull loss rate in 2011. Safety in Africa and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) The total number of accidents for African airlines dropped from 18 in 2010 to 8 in 2011. The total accident rate for African airlines that are on the IOSA registry was almost equivalent to the world average, while the accident rate for airlines that are not on the IOSA registry was more than five times as high. The same trend occurred in the CIS, where the accident rate for IOSA- registered airlines was more than five times better than the rate for non-IOSA registered airlines. "The problems of Africa are complex and include both insufficient government oversight and a lack of infrastructure investment. It is quite clear from the industry's performance that global standards like IOSA are an effective means to improve safety. We are eager to work with governments to make IOSA a part of their safety oversight programs," said Tyler. Accident Analysis Runway excursions, in which an aircraft departs a runway during a landing or takeoff, were the most common type of accident in 2011 (18% of total accidents). This is slightly reduced from 2010 when runway excursions accounted for 21% of total accidents reflecting industry efforts to reduce their frequency. Despite industry growth, the absolute number of runway excursions decreased from 23 in 2009 to 20 in 2010 and 17 in 2011. Eighty eight percent of runway excursions occurred during landing. Unstable approaches--situations where the aircraft is too fast, above the glide slope, or touches down beyond the desired touchdown point--and contaminated runways are among the most common contributing factors to runway excursions on landing. IATA's Global Safety Information Center (GSIC) provides trend analysis that is helping the industry improve performance. For example, a new Flight Data eXchange (FDX) system within the GSIC tracks unstable approach performance for the more than 700 airports in the database. Sharing such safety data complements the work of the Runway Excursion Risk Reduction (RERR) Toolkit, the second edition of which was launched in May 2011, and fuels global efforts to find solutions. Ground damage was another concern, accounting for 16% of accidents in 2011. This was up from 11% in 2010. These accidents include events such as damage resulting from ground handling operations and collisions during taxi. IATA has launched a number of initiatives to address ground accidents. In 2008, IATA launched the IATA Safety Audit for Ground Operations (ISAGO). This is the first global standard for the oversight and auditing of ground handling companies. Subsequently, IATA has launched the IATA Ground Operations Manual (IGOM) and the Aircraft Ground Damage Database (GDDB) to collect and analyze reports of ground damage from participating operators and ground service providers. Sharing Information Data sharing is helping to identify and reduce risks. In 2010 the International Civil Aviation Organization, the US Department of Transportation and the European Commission agreed with IATA to create the Global Safety Information Exchange (GSIE). This was enriched in 2011 with the addition of databases covering ground damage and flight data. "The wider that we cast our net to collect safety information, the more effective we can be in allocating resources to mitigate identified risks. Further developing GSIE is a model for international cooperation that continues aviation's great tradition in this area," said Tyler. "Aviation's good record is not the result of complacency. The strong performance in 2011 should not distract us from the need for continuous improvement to drive the accident rate even lower. An even safer future will be built on the foundation stones of global standards, cooperation between industry and government and information sharing," said Tyler. http://www.ameinfo.com/292618.html Back to Top Virgin plane's mid-air near miss with business jet Within a fortnight of Australia's air safety bureau announcing a wide ranging investigation into air traffic control failings, it has revealed details of another mid-air near miss involving an airliner. A Melbourne-bound Virgin Blue Boeing 737 and a business charter jet had been put on a head- on course, this time by defence department air controllers overseeing Newcastle Airport in NSW, which handles miliary and civilian aircraft movements. The jets were travelling towards each other at a closing speed of more than 1000km/h at almost the same altitude over Newcastle (the Boeing climbing to 5000 feet after taking-off from Newcastle Airport , the business jet descending to 5000 feet to land). At their closest, the two jets came within 122 metres vertically and 1300 metres horizontally of each other - a third of the required safe distances - as the airliner pilots responded to a cockpit collision warning and shed altitude. The Virgin pilots saw the business jet flash past in front of them; the business jet pilots said they never saw the Boeing 737. Two air controllers were each looking after one of the aircraft, without communicating with one another, "resulting in both aircraft being assigned the same level [altitude] and with conflicting tracks [flight paths]," investigators said. An automated near-miss alert function had been disabled on the controllers' screens because military aircraft movements - particularly formation flying - set off too many false alarms. Alarmed air traffic controllers in Brisbane contacted them to query if they were aware of the impending collision course. One defence controller belatedly issued a safety alert to the business jet's pilots, but only after the planes had crossed. The other controller did not issue a safety alert to the Virgin pilots. A 14-month investigation, released today, into the February 1 incident last year found it was one of 10 such near misses by defence controllers in 18 months, exposing significant training deficiencies. It found gaping holes in the defence department's air traffic controller training: the department did not provide initial or ongoing training to controllers to handle a near miss scenario and did not clearly define aircraft separation responsibilities. The department has subsequently revised its training content, delivery and personnel testing. The Australian Transport Safety Bureau has launched a wide ranging investigation into near misses that have occurred between 2008 and 2011, putting the defence department and the civilian controllers, Airservices Australia, under the microscope. Read more: http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/travel/travel-incidents/virgin-planes-midair-near- miss-with-business-jet-20120307-1uk0k.html#ixzz1oRNorCs2 Back to Top Back to Top Alaska Airlines Appoints John Hornibrook As Chief Pilot - Quick Facts (RTTNews.com) - Alaska Airlines, a subsidiary of Alaska Air Group (ALK), has named Captain John Hornibrook the carrier's chief pilot, overseeing its 1,416 line pilots. Hornibrook joined Alaska Airlines as a second officer in March 1991 and quickly progressed to first officer before stepping into the captain seat in January 1999. Further to serving as Air Line Pilots Association Council 67 committee chairman, Hornibrook was also chairman of ALPA's Central Air Safety Committee, Training Committee and Training Board Committee. Hornibrook replaces Tom Kemp, who served as chief pilot since 2006. Kemp recently became Alaska Airlines' managing director of standards, fleet and operational control, and director of operations. Prior to joining Alaska Airlines, Hornibrook flew for Great Lakes Aviation and was an instructor at Buffalo Aviation, a small fixed-base operator in Buffalo, Minn. Back to Top Woman Forced to Use Breast Pump in Airport Bathroom The TSA apologized for the incident A TSA worker questioned whether the empty bottles Strand was carrying were for breast milk and told her that she couldn't board the plane with the bottles and pump. The Transportation Security Administration is apologizing for making a nursing mother use her breast milk pump in an airport bathroom to prove its purpose. Amy Strand, an elementary school vice principal, was on her way home to Maui with her 9- month-old daughter when she was flagged for security screening at Lihue Airport. A TSA worker questioned whether the empty bottles Strand was carrying were for breast milk and told her that she couldn't board the plane with the bottles and pump. "He said I couldn't go through because there was no milk in the bottles," Strand said in an interview with KITV4 News. "But I was not going to leave a part of the breast pump behind - it cost over $200. He told me that my option was to leave it behind or to put milk into it." There was no private area where Strand could plug in the electric breast pump, so the TSA officer accompanied her into the women's restroom, where she was forced to plug into the room's only outlet. "I had to stand in front of the mirrors and the sinks and pump my breast, in front of every tourist that walked into that bathroom," Strand told KITV4 News. Once the bottles were filled, she was allowed to board the plane. In a statement to KITV4 News, Lorie Dankers, spokeswoman for the TSA's Northwest Region, said, "We accept responsibility for the apparent misunderstanding and any inconvenience or embarrassment this incident may have caused her." Strand said the officer should have been more familiar with TSA policies. "It really confuses me as to how an empty breast pump and cooler pack are a threat to national security and 20 minutes later, with milk, they no longer pose a threat to national security," Strand told ABCNews.com. Source: http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/weird/Woman-Forced-to-Use-Breast-Pump-in- Airport-Bathroom-141733483.html#ixzz1oROum7TU Back to Top FAA Grants Gulfstream G280 A Provisional Type Certificate March 5, 2012 - Gulfstream Aerospace announced that the Gulfstream G280 has received a provisional type certificate (PTC) from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The company also obtained a PTC from the Civil Aviation Authority of Israel (CAAI). The principal remaining item required before full type certificates are issued by the FAA and CAAI is an update to the software for the aircraft's state-of-the-art avionics. Gulfstream expects to receive full type certification from both later this year. "The G280 will be the fastest, largest, most comfortable aircraft in its class, and we are very pleased with its performance throughout the flight-test program," said Larry Flynn, president, Gulfstream. "With these certificates in hand, we are now able to move forward in preparation for customer deliveries later this year, as scheduled." When delivered, the G280 will exceed the performance specifications outlined when the program was publicly announced in October 2008. The aircraft's range is 3,600 nautical miles (6,667 km) at Mach 0.80, an increase of 200 nautical miles over original projections. Its balanced field length is 210 feet less than originally announced, allowing it to take off from runways of 4,750 feet (1,448 m) or less. That's an improvement of more than 1,300 feet compared to the aircraft it replaces, the G200. The three G280 aircraft in the flight-test program have flown more than 1,845 hours during more than 685 flights, while the fatigue test article (F1) has completed more than 14,300 of 40,000 cycles. Additional achievements include the successful completion of wet runway, crosswind and maximum energy brake testing. Serial Number (S/N) 2003, the third aircraft to join the flight-test program, has finished the tests required of it for type certification. That aircraft will now be transitioned to the testing of optional avionics features, including the Head-Up Display (HUD II) and Enhanced Vision System (EVS II). S/N 2004, the first production aircraft, was outfitted and painted last year for an appearance at the 2011 National Business Aviation Association Convention & Meeting in Las Vegas. It is undergoing final upgrades in anticipation of its delivery later this year. PTCs have been common in general aviation programs over the past 15 years. Both the Gulfstream V and the Gulfstream G550 were issued PTCs before receiving full certification. The Gulfstream G650 received PTC from the FAA in November 2011. Since 2005 Gulfstream has been working on a follow-up aircraft, then known as the G250, which was launched in 2008, with major improvements, like new glass cockpit and engines, bigger wing, heated leading edges, and other refinements. The G250 is a derivative of the G200, with many improvements, among them increased cabin length, new engine HTF7250G, new T-tail, wing bleed anti-ice, cabin with 4 more windows and access from it to the baggage compartment. It will compete against the Hawker 4000, Bombardier Challenger 300 and the planned Embraer Legacy 500. The fuselage, empennage and landing gear will be manufactured by IAI, the wing by Spirit AeroSystems, while the final assembly will be performed by Gulfstream. The first G250 has its maiden flight on December 11, 2009 from Tel Aviv, Israel. The second G280 first flew on March 25, 2010. With this flight, the two G280s have completed over 72 hours of flight testing. The G280 is planned to receive type certification in 2011, then enter service shortly afterwards. In July 2011, the G250 was renamed the G280, as the company had "determined that G280 is a more amenable number sequence [than G250] in certain cultures. http://avstop.com/March_2012/faa_grants_gulfstream_g280_a_provisional_type_certificate.htm Back to Top Air ambulance slides off Anchorage runway Learjet was carrying a patient from Kenai during the flight. A LifeMed Learjet carrying a patient skidded off a runway after encountering icy conditions on its descent into Ted Stevens International Airport Monday night, according to the National Transportation Safety Board. No injuries were reported. The plane sustained some damage but it's unclear how extensive it is, said Clint Johnson, an investigator with the NTSB. The Learjet 35A, owned by Hillsboro, Ore.-based Aero Air, is leased by LifeMed Alaska, the largest air ambulance company in the state. It was returning to Anchorage from Kenai after picking up a patient, Johnson said. Shortly before 10 p.m., the plane encountered "some pretty extensive icing" as it approached the airport's east-west 07R runway from Cook Inlet, Johnson said. The plane's anti-icing system was ineffective, Johnson said, and pilots were already "committed for approach." "They were unable to see exactly where they were," Johnson said. With visibility limited as the Learjet touched down about a third of the way down the runway, the plane veered to the right. The right wing struck a snow bank, pivoting the plane around. The crew of two pilots, two flight paramedics, a flight nurse and the patient were uninjured. Citing privacy concerns, LifeMed has not released the patient's name and medical condition or the names of the crew. The NTSB doesn't release pilot or crew names, said Johnson. The patient was sent to an Anchorage hospital, his intended destination. "The crew did everything they were supposed to do," asserted Tim Nixon, the director of flight operations for LifeMed Alaska. Anchorage-based LifeMed Alaska came into being with the 2008 merger between the former Providence-owned LifeGuard Alaska and AeroMed International, which was a division of the Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corp. In 2007, a LifeGuard helicopter crashed into Prince William Sound near Whittier, killing all four onboard. Nixon said that he believed this was the first time a LifeMed incident involving aircraft skidding off a runway. The NTSB is investigating why the icing system was ineffective and what weather advisories the pilots received before making the decision to land, among other aspects of the incident, Johnson said. Read more here: http://www.adn.com/2012/03/06/2354804/medevac-jet-slides-off- runway.html#storylink=cpy Back to Top Woman detained on Southwest flight after argument with flight attendant HOUSTON (KTRK) -- A woman was detained on a Southwest Airlines flight after she got into it with a flight attendant. Now, she and her boyfriend want to know why it went so far. It started with the passenger painting her fingernails while in her seat. The flight attendant asked her to stop, so she finished in the bathroom. When the woman used a curse word in a heated argument, two officers where waiting for her when her plane landed. Jeanie Daniels was making her way in from California on Southwest Airlines on Sunday, February 26, to see her boyfriend who lives in Houston. But once Flight 1536 landed at Hobby Airport, she was handcuffed, taken to an HPD substation and thrown in jail for more than 10 hours. "She was screaming at me and wouldn't stop," Daniels told us over the phone. Daniels was painting her fingernails on the flight and a flight attendant asked her to stop because of the smell. "I said, 'OK, I'm sorry, I apologize,' and I put it away. Then about 20 minutes into the flight, I discovered I only had two nails left to paint and if I went to the bathroom and did it, it wouldn't offend anyone," Daniels said. But another flight attendant was waiting for her to exit the bathroom, and a verbal confrontation then ensued. "She was getting so loud, while I was sitting in my seat, and I was just like, 'Will you stop!' And I was loud when I said, 'Stop bitching at me,' because she wouldn't end the conversation," Daniels said. For using a curse word, two HPD officers were waiting for Daniels as she exited the plane at Hobby Airport. An HPD spokesman says the officers interviewed the flight attendant and a witness, then called the District Attorney's Office to ask if they would accept the charge of "abusive profane language." Her boyfriend waiting to pick her up couldn't believe it. "Two HPD guys that are, 'Just don't talk.' And they wouldn't let her talk and they are, 'We're taking you in,'" said her boyfriend Jimmy Hauser. The abusive profane language charge was later dismissed by a judge. And after more than 10 hours in jail, Daniels was released. "I don't know what's going on with the airline or why the flight attendant suddenly has so much authority and can treat people so poorly," Daniels told us. Southwest Airlines says they will not comment on the incident. Back to Top European Association for Aviation Psychology (EAAP) International Courses on Human Factors in Flight Safety, Safety Management Systems, Risk Management and Safety Investigation, 2012. Dr Rob Lee, Kristina Pollack and Brent Hayward will be conducting two of their popular EAAP-recognized "Human Factors in Flight Safety, Safety Management Systems, Risk Management and Safety Investigation" courses in 2012. The first of these courses was conducted at the European Commission Joint Research Centre at Ispra, Italy in 1999. Since then, these EAAP courses have been continually updated to reflect the many changes in the aviation industry. They have been held regularly, in locations including Eurocontrol, Luxembourg; the SAS Flight Academy, Stockholm; Iberia Airlines, Madrid; NAV Portugal, Lisbon; the Swiss Air Force, Interlaken; Aer Lingus, Dublin; and, Emirates, Dubai. A total of more than 270 participants, both civil and military, have attended these highly regarded courses. This year, the 15th of these courses will be held in Dubai, UAE, from 13-17 May 2012, kindly hosted by Emirates Airline. The 16th course will be held the following week, between 21-26 May, in Dublin, Ireland, kindly hosted by Aer Lingus. Both courses will be open to all interested parties. Both courses will offer reduced registration fees for EAAP members, as well as a significant additional "Early Bird" discount for those who register and pay by 30 April 2012. Detailed information on the course content and its instructors, together with Registration Brochures for both the Dublin and Dubai courses can now be downloaded from the EAAP website: www.eaap.net/courses.html Curt Lewis, P.E., CSP, FRAeS, FISASI CURT LEWIS & ASSOCIATES, LLC