Flight Safety Information October 30, 2015 - No. 216 In This Issue Plane catches fire at airport; passengers evacuate on slides American Airlines flight diverted after passenger's 'alarming' 9-11 speech Germanwings Crash Raises Copycat Concerns Develop satellite tracking of aircraft to improve safety and security, urge MEPs Ground-breaking aircraft crash avoidance system enhances runway safety Battery Showdown Pits Boeing Against IPhone Over Airplane Safety Airport Security in the Philippines Have Been Putting Bullets in Luggage to Extort Passengers BRITISH AIRWAYS CREW SPOTS DRONE WHILE APPROACHING JFK AIRPORT Feds Once Again Increase Scrutiny Of Allegiant Airlines After Repairs For Unsecured Bolts FAA announces registration regulation task force PROS 2015 TRAINING Stop By and Visit At NBAA - Booth N812 Bombardier Gets $1 Billion From Quebec to Support Jet Program Airbus says gains at commercial aircraft division helped lift profit in 3rd quarter AAR celebrates the completion of 200th aircraft Beijing General Aviation to manufacture P750 aircraft in Changzhou High-Tech Zone Airline Trade Association to Delta Air Lines: Good Riddance Some airlines are ditching in-flight entertainment systems for streaming devices SAVE THE DATE...ISASI-2016 GRADUATE RESEARCH SURVEY REQUEST (1) Upcoming Events JOBS AVAILABLE (New Positions) Plane catches fire at airport; passengers evacuate on slides Firefighters walk past a Dynamic Airways Boeing 767, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2015, at Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport in Dania Beach, Fla. The passenger planes' engine caught fire Thursday as it prepared for takeoff, and passengers had to quickly evacuate on the runway using emergency slides, officials said. The plane was headed to Caracas, Venezuela. Photo: Wilfredo Lee, AP / AP Photo: Wilfredo Lee, AP DANIA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - A jet plane's engine caught fire as it prepared for takeoff from Florida and more than 100 passengers had to evacuate using emergency slides. One person was seriously injured, officials said. Dozens of passengers could be seen in video footage Thursday gliding down the slides of the Dynamic Airways flight, which was bound for Caracas, Venezuela. Some ran from the plane into the terminal at Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport as fire crews rushed to put the fire out. Andres Gallegos said he was one of the first passengers to use the chutes to evacuate. "I heard a loud bang. I turned around, saw the lights, saw the flames and I ran to the front of the aircraft," said Gallegos, who said it took about 30 seconds for the plane doors to open. "It was pretty nerve-wracking, knowing that the door wasn't opening and that something was on fire." Other passengers reported chaos as people screamed, cried and ran through the plane. Several people said the flight crew remained calm and acted quickly. "In that moment, the only thing going through my mind is trying to get off the plane," passenger Daniela Magro said. A total of 21 people were injured, most of whom were treated at a hospital and released, said Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue spokesman Mike Jachles. A male passenger who fell and hit his head while running on the tarmac was seriously injured and still hospitalized late Thursday, Jachles said. Once inside the airport, passengers expressed frustration, saying they'd been held in a room for more than an hour and had not heard from the airline. Don Dodson, the director of operations for Dynamic Airways, said airline officials had set up a crisis center, flown in additional airline representatives to help passengers and arranged for a relief flight to take passengers to their final destinations. Dynamic is a 5-year-old airline that connects Fort Lauderdale, New York, Venezuela and Guyana. It operates seven 767s. Dynamic said on its website that its Boeing 767s can accommodate up to 250 people. Officials said 110 passengers and crew were onboard Thursday's flight. Passengers on another plane on the runway recorded the fire and posted video to Twitter showing plumes of thick black smoke coming from the plane. An air traffic controller told the pilot "a lot of fluid" was leaking from his left engine and then urgently said the engine had caught fire and that he was dispatching firefighters, according to an audio recording posted by WSVN. Airline officials said the onboard fire extinguishing fluid was not enough to put out the fire. The airport closed briefly after the fire. The south runway reopened Thursday afternoon, and the north runway reopened Thursday night. As a result of the fire, 226 flights were delayed and 43 were canceled, airport spokesman Gregory Meyer said in an email late Thursday. Dynamic began servicing Caracas in July, after several other major airlines ended or slashed service to Venezuela over the government's refusal to pay an estimated $4 billion the carriers say they have trapped in the country. For Venezuelans hoping to travel abroad, the options have been severely reduced to little-known carriers such as Dynamic or domestic carriers, which due to the country's economic crisis, have struggled to import replacement parts. Airline officials said they've already started reviewing records for the crew and the plane, which was last inspected in June and had a new engine with less than 200 hours of flight time. Nine crew members were onboard - more than required - and were a very experienced team, which helped evacuating passengers quickly and seamlessly, Dodson said. "It's just a very unusual event. Something malfunctioned. We're not aware of what happened," he said. The National Transportation Safety Board sent a four-person team to Fort Lauderdale to investigate. Representatives from the Federal Aviation Administration, engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney, Boeing and Dynamic will also take part. NTSB online records show only one previous accident involving Dynamic. In 2011, a Dynamic flight attendant suffered serious injuries when a flight encountered moderate turbulence. The plane was not damaged and landed safely. http://www.seattlepi.com/news/us/article/Plane-catches-fire-at-airport-passengers- 6600052.php ***************** Status: Preliminary Date: Thursday 29 October 2015 Time: ca 12:32 Type: Boeing 767-269ER Operator: Dynamic International Airways Registration: N251MY C/n / msn: 23280/131 First flight: 1986-01-30 (29 years 9 months) Engines: 2 Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7R4E4 Crew: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: Passengers: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: Total: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 110 Airplane damage: Substantial Location: Fort Lauderdale International Airport, FL (FLL) ( United States of America) Phase: Taxi (TXI) Nature: International Scheduled Passenger Departure airport: Fort Lauderdale International Airport, FL (FLL/KFLL), United States of America Destination airport: Caracas-Simón Bolívar International Airport (CCS/SVMI), Venezuela Flightnumber: DYA405 Narrative: A Boeing 767-269ER operated by Dynamic Airways sustained damage in a fire accident at Fort Lauderdale International Airport, FL (FLL). Fourteen passengers were injured. The aircraft, operating flight 405 from Fort Lauderdale to Caracas, Venezuela, was cleared to taxy to runway 28R for departure. At 12:32 hours local time the crew radioed that they were holding short of runway 28R (on taxiway Bravo). Shortly afterwards the crew of Silver Airways flight 119 radioed that the Dynamic Airways aircraft seemed to be leaking fuel or fluid from the no. 1 engine. Dynamic 405 replied that they would likely need to return to the ramp. Immediately afterwards an unidentified flight came on the Tower frequency, shouting: "Engine's on fire, engine's on fire!" The aircraft was evacuated and the fire was extinguished by fire services. http://www.aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20151029-0 Back to Top American Airlines flight diverted after passenger's 'alarming' 9-11 speech LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - An American Airlines flight bound for Philadelphia from Los Angeles was diverted to Phoenix on Thursday after a passenger made "alarming" statements referencing the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, police said. The passenger was removed from American Airlines Flight 754 at Phoenix Sky Harbor International airport and transported to a psychiatric facility for evaluation under an involuntary hold, said Sergeant Vince Lewis of the Phoenix Police Department. "We had a situation where right after takeoff a passenger stood and walked to the first class section, where he stood at attention there and refused to take his seat," Lewis said. "He began making statements that, although they were alarming and threatening in nature, gave the flight crew the indication (of possible mental health issues)," he said. Lewis said some of the passenger's comments referenced the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and his beliefs about the government. The flight, which departed Los Angeles International Airport at 8:38 a.m. Pacific Time, carried 150 passengers, three infants and six crew members, and was refueled and allowed to continue on to Philadelphia, a spokesman for American Airlines said. A spokeswoman for the Phoenix airport declined comment, referring calls to police. http://news.yahoo.com/american-airlines-flight-diverted-passengers-alarming-9-11- 211128296.html Back to Top Germanwings Crash Raises Copycat Concerns Pilots must be encouraged to seek medical help with an assurance they can return to flying when cured, says psychologist A memorial plaque commemorates the crash of Germanwings flight 9525 in Cologne, Germany. The crash has raised profound concerns over how to deal with mental health issues among airline crews. By ROBERT WALL DUBLIN-The crash of Germanwings Flight 9525 apparently at the hands of a suicidal co- pilot has raised profound concerns over how to deal with mental health issues of crew members, and a psychologist is worried that others may try to imitate such action. "My concern at the moment is more about the potential for a copycat incident," Robert Bor, a consultant psychologist at the Royal Free Hospital in London told an aviation security conference in Dublin on Tuesday. Though pilots are generally not considered at high risk of suicidal tendencies, Mr. Bor, who works with passengers and crew on mental health issues, said: "in the minds of some people there may be this idea that by taking a flight and crashing it and so on, you will achieve some kind of notoriety." Andreas Lubitz, the 27-year-old co-pilot of the Germanwings plane had sought to conceal his depression from his employer before he crashed the Airbus Group SE A320 jetliner into the French Alps. All 150 people onboard the flight from Barcelona to Düsseldorf died in the crash in March. "I think it is a very special case," said Nico Voorbach, Director International and Regional Organization, World Aviation Forum. Mr. Bor said to help prevent a Germanwings-like incident, airlines and regulators "need a more positive view on mental health issues." He argued for an environment that encouraged pilots to come forward to seek medical help with some assurance they can return to flying once their condition is cured. As airlines implement new ways to try to detect pilot mental health issues, Mr. Bor warned of adopting a one-size-fits-all approach. "There is no perfect screening tool," he said. Pilot groups argue regulators so far have failed to address one of the main issues, an increased level of stress pilots are facing. New employment contracts for pilots that don't guarantee work are among changes in the industry adding stress to pilots that could weigh on their psychological condition, Mr. Voorbach said. The Germanwings crash has caused regulators in many countries to require two staff members to be in the cockpit at all times after Mr. Lubitz locked out the pilot before setting the plane on its final descent into the Alps. Philip Baum, managing director of aviation security consultant Green Light called it a "knee jerk" reaction that was taken without providing crew adequate training. It is a concern shared by pilots. The two-person rule was "too fast, too soon," Mr. Voorbach said, and not fully thought out. It may have introduced new risks by having unskilled persons in the cockpit that may not realize what is happening when emergency action is taken. The European Aviation Safety Agency is seeking an expedited timeline to implement changes in response to the Germanwings crash, including enhanced drug and toxic screening of crew. http://www.wsj.com/articles/germanwings-crash-raises-copycat-concerns-1445963799 Back to Top Develop satellite tracking of aircraft to improve safety and security, urge MEPs PLENARY SESSION Press release - Tourism / Transport ? 29-10-2015 - 12:59 Satellite technology that could one day track aircraft anywhere, so as to enhance safety, prevent safety and security breaches and facilitate data recovery for crash investigations, should be allocated its own radio spectrum band, say MEPs in a resolution voted on Thursday. They urge the EU Commission to put the case for earmarking this satellite-specific band, in order to promote development work, at the November 2015 meeting of the World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-15) in Geneva. "There have been tragedies that have brought out weaknesses in the current tracking system. Flight tracking systems today cover only around 30% of the global airspace, said Transport and Tourism Committee chair Michael Cramer (Greens/EFA, DE), putting a question to the Commission ahead of the vote on the resolution. "Satellite ADS-B - Automatic Dependent Surveillance - Broadcast is one of the technologies, which would allow better safety, and would reduce infrastructure costs. Necessary spectrum band should be allocated for satellite-based technology", he added. The tragedies that ended Air France flight AF447 on 1 June 2009 and Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 on 8 March 2014 highlighted the need to put in place new systems to determine the positions of public transport aircraft at all times, MEPs say in the resolution. Noting that today's flight tracking systems cover only parts of the globe, MEPs argue that using satellite-based tracking systems would help to determine the location of an aircraft in the event of abnormal behaviour, an emergency or an accident, and improve the effectiveness of search, rescue and accident investigation efforts. Satellite-based tracking systems should not be affected by the loss of normal electrical power on board aircraft and neither should it be possible to disable them during the flight, says the text. MEPs call on the EU Commission to take necessary steps - with a view to the next World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-15) in November 2015 - "regarding the allocation of the necessary radio spectrum band to support the future development of a satellite- based global flight tracking system". Procedure: non-legislative resolution REF. : 20151022IPR98842 Updated: ( 29-10-2015 - 13:24) European Parliament News http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/news- room/content/20151022IPR98842/html/Develop-satellite-tracking-of-aircraft-to- improve-safety-and-security-urge-MEPs Back to Top Ground-breaking aircraft crash avoidance system enhances runway safety Introducing Aerial, Landing, & Takeoff Aircraft Crash Avoidance System (ALTACAS) Oct 29, 2015, 07:38 ET from ALTACAS TECHNOLOGY COLUMBIA, S.C., Oct. 29, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- ALTACAS TECHNOLOGY today announced the latest patented innovation in aircraft crash avoidance technology primarily designed to target and provide an effective, practical solution to enhance runway safety during takeoffs and landings, while preventing collisions during climbs, mid-flights, and descents. Latest data from www.planecrashinfo.com shows 20% of fatal accidents occurred during takeoffs and initial climb, while 46% occurred during initial approach, final approach, and landing. The majority caused by human errors. The present day use of drones may increase these alarming statistics. For example, on March 22, 2014, US Airways Flight 4650 nearly collided with a drone while landing at the Tallahassee Regional Airport. ALTACAS (Aerial, Landing, & Takeoff Aircraft Crash Avoidance System) is the latest patented innovation in aircraft crash avoidance technology primarily designed to target and provide an effective, practical solution to enhance runway safety during takeoffs and landings, while preventing collisions during climbs, mid-flights, and descents. ALTACAS (Aerial, Landing, & Takeoff Aircraft Crash Avoidance System) is the latest patented innovation in aircraft crash avoidance technology... Among these statistics, runway incursions are the most prominent, which are incidents where a takeoff or landing aircraft is threatened by an unauthorized aircraft, vehicle, or person on a runway. In the USA alone, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reported 1,264 runway incursions in 2014, a noticeable increase from 966 in 2010. Also, latest statistics from the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a United Nation Specialized Agency, shows runway related issues as the highest among "Occurrence Categories" at nearly 60%, and that runway excursion and incursions accounted for 19% of all accidents and serious incidents. Several years ago, inventor and the company's chief engineer Bryan Smalls was informed by associates that the US government was looking for ways to reduce runway incidents. This information led him to conceptualize and patent ALTACAS, which employs LIDAR radar and remote sensing technology along with GPS tracking technology. Its automated systems allows individual aircrafts to particularly monitor runways and airways of initial climbs before takeoffs while allowing inbound aircrafts to monitor airways and runways before landing, thereby minimizing runway incursions. The existing crash avoidance system mainly targets mid-flight aircrafts. ALTACAS also effectively monitors mid-flight aircrafts. ALTACAS pinpoint accuracy detects, warns, and tracks aircrafts of possible collision while providing evasive course of action. Its automated systems provides imagery, distance, speed, and direction of oncoming aircrafts and non-aircrafts vehicles, while simultaneously opening a three-way communication between pilots and air traffic controllers to defuse crisis. Sensor activated lightings alongside runways allows takeoff aircrafts to identify runway usage to incoming aircrafts and warn others on intersecting runways. Aircrafts in the vicinity receive audible warning that runway is in use. ALTACAS reduces aircraft incidents caused by human errors and provides pilots and air traffic control additional reaction time to prevent collisions. Mr. Smalls says, "Every second is indispensible when aircrafts are on a collision course. Any safety system providing additional time may help avert a catastrophe and save the loss of lives and property." Mr. Smalls believes ALTACAS technology can be retrofitted into existing aircrafts' safety systems, and may prove useful to trains and ships in the near future. He knows this venture will take a concerted effort by the government and private companies to implement. Consequently, he thinks it would be best to make this concept and patent available to others for licensing or sales. Additional information and a demo video can be seen at www.altacas.technology or www.altacas.com. For further information, please call (803) 724-1233 or 1-866-875-1101, or contact us by email at info@altacas.technology, or by mail at ALTACAS TECHNOLOGY, P.O. Box 24615, Columbia, SC 29224. Video - https://youtu.be/vcH8mPTxQA8 SOURCE ALTACAS TECHNOLOGY Related Links http://www.altacas.com http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ground-breaking-aircraft-crash-avoidance- system-enhances-runway-safety-300168324.html Back to Top Battery Showdown Pits Boeing Against IPhone Over Airplane Safety By: Alan Levin The smoke alarm first sounded as the United Parcel Service Inc. jumbo jet neared cruising altitude over the Persian Gulf. Within 2 1/2 minutes, a blaze in the cargo hold grew so hot it distorted steel flight controls, making the plane difficult to fly. Acrid smoke poured into the cockpit, blocking the pilots' view of instruments. "I got no oxygen," Captain Doug Lampe said after the fire burned through his emergency supply line. "I can't breathe." Lampe got up from his seat and was almost immediately felled by the fumes. The plane crashed 20 minutes later in a ball of fire near Dubai, killing Lampe and his co-pilot. Crash investigators, whose report relayed the final moments in the cockpit as captured by the flight recorders, said a load of flammable lithium batteries was at least partly responsible for the 2010 crash of UPS Flight 6. Yet, five years later, such shipments continue, including on some passenger flights. Negotiators at the United Nations' International Civil Aviation Organization in Montreal on Wednesday voted not to ban lithium batteries as cargo on passenger planes, according to two people familiar with the action who weren't authorized to speak about it. But they continue to debate other restrictions, which could be announced Friday when the meetings adjourn. Apple, Boeing Among the restrictions being considered are ones that would require the batteries to be shipped less than fully charged, or changes to the hazardous cargo reporting and packaging requirements. The discussion pits the rapidly expanding industry that builds power packs to run everything from Apple Inc. iPhones to electrical grids, against giants of the aviation industry, Boeing Co. and Airbus Group SE, which warned passenger carriers in July against carrying lithium-battery cargo shipments until new protections can be developed. The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration weighed in earlier this month also urging such a ban. But Congress in 2012 passed legislation prohibiting the U.S. government from enacting stricter regulations for lithium cargo than any recommendations set by ICAO. Accidents, Fires Shipments of lithium batteries have been linked to two other aircraft accidents in addition to UPS Flight 6, as well as dozens of fire incidents. The stakes are huge, according to Christophe Pillot, director of AVICENNE ENERGY a Paris-based consultant. Rapid growth in worldwide shipments of rechargeable lithium-ion batteries -- projected to average 20 percent annually for the next 10 to 15 years -- could be upended if shipments are disrupted by tighter rules, or if a high-profile accident raises public fears, Pillot said. AVICENNE projects rechargeable lithium-ion cell sales will reach almost $16 billion this year. "The impact on this market will be very important," he said. Market Impact While acknowledging the need for tighter standards, the battery industry has fought halting all air shipments, arguing it would be unnecessary and would harm the sector's growth, said George Kerchner, executive director of PRBA - The Rechargeable Battery Association. "We don't think a ban is the right approach," Kerchner said. The association favors additional packaging, labeling and training as ways to improve safety. Pilot unions, meanwhile, say they can't understand how potentially dangerous shipments are allowed in spite of near-unanimous calls for improved safety by aircraft manufacturers, the FAA and many airlines. "Unfortunately, with the subject of lithium batteries, we've handcuffed our regulators from doing their job," said Captain Michael Moody, chairman of the safety committee at UPS's Independent Pilots Association. Since the 2010 accident, UPS has developed more fire-resistant cargo containers and given its pilots better smoke and fire protections in the cockpit, UPS spokesman Mike Mangeot said in an e-mail. While supporting enhanced packaging standards, the company opposes any ban of battery shipments, he said. Lithium-ion Loophole The UPS union and the International Federation of Air Line Pilots' Associations, an umbrella group for unions around the world, say ICAO's current recommended standards for limiting the size of battery shipments has a loophole allowing large-scale loads on passenger and cargo flights with little notice or oversight. FAA research released last year found that such shipments were capable of exploding in cargo holds, even with existing fire suppression systems. "There has been adequate information, adequate testing, enough presented for us to know what the risks are to transportation that these batteries pose," Mark Rogers, chairman of IFALPA's dangerous goods committee, said. "Certainly we don't feel that the current transport regulations are adequate to address that risk." While many large passenger carriers, including United Continental Holdings Inc. and Delta Air Lines Inc., said earlier this year they won't ship the powerpacks as cargo until new safety measures are developed, such shipments are legal and some carriers continue to handle them. Passenger Carriers The FAA estimated that 26 million people a year fly to and from the U.S. just on foreign carriers that allow lithium-ion shipments. At least one U.S. passenger carrier also allows the shipments. Alaska Air Group Inc.'s Alaska Airlines accepts lithium-ion shipments on at least some flights, spokeswoman Bobbie Egan said in an e-mail. Representative Peter DeFazio, the Oregon Democrat who is his party's highest ranking member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, said it is "unconscionable" that the U.S. must accept ICAO's standards and can't set its own safety rules. He hopes to strike restrictions on lithium-battery regulations from an FAA policy bill scheduled to be taken up early next year. Other Limits In addition to banning lithium shipments, ICAO this week is debating several proposals. In one, batteries couldn't be shipped with more than 30 percent of a full charge, which would reduce the chances of overheating and fire. Battery manufacturers agree that some limit would make sense, but want the flexibility to ship batteries with a higher charge, Kerchner said. Negotiators are also looking at ways to close a loophole in earlier ICAO battery packaging requirements. Under 2012 ICAO policy, only the smallest packages are allowed to be shipped on aircraft without being identified as hazardous waste and receiving special care. However, unlimited amounts of those small packages can be shipped together, effectively sidestepping the protections, according to Rogers. The organization can adopt one or more of the proposals or craft separate recommendations. While most nations adopt ICAO's standards, countries aren't bound by the United Nations to do so. Made in Asia Most lithium-based batteries are made in Asia and shipped to the rest of the world, AVICENNE's Pillot said. That means a portion of the industry relies on the rapid delivery provided by aircraft, making that form of transportation critical, he said. Companies such as Panasonic Corp., Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc. are among the largest manufacturers of rechargeable lithium cells, reflecting their use in electronics, according to AVICENNE. Newer areas of battery growth are in vehicles, ranging from electric bikes to buses, and as storage devices for electricity in homes. Tesla Motors Inc., which is building a battery- production facility in Nevada, is expanding from electric cars to batteries for homes. Even as the batteries have spurred economic growth, safety risks have remained. Not only are they made with flammable materials, but they hold so much energy that they can self-ignite if they fail or are damaged. U.S. Ban Shipments of non-rechargeable lithium cells were banned as cargo on passenger flights by the U.S. in 2007 after research showed they couldn't be extinguished by on-board fire suppression. Non-rechargeable cells use different chemistry than lithium-ion rechargeable batteries. However, the more agencies like the FAA researched lithium-ion cells, the more concerned they became. While lithium-ion fires are easier to put out, the cells give off gases that can explode in some cases. An explosion in a cargo bin would compromise normal fire protections and might even damage the aircraft, according to the FAA. After UPS Flight 6 went down, investigators found the Boeing 747-400 had held more than 81,000 lithium cells, some of which weren't properly declared, according to the General Civil Aviation Authority of the United Arab Emirates. The fire originated in cargo containing "a significant number of lithium type batteries and other combustible materials," the agency's report concluded. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-10-29/battery-showdown-pits-boeing- against-iphone-over-airplane-safety Back to Top Airport Security in the Philippines Have Been Putting Bullets in Luggage to Extort Passengers Passengers and well wishers wait for their flights at the international airport on May 23, 2014 in Manila, Philippines "This is becoming an international embarrassment" The job of airport security is to confiscate dangerous items from suitcases, but travellers have recently found the opposite is true in the Philippines' Manila Airport, where staff have allegedly been dropping bullets into the bags of unsuspecting passengers. Legislators have called for an investigation into the supposed racket that extorts money from passengers by threatening to charge or arrest them for carrying illegal ammunition, the BBC reported. "This is becoming an international embarrassment," said Sherwin Gatchalian, a member of the tourism committee in the House of Representatives, according to the BBC. He warned that the offenders were "not afraid to prey on foreigners." A Filipino worker and Japanese tourist were the latest passengers to be detained in the swindle at the Southeast Asian nation's main gateway. Other targets have reportedly been taken to court for refusing to pay fines. Surveillance has heightened as investigators look into the incidents. After all, "there is no working system that is guarding the guards," the BBC reported Senator Ralph Recto as saying. http://time.com/4093899/airport-bullet-scam-philippines/ Back to Top BRITISH AIRWAYS CREW SPOTS DRONE WHILE APPROACHING JFK AIRPORT British Airways flight crew spots drone near JFK Airport QUEENS, N.Y. (WABC) -- Another drone has been sighted by the crew of an airplane heading for landing at a New York City airport. The giant jumbo jet, a Boeing 777, came way too close to someone's flying toy. "Speedbird 177? Go ahead," Air Traffic Control said. If you listen through the fast talking jargon of Air Traffic Control, you'll hear the crew of British Airways 177 from London operating with the handle "Speedbird" telling controllers about their strange sighting near a waypoint known as Zalpo, over Floral Park Long Island. "As we passed ZALPO about 300 feet above us, I'm pretty sure it was a drone," the pilot said. "Okay, uh, thank you," Air Traffic Control said. "Or a very strange looking balloon," the pilot said. The FAA says it was no balloon. Hovering between 1,800 and 2,200 feet northeast of Kennedy Airport, the unmanned drone was apparently flying above approaching jetliners traffic. "Speedbird 177-Heavy, do you have any other description other than, uh, what it can possibly be, like a color, direction of flight, or anything else?" Air Traffic Control said. "It was going roughly towards the west and it was about, I would say, difficult to tell the size of the thing but about 300 feet above us, and, uh it was black, and sort of, well looked like one of those things with the four propellers on each corner," the pilot said. In the past year, the FAA says pilots have reported more than three dozen drone sightings, just in the airspace near JFK. Just last week, an American Eagle crew reported seeing an unmanned aircraft while on approach to LaGuardia Airport. Thursday night, controllers dispatched an NYPD helicopter to investigate as they urged other pilots to keep an eye out. "Alitalia 604-heavy, possible report of a drone at Zalpo, at 300 above your altitude at Zalpo, so about 1,900 feet. Use caution," Air Traffic Control said. The FAA and the Nassau County Police are investigating the incident. http://abc7ny.com/news/british-airways-crew-spots-drone-while-approaching-jfk- airport/1058144/ Back to Top Feds Once Again Increase Scrutiny Of Allegiant Airlines After Repairs For Unsecured Bolts When an Allegiant Airlines flight from Las Vegas to Peoria was speeding down the runway and the nose lifted too soon, pilots aborted the takeoff. That August incident - in which a bolt was found to be insecure - led the budget carrier to inspect all of its aircraft. While the company deemed its planes were in working order, a new report suggests that might not be the case. Bloomberg reports that mechanics for the airline found at least three additional incidents in which portions of the planes weren't properly locked in place. Although Allegiant maintains the newly found problems weren't related to the August issue, federal regulators say they have once again increased scrutiny of the budget carrier. "The FAA intensified its focus on the carrier's flight operations and aircraft maintenance programs," the Federal Aviation Administration said. According to Allegiant repair logs, the August incident that led the airline to inspect its planes occurred because the so-called elevator boost actuator - panels on the tail used to climb and descent - was disconnected. Bloomberg reports that subsequent maintenance reports show aircraft checked after the incident included two planes that had unsecured elevator bolts, while a third jet had an unsecured bolt on an aileron - a portion of the wing used to make turns. Allegiant didn't consider the findings to be part of the inspection results because it involved a different part of the aircraft than that involved in the August incident, a spokesperson tells Bloomberg. "During the fleet-wide inspection of the elevator boost actuators, Allegiant mechanics made additional repairs to other aircraft, as they do each and every day," the company said. "As these repairs were outside the scope of the fleet campaign in question, they were logged per normal procedure." Under FAA rules airlines are required to report all maintenance activities. But those reports don't have to be disclosed immediately. Instead, they are entered into a database and shared quarterly. While Allegiant didn't break any regulations by not immediately reporting its findings, safety experts say the issues were serious. John Goglia, a former member of the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board, tells Bloomberg that the multiple instances of unsecured bolts and their locations on the aircraft "should result in a focused FAA audit." Work on flight control systems - the devices at issue for Allegiant's planes - is considered critical because errors can lead to accidents. "This is a primary flight control on the airplane. Anything less than perfect work on this system can have catastrophic results," he said. http://consumerist.com/2015/10/28/feds-once-again-increase-scrutiny-of-allegiant- airlines-after-repairs-for-unsecured-bolts/ Back to Top FAA announces registration regulation task force The Federal Aviation Administration announced the members of its registration regulation task force on Thursday. The Federal Aviation Administration on Thursday announced 25 members who will make up its unmanned aircraft systems registration task force. The task force will develop recommendations for a registration process for UAS. Members will advise the FAA on which aircraft should be exempt because their safety risk is low. That includes toys and other small UAS, the agency said. The task force also will look at options to make the registration process less of a burden for UAS operators. Members were invited to join the task force, but participation on it is voluntary. Registering unmanned aircraft will help build a culture of accountability and responsibility, especially with new users who are in inexperienced in operating in the United States aviation system, said Andrew Foxx, FAA secretary. Registration also will help protect public safety in the air and on the ground, he said. The agency daily receives reports of potentially unsafe UAS operations and manned aircraft sightings of UAS doubled between 2014 and 2015, FAA said. Reports vary from incidents at major sporting events to interference with wildlife operations, the agency said. The FAA, the Departments of Transportation, Commerce, Defense, Homeland Security, Interior and State, the Office of Management and Budget and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration will provide support to the task force. Susan Marlow, president of Management Association for Private Photogrammetric Surveyors, said in a news release her organization has actively called on FAA to move forward with rulemaking and is pleased and honored to participate in the task force. Meanwhile, the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association President Mark Baker also lauded the task force in a news release. Baker said his organization was glad to have the opportunity to be on the task force and that while the safety of the National Airspace System is paramount, "we also need to ensure that the regulations for unmanned aircraft are both right-sized and effective." The deadline for the task force to complete its recommendations is Nov. 20. The group will meet from Nov. 3-5 before developing recommendations on how to streamline the registration process and the minimum requirements on which UAS should be registered. Members named Thursday to the FAA registration task force are: -- 3D Robotics (Nancy Egan) -- Academy of Model Aeronautics (Richard Hanson)-- Aerospace Industries Association (George Novak) -- Air Line Pilots Association (Chuck Hogeman and Randy Kenagy) -- Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (Jim Coon) -- Amazon Prime Air (Sean Cassidy) -- Amazon Retail (Ben Gielow) -- American Association of Airport Executives (Justin Towles) -- Association of Unmanned Vehicles International (Brian Wynne) -- Best Buy (Parker Brugge) -- Consumer Electronics Association (Douglas Johnson) -- DJI (Brendan Schulman) -- General Aviation Manufacturers Association (Paul Feldman) -- GoogleX (Dave Voss) -- GoPro (Tony Bates) -- Helicopter Association International (Matt Zuccaro) -- International Association of Chiefs of Police (Mike Fergus) -- Management Association for Private Photogrammetric Surveyors (John Perry) -- Measure (Brandon Declet) -- National Association of State Aviation Officials (Randall Burdett) -- National Business Aviation Association (Sarah Wolf) -- Parrot (Baptiste Tripard) -- PrecisionHawk (Tyler Collins) -- Small UAV Coalition (Gregory McNeal) --Walmart (Thomas Head) http://uasmagazine.com/articles/1302/faa-announces-registration-regulation-task-force Back to Top Back to Top Stop By and Visit At NBAA DATE Nov. 17 - 19, 2015 LOCATION Booth N812 Las Vegas Convention Center 3150 Paradise Rd. Las Vegas, NV 89109 Back to Top Bombardier Gets $1 Billion From Quebec to Support Jet Program A Bombardier 415 Superscooper, used to fight forest fires. OTTAWA - As Bombardier, the aerospace manufacturer, struggles with a new commercial jet project, it will receive a $1 billion bailout from the province of Quebec, helping ease concerns about the company's cash situation. Bombardier's new single-aisle planes, the CSeries airliners, were supposed to be a game-changer for the company, a direct challenge to its much larger rivals, Boeing and Airbus. But the project, the company's first attempt to move beyond the regional and business aircraft market, has been marred by delays, cost overruns and a dearth of orders. The infusion of money will go directly into the CSeries effort, making the provincial government a partner in the project. The deal provides much-needed cash just as the company gears up for production on the planes. "What Bombardier has done with the Quebec government is give themselves some time," said Sash Tusa, an aerospace analyst with Agency Partners in London. The project has weighed heavily on the company. On Thursday, Bombardier reported that it lost $4.9 billion during its third quarter, compared with a profit of $74 million the same period a year earlier. Much of the loss came from a $3.2 billion write-down of the value of the CSeries project, an amount similar to the original capital budget for the airliner. Bombardier also wrote off $1.2 billion because of the cancellation of a new Lear business jet model. The total write-downs are substantially larger than the company's current market value of $3.16 billion. Shares of the company, which continued to fall on Thursday, are off 63 percent over the last year. In a conference call, Bombardier's chief executive, Alain Bellemare, who came to the company in February, rejected an analyst's suggestion that it is on the verge of conceding defeat for the CSeries. He called the government bailout "a big deal" that should give more "confidence" in the project. "With this, our liquidity position is solid," Mr. Bellemare said. He noted that unlike their rival products from Boeing and Airbus, the two CSeries models were completely new aircraft. Without offering specifics, he said that the airplanes, during tests, were exceeding their promised performance specifications. The CSeries airliners, which can carry from 100 to 150 passengers, were intended to be the first planes to use a new engine technology that is significantly quieter than current engines' and that burns less fuel. But the delay in the technology's release allowed Boeing to develop a version of its best-selling 737 aircraft with a similar engine technology. Airbus created variations of the A320 and A319 that also offer the new technology. Despite Bombardier's inability to attract orders, Mr. Bellemare said interest remains strong in the CSeries planes, which are slightly smaller than their competitors and offer airlines lower overall flight costs. So far, the CSeries has produced only 243 firm orders, none in the last year. During the call, Bombardier said that it did not expect the cash drain from the new airliners to end for five or six more years. Until that time, the project will require another $2 billion on top of the government's contribution, the company said. Continue reading the main story As the company looks to stabilize its cash situation, Bombardier is expected to offer a minority stake in its transportation unit, which is the largest maker of trains in the world outside of China. Mr. Bellemare, however, said only that such a step would be taken "soon." While Bombardier's aviation and rail equipment operations are spread throughout the world, the company maintains a large presence in Quebec. It has built a massive assembly complex for the CSeries at an abandoned airport north of Montreal. Some investors have been pushing for an end to the special voting share structure that keeps control of the company in the hands of the descendants of its founder, Joseph- Armand Bombardier. But many Quebecers worry that such a step would lead to the company's breakup and a significant decline in its operations within the province. Quebec's investment will give the government a 49.5 percent stake in the CSeries program. The company is now bound to continue various operations, including the assembly of the airplanes, in the province for at least 20 years. Government investment did not appear to be Bombardier's first choice for dealing with the cash drain. Airbus and Bombardier confirmed this month that they had held discussions but offered little in the way of details. Mr. Tusa, the aerospace analyst, said other partners may appear. "I wouldn't assume for one second that the opportunity is lost for Airbus or Boeing to look at the CSeries again," he said. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/30/business/international/bombardier-gets-1-billion- from-quebec-to-support-jet-program.html?_r=0 Back to Top Airbus says gains at commercial aircraft division helped lift profit in 3rd quarter PARIS - Airbus says its profit rose in the third quarter as the European jet maker saw gains from improvements in its commercial aircraft division. Boeing's chief rival in the $700 billion global aerospace and defence industry said it made 376 million euros ($413 million) in the third quarter, up from 264 million euros a year earlier. Toulouse, France-based Airbus said Friday it's on track to achieve targeted improvements in production and orders this year, with deliveries slightly higher than the record 629 aircraft it built in 2014. The company also announced plans to further ratchet up production of its in-demand A320 family of narrow-body jets to 60 a month by 2019, up from a planned 50 in 2017 and 42 now. http://www.theprovince.com/ Back to Top AAR celebrates the completion of 200th aircraft Duluth, MN (NNCNOW.com) -- Today is a big milestone for a Duluth company committed to maintaining world class airplanes. AAR is celebrating the completion of its 200th aircraft at their Duluth maintenance facility. Click here to subscribe to our daily newsletter. Mayor Don Ness and other area leaders celebrated the landmark achievement. Located near Hermantown, the AAR facility inspects and fixes a fleet of 93 airplanes for Air Canada. AAR pumps in some $25 million a year in wage contributions. Mark Ketterer the Vice President of Operations at AAR "In just three short years we turned this hanger, this facility from basically a big empty hole to a world class maintenance organization. As you look around, it is definitely filled up. With four airplanes in here today we are at max capacity." Mark Ketterer said he looks forward to expanding with the Air Canada fleet. http://www.northlandsnewscenter.com/news/local/AAR-celebrates-the-completion-of- 200th-aircraft-338509002.html Back to Top Beijing General Aviation to manufacture P750 aircraft in Changzhou High-Tech Zone CHANGZHOU, China, Oct. 28, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Beijing General Aviation Co. Ltd., (BGAC) officially started the construction of the aircraft production facility for Beijing Navigation Changzhou Aircraft Industry Co., Ltd. (BNCAG) in Changzhou National High- Tech Industrial Development Zone's Aviation Industrial Park on October 28, 2015. Once the new facility starts operation, it is scheduled to produce 70 P750 planes annually and serve as BGAC's manufacturing and maintenance hub in east China. Changzhou High-Tech Zone, located in China's highly dynamic Yangtze River Delta area, continues enhancing its infrastructure-related offerings. In May of this year, the aviation park received the approval to establish a block of general aviation controlled airspace, with a flight zone encompassing a maximum of 1,720 square kilometers and an allowed flight height of up to 3,000 meters. The airspace will be used by the park's resident companies for flights of their general aircraft and provides aerospace manufacturers with a convenient location for test flights and certifications. To address the fast-growing general aviation market in China, BNCAG will be primarily engaged in the manufacturing and certification of fixed-wing P750 aircraft. The firm will establish the P750 aircraft service and support center for east China in stages, and will manage the company's activities across the general aviation industry chain, including showcasing and sales, test flight and delivery, supply of peripheral aviation equipment as well as modification and maintenance of P750 aircraft. The 46,320-square-meter facility is located just south of the Shanghai-Chengdu High-speed Railway and north of Changzhou Airport's runways. The facility will boast specialized facilities used for aircraft assembly and spray painting of the fully assembled aircraft. Once the facility is put into operation, plans call for the production of 70 P750 aircraft annually. The P750 is a multipurpose and fixed-wing aircraft with a single turboprop engine and offers short-distance take-off and landing, reverse propeller-enabled ability to back up while on the ground, flexibility and motility in the air as well as superior load capacity, in addition to other features. The aircraft has received air worthiness certificates for operation in over 20 countries and regions, including the U.S. and Europe. The P750 is widely used for passenger and cargo transport, tourism, sky diving, aerial photography and surveying as well as for remote sensing. SOURCE The Public Promotion Department of Changzhou Xinbei District Commission of CCP http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/beijing-general-aviation-to-manufacture- p750-aircraft-in-changzhou-high-tech-zone-300168256.html Back to Top Airline Trade Association to Delta Air Lines: Good Riddance Airline trade association Airlines for America said Thursday that Delta needn't provide a six-month notice before leaving the group. Rather, Delta can leave right now. Don't let the door hit you on the way out. The move comes two days after Delta said it would leave the group on April 26, 2016, explaining that its $5 million in annual dues can be better spent elsewhere and it can find a better way to communicate in Washington. Delta has increasingly been willing to take strong positions that either differ from those of other airlines or that have the support of some airlines but cannot get backing from a historically divided A4A. In a prepared statement released late Thursday, A4A said that it will maintain its current budget, with other members picking up Delta's dues payment. The A4A board, composed of airline executives, expressed unanimous support for the group and its agenda. In this particular case, A4A seems as united as it has ever been. Will Ris, American senior vice president of government affairs, said in an interview Wednesday that "American obviously was disappointed that Delta is pulling out but understands the situation is such that they felt they needed to do it. "We are fully committed to A4A and we think it is doing a fine job in terms of advocacy in Washington," said the respected Ris, who will retire at the end of the year. "It is very effective and is increasingly respected on Capitol Hill (and) I think that other airlines agree." With Delta gone, Ris said, "We may be able to do even more effective advocacy where we don't always have to have an asterisk at the end of a request saying one of our members doesn't agree. Anytime you're not completely unified, the immediate question is 'Why does one of your members feel differently?' and you have to explain their views." Increasingly over several years, Delta has been willing to take strong positions on aviation issues. In a current case, which seems to have brought it to a breaking point with A4A, Delta opposes privatization of the air traffic control system. Other airlines back privatization and A4A has lobbied strongly for it. "That's a pretty fundamental issue, to be honest," Ris said. Delta has also been eager to push back against rapid U.S. expansion by the subsidized Gulf carriers. American and United agree with Delta on the issue, but because A4A's 10 member airlines include Gulf carrier supporters, the three global U.S. carriers had to form a new organization to lobby against the Gulf carriers. That organization, Partnership for Fair Skies, appears to be effective, although it is unclear what the resolution will be. A third issue involves Delta opposition to the Export-Import Bank, which has policies that include enabling wealthy foreign airlines to purchase Boeing BA +0.00% aircraft with financing guaranteed by the U.S. government. Said Ris, "We did not think the industry should have a position on that." That issue seems problematic today because Tea Party Republicans decided illogically that the Ex-Im Bank should cease to exist. This week, Congress decisively overruled them. Besides the policy divisions, it seems clear that Delta CEO Richard Anderson has had a break with A4A Chairman Nick Calio, a high-end lobbyist who moved to A4A in 2011. Calio is paid $3.8 million annually. Calio is considered to be an effective lobbyist, partially due to a friendship with former Speaker of the House John Boehner, but at the same time he sometimes appears to act on his own without full consultation with the airlines, Washington sources said. That seems irrelevant today, however, because the top members of the A4A board are aligned with Calio. They include American CEO Doug Parker, who is A4A chairman, and Alaska CEO Brad Tilden, who is vice chairman. American and Delta are rivals and Alaska and Delta are even fiercer rivals, given that Delta has established a hub in Seattle on top of Alaska's pre-existing hub. In a prepared statement issued Thursday, Parker declared "Under Nick Calio's leadership in recent years, A4A has consistently engaged and worked successfully with our board to identify and challenge issues of most concern to our industry. We will continue to be most effective as an organization with unanimity and alignment on key issues." Tilden added, "A4A is a consensus-based organization, and we are pleased to be moving forward speaking in a unified voice on specific issues including higher taxes, unnecessary regulations and the need for infrastructure improvement." From left, former United CEO Jeff Smisek, American CEO Doug Parker, and Delta CEO Richard Anderson, participate in a panel discussion regarding the harm caused by the subsidized Gulf carriers on May 15, 2015, at the National Press Club in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) http://www.forbes.com/sites/tedreed/2015/10/29/airline-trade-association-to-delta- airlines-good-riddance/ Back to Top Some airlines are ditching in-flight entertainment systems for streaming devices Between iPads, iPhones and Android devices, much of the globalized world relies on mobile technology for communication and entertainment. In fact, the number of smartphone users worldwide will surpass 2 billion in 2016, according to new figures from eMarketer, and one industry in particular is taking notice: airlines. WestJet, a low-cost, U.K.-based airline, recently announced that it will be removing its entertainment systems from the backs of seats for long-haul flights in favor of letting passengers stream material directly onto their devices. "Today, more than 80 percent of our guests are boarding with a device," Richard Bartrem, vice president of WestJet, told the Times. "The new system will allow us to provide a better, more relevant service to our guests while continuing to offer low fares." As airlines try to keep up with technology while keeping costs down, some have decided to remove their in-flight entertainment systems in favor of streaming to personal devices. Their plan is to roll out "WestJet Connect" with transatlantic flights out of London's Gatwick Airport next year. For an introductory fee of $7.99 for connectivity, the system will run on high-speed Internet by using satellites, and will stream more than 450 movies and television shows - plus the availability of three live satellite TV channels. All passengers have to do is download the app to connect to the airline's server. And those who don't have a device will be able to rent a tablet on flights longer than 3 hours and 20 minutes. Even charging the devices has been taken into consideration; the airline is outfitting every seat on the plane with USB outlets. So how does streaming video to passengers' phones help airlines save money? It reportedly removes more than 1,500 pounds of weight from each plane, reducing fuel needs and consequently lowering costs. In an age of cutting costs while providing top- notch amenities, this initiative could spark the attention of other airline providers. "I think it will become a trend," Airfarewatchdog founder and president George Hobica told TODAY. "The wiring and monitors are heavy and consume extra fuel and require constant maintenance; passengers are bringing their own devices on board anyway, so why not just feed the content directly to those devices and have the passengers responsible for maintaining their own devices?" US Airways removed inflight entertainment several years ago to save on fuel and maintenance costs, and Alaska Airlines rolled out a streaming service with "Alaska Beyond" last year. But some airlines have already invested millions in in-flight entertainment - Fast Company estimated that each tiny screen costs $10,000 because of special electrical components and other safety requirements - meaning the process could be a bit slower. "I don't expect them to pull these systems out of planes any time soon," said Hobica. "It's just the low-cost airlines that will go this route in the future." http://www.today.com/money/how-minimalist-millennials-are-going-extremes-save- money-t52541 Back to Top SAVE THE DATE ISASI is pleased to announce that our 2016 seminar will be held in Reykjavik, Iceland from October 17 - 20, 2016 The theme for the seminar is "Every Link is Important" Details for the hotel, technical program, including the Call for Papers, companion program, and social events will be available on the ISASI web site in the near future We look forward to seeing you all next October Back to Top GRADUATE RESEARCH SURVEY REQUEST I am a Senior First Officer with British Airways (BA), based at London, Heathrow flying the B777. I have been with BA for 15 years and have been flying the 777 for 6 years. Before that I was flying the 747-400. Prior to BA I flew the 747-400 with Virgin Atlantic, B757s and B767s with UK charter airline 'Airtours' (now part of Thomas Cook) and my professional flying career started as a manufacturer's pilot - flying Jetstream turboprops for British Aerospace. Before flying commercially, I worked with British Aerospace within the Technical Sales discipline and was, in my leisure time, involved with general aviation as an flying instructor. I am completing a Master's degree (MSc) in Air Transport Management with City University London and the final piece of that jigsaw is a project/dissertation and I have chosen the subject of 'Ice Crystal Icing'. Rather than the complex aero/thermodynamic concepts involved, I am exploring the operational and training challenges that airline flight crews face with this phenomenon. This qualification is not being sponsored by my employer; I have undertaken to finance it myself - the rationale being that as I intend to retire from airline flying in 5 years from now that new aviation challenges may become available to me based on this contemporary qualification and my aviation background (that is the plan any way!) the survey link follows https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ice-crystal-icing Sincere thanks, Mike Skelhorn Back to Top Upcoming Events: Fundamentals of IS-BAO November 2, 2015 Hong Kong, China https://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?eventid=1724162 IS-BAO Auditing November 3, 2015 Hong Kong, China https://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?eventid=1724176 BARS Auditor Training Washington DC? Tuesday-Thursday 5-7 April http://flightsafety.org/bars/auditor-training Aircraft Accident Investigation Training Course (ERAU) Nov. 2-6, 2015 Daytona Beach, FL www.erau.edu/cmas Air Cargo Safety and Security Symposium ALPA Washington, DC November 5, 2015 http://aircargoconference.alpa.org Aviation Safety Management Systems (SMS) Seminar (ERAU) Nov. 17-19, 2015 Daytona Beach, FL www.erau.edu/sms Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Seminar (ERAU) Dec. 8-10, 2015 Daytona Beach, FL www.erau.edu/uas New HFACS workshop Las Vegas December 15 & 16 www.hfacs.com 2016 DTI SMS/QA Symposium January 3, 4, & 5 2016 Disney World, FL 1-866-870-5490 www.dtiatlanta.com Back to Top JOBS AVAILABLE: Interdisciplinary Engineer (Mechanical or Aerospace Engineer) NTSB https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/419032300 Human Performance Investigator NTSB https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/413256600 Curt Lewis