Flight Safety Information February 13, 2014 - No. 032 In This Issue Black box found in Algerian military plane crash Lanseria runway closed after plane's landing gear fails 5 years after N.Y. crash, some airline safety progress Refinery Fire Leaves One-Week Supply of Airplane Fuel Save the Date: 6th Annual Aviation Human Factors and SMS Seminar - Dallas, TX Iberia says pilots agree to 14 percent salary cut SERC of ISASI Annual Meeting 2014 American Eagle Pilots Spurn Givebacks, Vow to Seek Jobs Singapore Airshow: The race to become the world's best airport PRISM SMS Bugatti's 100P dream airplane to soar for the first time at the Mullin Automotive Museum What's This Airplane Shape Doing in the Middle of the Sahara Desert? Calls for Application for The ISASI Rudolf Kapustin Memorial Scholarship University Research Call For Papers Black box found in Algerian military plane crash ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) - The black box from the Algerian military plane that crashed into an eastern mountain has been found, the country's state news agency reported Wednesday. The box, which the report said would contain the pilot's final communications before the plane went down around noon Tuesday, should shed light on what caused the crash. The Algerian military has blamed stormy weather, including snow. But the C-130 Hercules turboprop was also at least 24 years old and possibly up to 33 years old, according to sales information from its maker, Lockheed Martin Corp. In a statement Wednesday, the Algerian military insisted that one person survived and 77 others were killed in the crash. It said four of the dead were females and the rest were soldiers. A civil defense commander had earlier reported that there were 76 fatalities and one survivor. The discrepancy could not be explained. The Algerian plane crashed as it flew to the eastern city of Constantine from the southern desert city of Tamanrasset. It made a stop in Ouargla along the way and some passengers left the plane, creating confusion over exactly how many were on board when the crash occurred. The soldier who survived is reported to have severe head injuries but there's been no official information released about his condition. Lt. Nassim Bernaoui of Algeria's Civil Defense agency said the recovery operation involved nearly 500 men in the remote region and the bodies were sent to Constantine's military hospital. Many emergency workers had to walk miles (kilometers) to get to the remote crash site near Mount Fortas. Algeria began a three-day mourning period Wednesday for the victims. http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/feb/12/death-toll-in-algerian-plane-crash-reduced-to-76/ Back to Top Lanseria runway closed after plane's landing gear fails Johannesburg - Lanseria International Airport's runway has been closed after a Beechcraft Baron aircraft landed on it undercarriage, following landing gear failure on Thursday morning. Lanseria spokesperson, Claudette Vianello confirmed that the crash-landing took place and that none of the four people on board have been injured. "The runway has been closed to be able to complete a full inspection and it will be reopened once the aircraft has been removed," Vinello said. The runway is expected to re-open in an hour at about 10:15 (GMT). Passengers affected are being advised to contact their respective airlines. This is the second incident in February at Lanseria, after a Beechcraft King Air BE90 twin-engine aircraft crashed at ealier in the month, killing all three people on board. . The incident is suspected to have been a controlled terrain crash after bad weather in the region. http://www.news24.com/Travel/Flights/Lanseria-runway-closed-after-planes-landing-gear-fails-20140213 Back to Top 5 years after N.Y. crash, some airline safety progress WASHINGTON - Lessons learned from the tragic crash of a commuter airline flight near Buffalo, N.Y., five years ago have produced several significant improvements to commercial airline safety. But Deborah Hersman, who chairs the National Transportation Safety Board, says the Federal Aviation Administration and airline industry still have more work to do implementing her watchdog agency's advice. "The NTSB issued 25 recommendations and only eight of those recommendations have actually been closed,'' she said Friday. Continental Connections Flight 3407 operated by Colgan Air left Newark International Airport on Feb. 12, 2009, with a fatigued pilot and co-pilot who failed to compensate for loss of speed caused by ice on the plane's wings. When an indicator alerted the pilots the aircraft was going into an aerodynamic stall as it approached Buffalo Niagara International Airport, they didn't know how to respond. All 49 people on board and one person on the ground died when the plane crashed into a house in the Buffalo suburb of Clarence Center and set it ablaze. Since then, new rules addressing pilot fatigue and training recommended by the NTSB have been promulgated by the FAA. Miscues by the crew on Flight 3407 and other safety issues identified by the NTSB led to its non-binding recommendations. Families who lost friends and relatives in the crash pushed Congress to mandate them in a 2010 FAA reauthorization bill. "We are very happy with how far we've gone,'' said John Kausner, whose daughter, Ellyce, died in the crash. The families doggedly lobbied lawmakers to require the new standards. And they continue even now to press the FAA to pursue the rule-making process needed to complete the process. Democratic Sen. Charles Schumer of New York, who worked with families of the Flight 3407 victims on the 2010 FAA legislation, said they share much of the credit for its enactment. "Every time there was a legislative blockage, we sent them to personally go talk to the senators involved, and every time they broke through,'' Schumer said. The 2009 crash was "a wake-up call for the industry," the NTSB's Hersman said. "When the Colgan crash happened, I think we were in an era of unprecedented safety,'' she said. "We'd had years where we didn't have fatalities. And really, an understanding of why that crash occurred was incredibly important to the industry.'' The fatigue issue - a long-standing one in commercial aviation - has been addressed with a new science-based rule requiring at least a 10-hour rest period for pilots and co-pilots. The pilot on Flight 3407 had commuted to work from Florida and his co-pilot had commuted from the Seattle area. The new rule takes into consideration the start time for pilots, and the time of day and number of legs they're flying, Hersman said, but it doesn't cover the time spent by pilots commuting to work from distant locations. Lack of training for loss-of-control events such as stalls has been addressed by phasing in new training standards requiring flight simulator training for pilots. And airlines are required to disclose code-sharing when customers book their travel if a flight will handled by a regional airline partner. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx and FAA Administrator Michael Huerta announced the latest rules in November, indicating they will be phased in through 2019. The most significant unfinished work involves putting together an industry-wide electronic database of pilot performance records and making flight simulator training more realistic, Hersman said. The pilot in the 2009 crash failed multiple flight tests prior to being hired by Colgan, but the airline didn't know that. "If they had connected the dots and seen that this pilot had problems in certain experiences, certain environments, they would have understood that and been able to do some of that necessary remedial training before they put him in the cockpit,'' Hersman said. "Or perhaps he would have been washed out of the system.'' The FAA is not moving as fast as the NTSB would like in creating the database of pilot performance records. "We understand that sometimes these things do take time,'' Hersman said. "Very often they have seen opposition from different groups in the industry and so they have to work through these things carefully. But is it happening fast enough? I would say the answer is no.'' One of the new standards - that all pilots and co-pilots have 1,500 hours of flight experience - is controversial within the airline industry. Great Lakes Airlines announced Feb. 1 that a lack of pilots meeting the 1,500-hour standard forced them to suspend service to airports in North Dakota, Iowa, Michigan and Minnesota. And United Airlines cited the new rule as one reason it eliminated its hub in Cleveland and reduced regional flights there by 70 percent. The 1,500-hour benchmark was set by Congress and was not an NTSB recommendation. "It's not always about the hours because we see very experienced pilots with tens of thousands of hours making mistakes,'' Hersman said. "In fact, in the Colgan accident, those pilots, both of them, had more than 1,500 hours, but they still made mistakes.'' Regional Airline Association President Roger Cohen said his organization supports the industry safety improvements and is lobbying for the records database so airlines can have a more complete picture of job applicants' qualifications. But Cohen questions whether 1,500 hours of flight experience means a commercial airline pilot will be better qualified for the job or will produce some job candidates who "spend one or two years flying around towing banners.'' In addition, he said, the requirement was unfair to people already training to become pilots who suddenly learned they had to have 1,500 hours of flight experience. "The goal posts were suddenly moved,'' Cohen said. "Quality does not equal quantity, and the better approach would have been a competency- based certification. We continue to believe that's the best way for training airline pilots.'' The new training standard does have exceptions for former military pilots with 750 hours of flying experience and for graduates from certain flight schools with 1,000 hours. Schumer defended the 1,500-hour rule, noting that the increase in demand for new pilots is largely due to retirements by Baby Boomers. "There's an uptick in the number of retired pilots, but everyone believes they will keep up,'' Schumer said. "And there are lots of furloughed pilots. Demand is increasing, but it's better to have a trained pilot. We stand by these rules. We don't think they have anything to do with pilot shortages.'' http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/02/11/colgan-air-crash-prompts-safety-regulations/5372353/ Back to Top Refinery Fire Leaves One-Week Supply of Airplane Fuel Rosneft said Thursday it had halted output of oil products at its Ryazan refinery, a key fuel supplier to Moscow's airports, after a fire late on Wednesday caused by a railcar crash. Oil pipeline monopoly Transneft said the 340,000-barrels-per-day plant, located 200 kilometers southeast of Moscow, had suspended oil product supplies and crude oil intake, but had reserves to cover demand from the airports for a week. Rosneft said several rail cars decoupled from a locomotive and then rolled backwards to crash through the gates at the plant, sparking a fire. It said no one was hurt in the incident at the refinery, one of the country's largest. "Due to safety reasons, the [plant's] units are switched to circulation mode, which is planned for an emergency," Rosneft said in a statement. Rosneft said the fire had been extinguished by 5 a.m. local time on Thursday. A spokesman for the company said the refinery would resume normal work by Feb. 19. Last year, the plant refined 17.3 million tons of oil, producing 4.1 million tons of diesel, 3.3 million tons of gasoline and 1.1 million tons of jet fuel. Rosneft had planned to carry out maintenance at the plant, bought together with the Anglo-Russian TNK-BP oil firm last year, in April. A spokesman for Transneft said the company planned to divert crude oil, originally destined for the Ryazan plant, to the Baltic Sea ports of Primorsk and Ust-Luga. "If the plant resumes its work in a week, consumers will not feel any consequences from the Ryazan refinery stoppage," spokesman Igor Dyomin said. He added that a key storage hub, Volodarsky, in the Moscow region, had 30,000 tons (over 220,000 barrels) of fuel reserves, while daily consumption stood at 4,000 tons. http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/refinery-fire-leaves-one-week-supply-of-airplane-fuel/494480.html Back to Top Back to Top Iberia says pilots agree to 14 percent salary cut Spanish flag carrier Iberia said Wednesday it had reached a deal with its pilots to slash their salaries by at least 14 percent, part of its bid to return to profit. Iberia's roughly 1,400 pilots will see their salaries reduced by 14 percent, and possibly by another 4.0 percent depending on the airline's profitability, under the deal reached with pilots' union SEPLA, the airline said in a statement. Pilots' salaries will remain frozen until 2015 as part of the agreement, the statement added. "This groundbreaking deal reduces the cost structure and provides the foundation for the airline to grow profitably. A strong and profitable Iberia can protect jobs in the long term," Iberia's executive chairman, Luis Gallego, said in a statement. Iberia, part of the International Airlines Group (IAG) along with British Airways, says it accumulated 850 million euros ($1.16 billion) in losses between 2008 and 2012 due to high fuel costs, a sharp economic downturn in Spain and high operating costs. The airline has cancelled dozens of routes since it merged with British Airways in January 2011 to form IAG to reduce its operating costs. Last year Iberia and unions announced a deal to cut 3,100 jobs following months of strikes and protests. Iberia saw its operating profit jump to 74 million euros in the third quarter of 2013, up from just 1.0 million euros last time around. But in comparison third-quarter operating profit at British Airways surged to 477 million euros, from 268 million euros. http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/afp/140213/iberia-says-pilots-agree-14-percent-salary-cut Back to Top SERC of ISASI Annual Meeting 2014 The Southeast Regional Chapter of ISASI would like to invite you to attend their 2014 Meeting to be held in Cape Canaveral, FL on Saturday, March 22, 2014. Please see the registration form below. A tour of the Columbia Research and Preservation Center is also being offered on Friday, March 21, 2014. Availability is limited, and the deadline for tour registration is Monday, February 10, 2014. Please contact astorey@srca.net for additional information and reservations. ISASAI Registration Form 2014 Back to Top American Eagle Pilots Spurn Givebacks, Vow to Seek Jobs Pilot union leaders at American Airlines Group Inc. (AAL)'s regional unit rejected a proposed contract requiring labor concessions and said they would begin helping members find jobs at other carriers. American sought givebacks to cut operating costs at American Eagle in exchange for adding more large regional jets, the Air Line Pilots Association told members in a message today. Eagle pilots had agreed to concessions while former American parent AMR Corp. reorganized in bankruptcy before the December merger with US Airways Group Inc. Union chiefs' rejection means members won't vote on the offer. AMR's contract with American pilots limited most of Eagle's flying to jets with 50 or fewer seats, which are costly to operate at current fuel prices and disliked by passengers. Plans to divest Eagle were disrupted when Fort Worth, Texas-based AMR sought court protection in 2011. "Our pilots decided they were not willing to work for less than the company is already paying our peers," union Chairman William Sprague said in the message. "We will now begin the process of assisting our pilots in identifying alternative career options within the industry." American didn't immediately comment on the union's move. In exchange for the concessions, American had agreed that Eagle would get 60 new, 76-seat regional jets from Embraer SA (ERJ), larger than anything now flown by the commuter carrier. American has "made it clear" that it wouldn't negotiate further if the contract was rejected and that it would shrink Eagle "until it is small enough to liquidate," the union said. Other commuter carriers also fly regional routes for American under the Eagle name. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-02-13/american-eagle-pilots-spurn-givebacks-vow-to-seek-jobs.html Back to Top Singapore Airshow: The race to become the world's best airport Among the things that people dislike about travelling, queuing up at airports is arguably the most common. Luckily for passengers travelling through and from Singapore, the city-state's airport realises this and says its new terminal will tackle the problem. Changi airport's Terminal 4 will not only have automated self-check-in facilities, but passengers will also be able to tag and drop their bags themselves and there will be self-boarding gates - all aimed at cutting waiting times. "We want to offer a stress-free and smooth experience to those going through Changi," says Tan Lye Teck, executive vice president of Changi Airport Group. And the airport has a lot to gain from travellers in a happier mood. "Shorter time spent in queues means passengers will have more time to spend in retail outlets," Mr Tan adds. Last year, passengers spent 2bn Singapore dollars ($1.6bn; £955m) at retail outlets inside the airport. Economic Impact And it is not just about keeping the travellers happy. A good airport, or the lack of one, can also have a big impact on a country's economy. To begin with, an airport capable of handling large numbers is key to boosting tourism - a big driver of the economy in the case of Singapore and other countries in the region. Marc Kramer, senior vice-president at HVS Global Hospitality Service, says the number of arrivals is a key area the consulting firm looks at when advising clients on potential investments. "Airport arrivals are a key gauge for us to ascertain the strength of a destination's economy and growth in demand for hotels in the area," he told the BBC. Singapore's airport handled more than 50 million passengers last year and with the new terminal it will have the capacity to handle a further 16 million. The ability to handle large numbers of arrivals is also important to business travel and the catchily named meetings, incentives, conventions and exhibitions (Mice) sector. Stopover of choice Changi airport has also introduced more and more technology over the years to woo passengers. A mini-cinema, swimming pool, free massage chairs and even a butterfly garden are just some of the facilities it has put in place. Analysts say this push to become a leading airport is also driven by the desire to become a regional hub, and Singapore is not the only airport in Asia aiming to do this. An increasing number of people from Asia are travelling to the West and vice versa. At the same time, there is a growing trend of airlines cutting down on really long flights and opting to offer two relatively shorter ones to connect cross-continental destinations. As a result, major airports are vying to become the stopover destination in the hope that transit passengers will further help boost the economy. Singapore's airport already offers free city tours to passengers who are in transit for more than five hours. "Once you are there - you are going to spend some money and contribute to the economy," says David Kou from the financial website the Motley Fool. "But how successful a regional hub you become is dependent on what services you can offer to make the transit experience better." 'Intense' race And the competition is heating up, with passengers having multiple options to choose from when it comes to breaking their journeys. Bangkok, Hong Kong and Kuala Lumpur airports are all looking to become key transit points. There is also growing competition from Dubai and Doha in the Middle East, not least because of the aggressive growth of the region's airlines such as Emirates, Etihad and Qatar Airways. Elsewhere, Indonesia is opening a new airport in Bali, while China is set to expand the total number of airports in the country to 230 in 2015 from 175 in 2010. Meanwhile, India has got private firms involved in developing and running airports in major cities to improve its infrastructure. It has set a target of having 500 operational airports by 2020. Given the competition, it is hardly surprising that airports such as Singapore's Changi are looking at the most minute details to improve the passenger experience. "The race is so intense that airports have to create something that strikes a chord with travellers," says Shashank Nigam, chief executive of consulting firm Simpliflying. "Travellers are looking for something more than just a transactional experience, they want something more emotional." And if there's one thing that's going to get air travellers' emotions running high, it's long queues at the airport. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-26097348 Back to Top Back to Top Bugatti's 100P dream airplane to soar for the first time at the Mullin Automotive Museum Ettore Bugatti, perhaps bored with building such extravagant symbols of single-minded genius like the Royale, devised a staggering work of aeronautical wonder that never saw the light of the day. Threatened by the twin insurmountable forces of deadlines and war, the Bugatti 100P never made it to the skies. Bugatti wanted to tackle the Deutsch de la Meurthe Cup Race -- the brainchild of one Henri Deutsch de la Meurthe, the wealthy petroleum businessman who birthed Europe's oil industry in his native France. The "Oil King of Europe" loved aviation so much he assembled multiple races, beginning in 1900, with a prize of 10,000 francs to the first person who could fly from the Parc Saint Cloud to the Eiffel Tower in half an hour. The balloons shone here. Then, in 1904, he offered 50,000 francs to fly a 1-kilometer loop, which was won in 1908 by Henry Farman, operating a Voisin II biplane. A Voisin -- of course! In the case of the 1912 Coupe Deutsch de la Meurthe, the rules were simple but far more ambitious: One needed to fly two flights of 1,000 kilometers each in a loop over Paris, in an airplane whose engine was smaller than eight liters. How much difference a decade makes. It cost only 2,000 francs to enter, but the prize was 10 times that. In 1936, the last time the race was held, a man named Yves Lacombe won. The next race was scheduled for 1939, but the French aircraft industry was busy tackling the potential German invasion, and the race was cancelled. No matter: Ettore missed the September deadline on his Bugatti 100P anyway. The Bugatti 100P is a delicate, otherworldly thing. Painted in Bugatti's trademark blue, it looks like it couldn't possibly have come from the 1930s. Rounded forward-swept wings, a V-tail, retractable landing gear, twin contra-rotating front props: Was this craft from outer space? Two Bugatti 50B straight-eight engines powered the propellers and produced 450 hp each; Ettore estimated that it could reach 500 mph. Bugatti never flew his Bugatti 100P, instead tucking it away from the Germans for the duration of the war. Amazingly, it survived the war, and it survived multiple sales afterward, even after it lost its engines to restorations of Bugatti cars. In 1971, a full restoration effort was mounted. It is now stored at the Experimental Aircraft Museum's AirVenture Museum in Oshkosh, Wis. In 2009, three men began building a faithful re-creation of the Bugatti 100P, constructed mostly by hand and following Ettore's drawings and patents with the utmost faith. In 2014, the three--Scott Wilson, John Lawson and Simon Birney of Le Reve Bleu -- finally finished. And in March, the result will make its way to the Mullin Automotive Museum in Oxnard, Calif. We at Autoweek love the Mullin Automotive Museum, mostly because we wish we were a steampunk Jay Gatsby behind the wheel of the brain- fricasseeing 1938 Dubonnet Hispano-Suiza H6C Xenia. We also like Peter Mullin, mostly because he has impeccable taste in cars, colleges and charities. It seems fitting for Mullin -- who, starting March 20, will host the largest collection of Bugatti automobiles, furniture and paintings from the Bugatti family in the world -- to feature a faithful, airworthy re-creation of the beautiful and rare airplane, in addition to seeing it fly for the first time. Yes, the finished 100P will make its debut in Oxnard as part of the Art of Bugatti exhibit before it takes to the skies for the first time. We imagine Ettore would be proud, for two reasons: The Nazis have long been defeated, and his vision of aviation future will finally see beautiful, blue California sky. http://www.autoweek.com/article/20140211/carnews/140219974 Back to Top What's This Airplane Shape Doing in the Middle of the Sahara Desert? Searching Google Maps yields all kinds of "Easter Eggs"-little surprises tucked away but discoverable to those paying close attention. For example, there's planes flying by, Britain's most picturesque streets, and even the world's largest slip and slide. But it's a feature found in the no- man's-land Ténéré region of the Sahara Desert that really raises eyebrows. Enter coordinates 16° 51' 53.75" N, 11° 57' 13.36" E into Google Maps and find a tiny dot that is actually a massive shape of an airplane. This, a landmark hand-built of rock and one of the aircraft wings, is actually a memorial to the 170 people on UTA Airlines 772 who perished when a terrorist suitcase bomb exploded the aircraft in 1989. The flight, a DC-10 traveling from Brazzaville, Congo and N'Djamena, Chad to Paris's Charles de Gaulle Airport, carried 155 passengers and 15 crew. The bomb, planted by Libyans, exploded and caused the airplane to break up over the Sahara. Six Libyans were convicted of the attack, and though the tragedy occurred in 1989 it took until 2007 to get the Libyan government to distribute compensation of $1 million for each of the 170 killed. Part of this money went towards the construction of the memorial, completed later that year. For more photos of the site, view the imgur and, for further details, check out the Wikipedia page. http://www.jaunted.com/story/2014/2/6/105241/1121/travel/What's+This+Airplane+Shape+Doing+in+the+Middle+of+the+Sahara+Desert%3F Back to Top Calls for Application for The ISASI Rudolf Kapustin Memorial Scholarship DEADLINE for filling application 15 April, 2014 The 2014 ISASI Seminar will be held in the Stamford Hotel in Glenelg, near Adelaide, Australia 13-16 October 2014. INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF AIR SAFETY INVESTIGATORS 2014 The ISASI Rudolf Kapustin Memorial Scholarship (In memorial to all ISASI members who have died) Purpose: To encourage and assist college-level students interested in the field of aviation safety and aircraft occurrence investigation. Funding: The ISASI Rudolf Kapustin Memorial Scholarship fund will be established through donations and will provide an annual allocation of funds for the scholarship if funds are available. Eligibility: Applicants must be enrolled as full time students in a recognized (note ISASI recognized) education program, which includes courses in aircraft engineering and/or operations, aviation psychology, aviation safety and/or aircraft occurrence investigation, etc., with major or minor subjects that focus on aviation safety/investigation are eligible for the scholarship. A student who has received the annual ISASI Rudolf Kapustin Memorial Scholarship will not be eligible to apply for it again. Administration of the Fund: The President of ISASI will appoint a two person committee to be executors and administrators of the fund. The ISASI Treasurer will oversee all expenditures. The Scholarship Fund Committee will check that the education program is at a recognized school and applicable to the aims of the Society, assess the applications and determine the most suitable candidate. Donors and recipients will be advised if donations are made in honor of a particular individual. Annual Scholarship: Funded attendance at ISASI Annual Seminar An award of $2000 will be made to each student who wins the competitive writing requirement, meets the application requirements and will register for the ISASI annual seminar. The award will be used to cover costs for the seminar registration fees, travel, and lodging/meals expenses. Any expenses above and beyond the amount of the award will be borne by the recipient. ISASI will assist with coordination and control the expenditure of funds. In addition, the following are offered to the winner(s) of the scholarship. 1. A one year membership to ISASI 2. The Southern California Safety Institute (SCSI) offers tuition-free attendance to ANY regularly scheduled SCSI course to the winner of the ISASI Scholarship. This includes the two-week Aircraft Accident Investigator course or any other investigation courses. Travel to/from the course and accommodations are not included. More information at http://www.scsi-inc.com/ 3. The Transportation Safety Institute offers a tuition free course for the winner of the Scholarship. Travel to/from the course and accommodations are not included. More information is available at http://www.tsi.dot.gov/ 4. The Cranfield University Safety and Accident Investigation Centre offers tuition-free attendance at its 5-day Accident Investigation course which runs as part of its Masters Degree program at the Cranfield campus, 50 miles north of London, UK. Travel to/from the course and accommodation are not included. Further information is available from www.csaic.net/ Application requirements: 1. A full time student who meets the Eligibility requirement stated above and has been enrolled for a duration of one year 2. The student is to submit a 1000 (+/- 10%) word paper in English addressing "the challenges for air safety investigators" 3. The paper is to be the students own work and must be countersigned by the student's tutor/academic supervisor as authentic, original work 4. The papers will be judged on their content, original thinking, logic and clarity of expression 5. The essay and application must be submitted in a format that can be opened by Microsoft Word. 6. The student must complete the application form with their paper by April 15, 2014 and submit it to ISASI by mail, fax, or email to isasi@erols.com. ISASI contact information - Ann Schull, International Office Manager 107 E. Holly Avenue, Suite #11 Sterling, VA 20164 703 430 9668 (Main) 703 430-4970 (FAX) Some advice to those applying: 1. Late submissions are not advisable 2. Handwritten applications are not advisable 3. Make sure to include your email address as indicated above Application Form 2014 INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF AIR SAFETY INVESTIGATORS The ISASI Rudolf Kapustin Memorial Scholarship (In memorial to all ISASI members who have died) Name: Date: Address: Course enrolled for: Year /Subjects Studied: Academic Institute: Address: Email: Telephone number: Student Signature:_____________________________________________________________ Tutor/Academic Supervisor title and signature:________________________________________ 1000 Word Paper ""the challenges for air safety investigators" NOTE: Students who wish to apply for the scholarship should visit www.isasi.org or send email to isasi@erols.com. The ISASI office telephone number is 1-703-430-9668. Back to Top The Aerospace Department at Middle Tennessee State University Journal Survey Dear Colleague, The Aerospace Department at Middle Tennessee State University invites you to participate in a survey regarding non-engineering aviation, aeronautic, and space periodicals. The value of non-engineering aerospace journals is significant for our discipline especially when considering publication opportunities and the impact those peer-reviewed and industry publications may have in our research, education, and outreach endeavors. How these journals are rated by our peers may also help define periodical status for non-engineering aerospace faculty. Our goal is to update a 2006 study that identified periodicals providing exceptional value and utility to academicians. Unlike studies that focus primarily on research quality and prestige of academic journals, we will continue to investigate a wider set of issues. We hope to gain insight into the value of non-engineering aviation, aeronautic, and space-related periodicals (both academic journals and industry publications) that are used by academicians in their research, outreach, and teaching activities. Thus, your participation and opinion is very important to the success of the study. We would also request that you please pass this email along to colleagues in your department, school, and/or college who may be teaching aerospace courses. Please visit https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/5X6GT5B to begin the survey. We would greatly appreciate a response by March 1, 2014. Thank you. Randy Johnson, Ph.D. Paul Craig, Ph.D. Aerospace Department Middle Tennessee State University Informed Consent Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU Protocol Number: #14-198) Project Title Usefulness of Collegiate Aviation and Space Publications: An Expansion and Update Purpose of Project The study will update and expand a survey conducted and published in 2006 in The Collegiate Aviation Review (Johnson, Hamilton, Gibson, & Hanna, 2006). Procedures The survey includes questions about which periodicals and journals you may use in your work. Specifically we would like to find out how useful periodicals and journals inform your research, teaching, and/or outreach. We are also requesting some demographic information as well as institutional emphasis on research, teaching, and outreach. Risks/Benefits of this study You will be contributing to knowledge on the usefulness of publications in aerospace education. After we have finished the data collection, we will be happy to provide you with a more detailed description of the data if you request. No risks or discomforts are anticipated from participating in this survey. If you are uncomfortable with a particular question, you are free to skip it or withdraw from the study altogether. Confidentiality Your responses will be kept completely confidential. We will not know your IP address when responding to the survey. Participation Your participation is voluntary and you are free to withdraw from the study at any time. If you do not want to continue, you may simply leave the website. All efforts, within reason, will be made to keep the personal information in your research record private but total privacy cannot be promised, for example, you information may be shared with the Middle Tennessee State University Institutional Review Board. In the event of questions or difficulties of any kind during or following participation, the subject may contact the Principal Investigator as indicated above. For additional information about giving consent or your rights as a participant in this study, please feel free to contact the MTSU Office of Compliance at (616) 494-8918 Consent I have read the above information and I understand the purpose, benefits, and risks of the study and give my informed and fee consent to be a participant. By beginning the survey, I acknowledge that I have read this information and agree to participate in this research, with the knowledge that I am free to withdraw at any time without penalty. Principal Investigators: Dr. Randy Johnson Randall.Johnson@mtsu.edu (615) 898-2288 Dr. Paul Craig Paul.Craig@mtsu.edu (615) 494-8637 Curt Lewis