Flight Safety Information May 31, 2018 - No. 110 In This Issue Incident: Condor B763 near Minneapolis on May 29th 2018, smoke in cockpit EVAS - Cockpit Smoke Protection Incident: Capital Beijing A321 near Hangzhou on May 29th 2018, cracked window Incident: Canadian North B732 near Norman Wells on May 23rd 2018, engine shut down in flight Incident: United B763 at Munich on May 30th 2018, engine shut down in flight UN Cessna 208B Grand Caravan crashed on takeoff from Kamonia Airstrip, D.R. Congo Jet Bound For LAX Makes Emergency Landing After Passenger Tries To Smoke Pot LIBIK Fire Suppression Kits for the Cabin and Flight Deck. Russian authorities revoke Saratov Airlines AOC over unresolved safety issues Crew fatigue concerns behind Saratov grounding Bomb Jokes on Indonesian Flights Have Officials Cracking Down, Not Up Savannah's Gulfstream Aerospace flies jet over North Pole in record flight to Shanghai Do Airlines Overpromise With In-Flight Wi-Fi? Quest Aircraft Unveils Series II Kodiak For these researchers, building a 'smart cockpit' means reading a pilot's mind China's Space Station Will Be Open to Science from All UN Nations Webcast: Trained For Life: Human-Centered Approach to Safety...May 31, 2018, starting at 9:00 AM Early Registration and Student Grant Deadline - CHC Safety & Quality Summit 2018 2018 SERC of ISASI HIGH ALTITUDE FLYING: WHAT EVERY PILOT NEEDS TO KNOW - New Online Course - Fall 2018 Flight Safety Officer Course from SCSI World Class Safety Management Systems from SCSI Position Available:...Manager of Fleet Planning Call for Nominations For 2018 Laura Taber Barbour Air Safety Award GRADUATE RESEARCH SURVEY - 1 GRADUATE RESEARCH SURVEY - 2 Incident: Condor B763 near Minneapolis on May 29th 2018, smoke in cockpit A Condor Boeing 767-300, registration D-ABUP performing flight DE-2010 from Frankfurt/Main (Germany) to Minneapolis,MN (USA), was descending towards Minneapolis when the crew donned their oxygen masks and declared emergency reporting smoke in the cockpit from their radio stack. At times hard to understand and being cut off in their transmissions, possibly both due to the oxygen masks and the damage to the radio stack, the crew continued the descent while ATC did everything in their powers to understand what the crew requested and trying to ask questions (in preparation for such understanding) that could be answered with a short and distinct word. The aircraft performed a safe landing on Minneapolis' runway 12R. Tower asked whether wanted to stop on the runway, vacate and stop, or taxi to the ramp, crew answered ramp still wearing their oxygen masks after landing. The aircraft taxied to the apron with emergency services in trail. Emergency services boarded the aircraft for an inspection, the passengers disembarked normally. A passenger reported the crew told them there had been smoke in the cockpit emitting from one of the radios. The aircraft landed and taxied to the gate, firemen came on board with thermal equipment and inspected the aircraft. The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground in Minneapolis for 17 hours, then departed for the return flight DE-2011 with a delay of 16:20 hours but needed to return to Minneapolis again, this time without emergency services on stand by. http://avherald.com/h?article=4b93ecff&opt=0 Back to Top Back to Top Incident: Capital Beijing A321 near Hangzhou on May 29th 2018, cracked window A Capital Airlines Beijing Airbus A321-200, registration B-8200 performing flight JD-421 from Hangzhou (China) to Nha Trang (Vietnam) with 211 people on board, was climbing through FL300 out of Hangzhou when the aircraft encountered severe turbulence and jolted. The crew subsequently decided to return to Hangzhou reporting a window had cracked. The aircraft landed safely back in Hangzhou about 100 minutes after departure. The airline reported it was not a windshield that had cracked other than passengers had claimed. http://avherald.com/h?article=4b93de77&opt=0 Back to Top Incident: Canadian North B732 near Norman Wells on May 23rd 2018, engine shut down in flight A Canadian North Boeing 737-200, registration C-GOPW performing flight 5t-9045 from Inuvik,NT to Yellowknife,NT (Canada) with 3 crew, was climbing through FL250 when the crew observed the oil temperature of the left hand engine (JT8D) climb above limits, worked the related checklists, shut the engine down and diverted to Norman Wells,NT for a safe landing. http://avherald.com/h?article=4b93db5e&opt=0 Back to Top Incident: United B763 at Munich on May 30th 2018, engine shut down in flight A United Boeing 767-300, registration N670UA performing flight UA-31 from Munich (Germany) to Newark,NJ (USA), was climbing through FL135 when the crew stopped the climb due to the failure of the right hand engine (PW4052). The crew shut the engine down and returned to Munich for a safe landing on runway 26R about 22 minutes after departure. A passengers reported the engine went "boom", another passenger the engine emitted a loud bang and all lights went out. The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground about 10 hours after landing back. http://avherald.com/h?article=4b93cb44&opt=0 Back to Top UN Cessna 208B Grand Caravan crashed on takeoff from Kamonia Airstrip, D.R. Congo Status: Preliminary Date: Wednesday 30 May 2018 Type: Cessna 208B Grand Caravan Operator: United Nations Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) Registration: 5X-MRH C/n / msn: 208B-2386 First flight: 2012 Crew: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 Passengers: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 Total: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 Airplane damage: Substantial Airplane fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair) Location: Kamonia Airstrip ( Congo (Democratic Republic)) Phase: Takeoff (TOF) Nature: Domestic Non Scheduled Passenger Departure airport: Kamonia Airstrip, Congo (Democratic Republic) Destination airport: ? Narrative: A Cessna 208B Grand Caravan, operated by the United Nations Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) was involved in an accident on take-off from a remote airstrip in Kamonia in the Kasai region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The aircraft came to rest inverted. The two crew members and three passengers sustained minor injuries. The aircraft was bound for Kamako. The Kamonia Airstrip is described in a MAF West Congo document, dated August 2015, as: "patchy soft sand when dry, erosion on sides and ends AN-2 traffic possible; Land 35 TO 17". https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20180530-0 Back to Top Jet Bound For LAX Makes Emergency Landing After Passenger Tries To Smoke Pot SAN JOSE (CBSLA/AP) - A Southwest Airlines jet made an emergency landing after reports that a passenger lit up a marijuana cigarette in a bathroom. Southwest says Flight 1250 from San Francisco to Los Angeles was diverted Wednesday. The plane landed safely at San Jose Mineta International Airport, about 50 miles south of San Francisco. The airline says the passenger accused of smoking was turned over to law enforcement. The remaining 32 passengers were placed on other aircraft to continue their trips. Passengers reported smelling smoke, and one said he smelled marijuana. "It looked like that someone needed to smoke a joint on a plane, and he went into the bathroom, smoked his blunt, and set off the fire alarm," passenger Jonathan Burkes said. The flight later completed its trip by landing in Burbank. https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2018/05/30/jet-lax-emergency-landing-passenger-lit-cigarette/ Back to Top Back to Top Russian authorities revoke Saratov Airlines AOC over unresolved safety issues The Russian Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsiya) revoked Saratov Airlines' Air Operator Certificate (AOC) per May 31, 2018 over safety issues. Saratov Airlines was involved in a fatal accident on February 11, 2018 when an Antonov An-148 crashed shortly after takeoff from Moscow, Russia, killing all 71 on board. Violations and inconsistencies were revealed in the airline's activities during an audit, causing the company to be put on notice in March. Ultimately the airline was given 90 days to rectify all concerns. A check of flight assignments, flight log books, time sheets and other documents of flight crew members for March and April 2018 conducted by the Rosaviatsiya on May 26-27, found that violations at the airline are continuing and are of a systemic nature: * the airline carries out crew rostering without taking into account the normalization of working hours, the time of rest of flight personnel and the control of fatigue; * flight crew members deliberately do not observe the duty and rest times, and there is no proper control by the airline; * pilots are allowed to fly without a second medical examination, etc. These conclusions led authorities to decided to revoke the airline's AOC as of May 31, 2018. https://news.aviation-safety.net/2018/05/30/russian-authorities-revoke-saratov-airlines-aoc-over-unresolved-safety-issues/ Back to Top Crew fatigue concerns behind Saratov grounding Russia's federal aviation regulator has disclosed that it was forced to ground Saratov Airlines because it failed to meet the necessary standards of air transport safety. Rosaviatsia says it provided the carrier with the maximum 90 days permissible under Russian aviation law to implement in full recommendations aimed at addressing shortcomings discovered during inspection of the airline's operations. "During this time the management of Saratov Airlines was not able to eliminate the violations," says the regulator. Inspection of Saratov Airlines, following a fatal accident involving one of its Antonov An-148s in February, turned up "significant" violations in its flight operations activities, states Rosaviatsia. Saratov had been granted temporary validity of its air operator's certificate but this expired on 30 May. Rosaviatsia says the certificate has been "cancelled" as of 31 May. Checks on flight activities and documentation of crew members for March-April this year, conducted on 26-27 May, showed that the weaknesses persisted and were systemic. Crew scheduling and rostering did not take into account duty-time requirements. Insufficient checks are conducted on pilots and fatigue-management measures are inadequate, the regulator found. "The airline does not meet safety requirements and is not able to carry out transportation without risks to its passengers," it adds. "The priority of [the regulator] was to keep the airline in unconditional compliance with all safety requirements." Fatigue reduces crew alertness, it says, and causes loss of spatial orientation, situational awareness, and comprehension of control systems. Investigators are still probing the An-148 accident but have determined that the crew failed to activate the pitot-static heating system before the aircraft departed Moscow Domodedovo. The crew received unreliable airspeed indications and subsequently lost control of the jet. Saratov Airlines' An-148 fleet had already been suspended from service in the wake of the crash. The airline had been bringing in Embraer E-Jets to reinforce capacity. https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/crew-fatigue-concerns-behind-saratov-grounding-449064/ Back to Top Bomb Jokes on Indonesian Flights Have Officials Cracking Down, Not Up There have been nine bomb scares that started with a joke on Indonesian flights this month, seven of them on Lion Air alone, the local news media reported.CreditRoslan Rahman/Agence France-Presse - Getty Images It's not funny, people. That's the message the Indonesian authorities are trying to send, as a sudden rash of jokes about bombs has resulted in flight disruptions across the country. On Monday night, at least 10 passengers suffered injuries, including broken bones, after a 26-year-old man on a Lion Air plane preparing to take off from the city of Pontianak on Borneo island told a flight attendant there was a bomb on board, The Associated Press reported. A video circulating on social media appeared to show what happened next: passengers on the wing, fleeing the plane. The A.P. quoted an airline spokesman, Danang Mandala, as saying that a panicked passenger had opened both emergency exits on the plane's right side without the cabin crew's permission. The police later searched the plane but found nothing suspicious. The reaction on social media was a mix of bewilderment and outrage: Bryce Green @brycewg What is it with bomb hoaxes on planes here? And almost all of them on Lion Air jets. https://twitter.com/gerrys/status/1001099185246978048 ... 9:29 AM - May 28, 2018 See Bryce Green's other Tweets Twitter Ads info and privacy Gerry Soejatman @GerryS 28 May Replying to @GerryS and 3 others Kalau penumpangnya mau melanjutkan perjalanan, silahkan gunakan kapal laut saja, gak usah naik pesawat n nyusahin orang lain! Kalau dibiarin hanya dengan pernyataan minta ma'af, ini akan terulang kembali. Gerry Soejatman @GerryS List of #Passenger #BombHoax in May 2018 alone: 02: Lion Air CGK 05: Lion Air UPG 12: Lion Air CGK 17: Batik Air TTE 17: Lion Air UPG 18: Lion Air TRK 23: Garuda BWX 27: Lion CGK That is 8 (EIGHT) in MAY2018! This is too much! The lack of enforcement is beyond ridiculous! 8:14 AM - May 28, 2018 Indonesian news media said Monday's episode was the ninth bomb scare this month that started with a joke, and the seventh on Lion Air alone. The company could not immediately be reached for comment on Wednesday. A 2009 law imposes a penalty of up to eight years for joking about bombs in airports or planes in Indonesia, The Jakarta Globe newspaper reported. But enforcement of the law has been weak - at least until this week, when the authorities charged the 26-year-old, identified by the Globe as a local university student, in Monday's incident and vowed to follow up on other cases. "Through this legal action, we hope to give a deterrent effect to bombers, so it becomes a lesson for all of us to no longer joke about bombs," the Globe quoted the transportation minister, Budi Karya Sumadi, as saying. Indonesia is the world's fifth-largest domestic aviation market, and its domestic passenger traffic grew to nearly 97 million last year from less than 30 million in 2005, according to the CAPA-Center for Aviation, a research group in Sydney, Australia. Lion Group, the parent company of Lion Air, controls 51 percent of the domestic market. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/30/world/asia/indonesia-bomb-jokes-flights.html Back to Top Savannah's Gulfstream Aerospace flies jet over North Pole in record flight to Shanghai Savannah's Gulfstream Aerospace said Monday that one of its jets flew over the North Pole recently to set a new record for a flight to Shanghai, China. The G650ER departed White Plains, N.Y., at 1:30 p.m. May 12 and arrived in Shanghai at 3:10 p.m. local time May 13, setting a city-pair speed record. Flown at an average speed of 660 miles per hour, the 6,870-nautical-mile flight took 13 hours and 40 minutes, the company said. The G650ER can fly up to almost 710 miles per hour. Separately, Gulfstream said May 28 it plans to expand its maintenance, repair and overhaul operation in the London area with a new, larger, purpose-built facility at TAG Farnborough Airport. The Farnborough service center is expected to be operational by the third quarter of 2020. In recent months, Gulfstream has announced several new facilities and expansions, including in Van Nuys, Calif.; Appleton, Wisc.; and Savannah as the growth of its fleet and increased size of its aircraft are driving the need for continued growth and additional capacity in its service center network. In addition, Gulfstream said May 28 its forthcoming G500 jet is nearing the end of testing needed for entry into service. The company has flown the G500 during a six-month world tour scheduled to end June 10 in Paris. So far on the tour, the G500 has logged more than 240 flying hours and over 100,300 nautical miles during 69 flights to 41 airports in 21 countries on six continents. Another new jet, the G600, is also nearing the end of testing. https://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2018/05/29/savannahs-gulfstream-aerospace-flies-jet- over.html Back to Top Do Airlines Overpromise With In-Flight Wi-Fi? Skift Take Travelers board an airplane and expect the Wi-Fi, which is often expensive, to work as it does at home. But it's not as good as at home, and it may never be. Should airlines do a better job of communicating that to customers? When in-flight Wi-Fi doesn't work, as happens all too frequently, airlines often offer a simple response - don't blame us. Yes, the airlines advertise and sell internet, and when it works properly, they're happy to take credit. But like their passengers, airlines are at the mercy of suppliers to ensure reliability. Some systems work better than others, but none is exactly like a passenger's home internet, no matter what Gogo or ViaSat claims. Will it improve? Interested in more stories like this? Subscribe to the Skift Airline Innovation Report to stay up-to-date on the business of airline innovation. Maybe, United Airlines Chief Digital Officer Linda Jojo told me recently. But Jojo, who has had a long career working in technology, said she is a realist. Getting Wi-Fi to the plane is an advanced problem, even if passengers don't know it. "There is this thing called physics, and it probably always will be in the way," she said. What's odd is that airlines don't communicate this to passengers. Many airline executives know they need fast, reliable Wi-Fi to keep pace with competitors, so they overpromise what they can provide. But wouldn't it be better if airlines were honest about what passengers could expect? It makes no sense that customers demand a ground-like experience without understanding why the ground and the air are different. As Jojo put it: "Never forget that you're going hundreds of miles an hour at 35,000 feet, [with the connection] beaming from a satellite orbiting the earth. The reality is, it will probably never be as good as your living room, because let's face it, your living room is going to get faster too." https://skift.com/2018/05/31/do-airlines-overpromise-with-in-flight-wi-fi/ Back to Top Quest Aircraft Unveils Series II Kodiak Kodiak II on ramp A Kodiak II sits in the Black Rock Desert in Nevada. (Photo: Matt Thurber) Eleven years after bringing a new single-engine utility turboprop to market certified to the latest FAA Part 23 standards, Quest Aircraft has unveiled an upgraded version of its Kodiak, the new Series II. Features range from Series II paint schemes to Garmin G1000 NXi avionics, airframe improvements, and a free two-year subscription to the Garmin Pilot EFB app. The Kodiak Series II is priced at $2.15 million. Eighteen new paint schemes are available, complementing new Kodiak branding on various parts of the airplane and accessories, including yoke plates featuring the "Built By Hand In Sandpoint Idaho" tagline. Subtle but welcome improvements to the cabin include an easier-to-use cargo door step mechanism that also lowers cabin noise. Wing root sealing is improved to cut noise and eliminate fumes in the cabin. Pilots' sun visors are upgraded to an improved Rosen model. Under the hood, the Kodiak's Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-34 engine now features an accessory gearbox chip detector. Crew doors can now be held open with two new door stays, one for partial opening and one to hold the door fully open. The stay allows the door and the engine cowling to be open at the same time. The optional single-point refueling port and control panel, which add 16 pounds to the empty weight, are located at the left wing root and allow high-pressure fueling and defueling. COCKPIT CHANGES A big change that Kodiak pilots will notice right away is the analog backup instruments have been replaced with a compact L3 ESI-500 four-in-one electronic standby instrument. This freed up space on either side of the G1000 displays for two new glove boxes. The Garmin G1000 NXi upgrade brings dual-core processors-instead of the G1000's original single-core processors-to the three large displays, speeding up startup, zooming, and panning. The primary flight display (PFD) in front of each pilot adds an HSI map displaying traffic, terrain, weather, navaids, and obstacles in a convenient location for the pilot's instrument scan. The HSI map and synthetic vision are standard features on the Kodiak. A useful NXi feature is the communication decoder, which displays the name of the facility tuned into the comm and nav radios underneath the frequency display. Garmin's SurfaceWatch terminal safety system is optional on the Kodiak and is displayed on the PFD to the left of the airspeed indicator. SurfaceWatch issues warnings for takeoff or landing on the wrong runway or a too-short runway and provides updated information on the airport environment while taxiing. The multifunction display (MFD) adds a vertical situation display, which graphically shows the Kodiak's altitude in relation to terrain for the planned flight. Pilots can complete weight-and-balance calculations on the MFD and view load parameters to ensure that all are safely within the weight-and-balance envelope. Visual approaches are new for G1000 NXi, and these are available at most airports, allowing the system to generate a 3-degree glidepath to pilot-designated minimums. The visual approach can be coupled to the autopilot. Animated Nexrad can be displayed on the G1000 NXi when the optional GDL 69 datalink/SiriusXM receiver is installed. With G1000 NXi, Garmin's Flight Stream 510 wireless gateway is standard, allowing database updates directly from the Garmin Pilot app. Using Bluetooth, pilots can automatically transfer flight plans from a mobile device running Garmin Pilot or ForeFlight directly to the G1000 NXi. Another new Series II option is Garmin's GWX-70 weather radar, which offers four-color storm cell tracking, selectable scan (up to 90 degrees), full pitch and roll stabilization, side-view vertical scanning, Garmin's Weather Attenuated Color Highlight, turbulence detection, and ground-clutter suppression. Garmin's GTX 345R ADS-B Out/In transponder is included in the Series II upgrade. With ADS-B In, the Garmin Pilot app can display weather, GPS position, traffic, and backup attitude. Quest has added Safe Flight's Arinc 429 angle of attack system, which includes an indicator mounted on the glareshield in the pilot's field of view. Two Bose A20 ANR headsets are included with the Series II, and they use new Lemo plugs alongside the standard headset jacks. Lemo plugs use aircraft power and eliminate the need to keep headset batteries charged. L3 LDR1000 cockpit voice and data recorders are available in single or dual installations for operators that need them. https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/general-aviation/2018-05-30/quest-aircraft-unveils-series-ii- kodiak Back to Top For these researchers, building a 'smart cockpit' means reading a pilot's mind It takes grit to be a pilot. One glance at all the buttons, gauges, and toggles in an airplane cockpit is evidence of that. Even though automated systems are increasingly taking over tasks on commercial flights, as long as there are pilots in the plane, they will wear the weight of responsibility for all its passengers. That is to say, flying planes can be stressful. In cases where something goes wrong, coordination between the human and the automated systems can be strained. In a bid to develop a "smart cockpit," where pilot and plane become one, a team of researchers from Drexel University and a French aerospace engineering institute, ISAE-SUPAERO, have demonstrated that they can measure a pilot's brain activity in real time. Using this study as a launching pad, they hope to design advanced technologies and training plans to help pilots overcome challenging mid-flight situations. Using a portable fNIRS (functional near-infrared spectroscopy, which differs from the more familiar fMRI and can be worn like a headband), the researchers studied two groups of pilots - one flying a plane and one using a simulator. The device measures blood oxygenation changes in the prefrontal cortex, just beneath the forehead, where things like problem-solving and judgment are controlled, and is often used as a location to study the "brain at work." "This study is the very first to demonstrate that it is possible to monitor pilot's brainwave in real time with fNIRS in highly realistic settings such as motion flight simulator and real flight condition," Frédéric Dehais, a professor at ISAE-SUPAERO and expert in flight safety, told Digital Trends. The researchers also found that actually being in the cockpit - as opposed to a simulation - caused pilots to make more errors, which Dehais said, "suggests that the simulators may need to be calibrated against real flying conditions to be more engaging." Along with Hasan Ayaz, a research professor at Drexel, Dehais aims to develop a brain-computer interface based on fNIRS to improve training through a sort of neurological feedback. They then plan to use this system to monitor brain activity during operational flight, to better understand the pilot's cognitive processes. "These daily measures can be used to assess pilot's cognitive workload state and mental fatigue thus providing airlines with analyses tools for crew rostering and flight safety officers," Dehais said. "A last step is to adapt the flight deck depending on the crew's workload to overcome cognitive bottleneck. The objective is to optimize task allocation between the pilots, the copilots and automation in order to enable better task switching, interruption management, and multi-tasking." The end result would be a futuristic cockpit, where pilot and plane become one. A paper detailing the research was published this month in the journal Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. https://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/smart-cockpit-pilot-mind-reading/ Back to Top China's Space Station Will Be Open to Science from All UN Nations Artist's illustration of China's planned space station, which the nation aims to have up and running by 2022. Credit: CMSE China is working with the United Nations to help arrange scientific experiments aboard that country's space station. The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) and China's Manned Space Agency have invited applications from UN member states to conduct experiments on China's space station (CSS). In 2016, the two signed a memorandum of understanding to work together to develop the space capabilities of UN member states via opportunities to use the station, which China expects to be operational by 2022. [Gallery: Tiangong 1, China's First Space Laboratory] Do you know what IT jobs are actually like? Don't let these common myths mislead you. The "announcement of opportunity" and application instructions for this initiative were released at a ceremony hosted by UNOOSA and the Permanent Mission of China to the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Vienna on Monday (May 28). According to a UN press release, "the UNOOSA-CMSA initiative aims to: "promote international cooperation in human spaceflight and activities related to space exploration; "provide flight experiment and space application opportunities on-board the CSS for United Nations member states; "promote capacity-building activities by making use of human spaceflight technologies, including facilities and resources from China's human spaceflight program; and "promote increased awareness among United Nations Member States of the benefits of utilizing human space technology and its applications." Space diplomacy "This is space diplomacy in action," UNOOSA Director Simonetta Di Pippo said in the statement. "I appreciate China's partnership and support on this exciting initiative, and look forward to seeing a number of interesting applications from United Nations member states." "The China Space Station belongs not only to China, but also to the world," added Ambassador Shi Zhongjun, representative of China to the United Nations and other International Organizations in Vienna. "Just as the Outer Space Treaty of 1967 proclaimed, the exploration and use of outer space shall be a common province for humankind," Shi added. "Outer space should become a new domain for promoting the common interests of everyone, rather than a new battlefield for competition and confrontation." Orbital experiments There are three possibilities for orbital experiments in the first round of opportunities, according to the UN press statement. Participants can conduct experiments inside or outside the CSS using payloads they develop, or they can perform experiments inside the station using facilities provided by China. Public and private organizations including institutes, universities and companies can apply for the opportunity; the deadline is Aug. 31, 2018. Institutions from developing countries are particularly encouraged to apply, UN officials said. https://www.space.com/40727-china-space-station-united-nations-experiments.html Back to Top Webcast: Trained For Life: Human-Centered Approach to Safety May 31, 2018, starting at 9:00 AM eastern | Join Us! http://hftconference.alpa.org AGENDA 9:00 a.m.-9:30 a.m. Opening Captain Tim Canoll-President, Air Line Pilots Association, Int'l The Honorable Robert Sumwalt-Chairman, National Transportation Safety Board 9:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m. Training for the Unexpected: A Focus on Resilience Moderator: First Officer Leja Collier-Director, Human Factors, Air Line Pilots Association, Int'l Mr. Shawn Pruchnicki-Lecturer, The Ohio State Department of Aviation First Officer Terry Van Hoose-ALPA 2015 Superior Airmanship Award Recipient, United Airlines Captain Brad Donaldson-Human Factors Specialist, Alaska Airlines Mr. Lou Németh-Chief Safety Officer, CAE 10:30 a.m.-11:00 a.m. Networking Break 11:00 a.m.-Noon Pathways to Human-Centered Operating Principles Moderator: Captain Helena R. Cunningham-Human Factors and Training Subject-Matter Expert, Air Line Pilots Association, Int'l Dr. Immanuel Barshi-Senior Principal Investigator in the Human Systems Integration Division, NASA Ames Research Center Captain Steve Guillian-JetBlue Airways Captain Ben Berman-(UAL, ALPA) Co-author of The Limits of Expertise: Rethinking Pilot Error and the Causes of Airline Accidents Noon-1:30 p.m. Keynote Lunch Ms. Bobbi Wells-Vice President, Safety and Airworthiness, FedEx Express 1:30 p.m.-2:30 p.m. Flight Deck Information Management Moderator: Captain Brian Moynihan-Central Air Safety Chairman, Alaska Airlines Master Executive Council Dr. Barbara Kanki-NASA Ames Associate, Human Systems Integration Division, NASA Ames Research Center First Officer Laura Lucas-Edwards-Instructor Pilot, Delta Air Lines Mr. Sam Miller-Multi-Discipline Engineer, The MITRE Corporation Dr. Michelle Yeh-Human Factors Specialist in Aircraft Certification, Federal Aviation Administration 2:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m. Beyond Crew Resource Management Moderator: Captain Dave McKenney-Director, Pilot Training, Air Line Pilots Association, Int'l Dr. Barbara Holder-Technology Fellow, Advanced Technology, Honeywell Captain Rob Piroumian-Senior Instructor/APD, Training Coordinator, Delta Air Lines Human Factors Working Group Captain Chuck Hogeman-Director, Flight Training Support, United Airlines 3:30 p.m.-4:00 p.m. Networking Break 4:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Automation Exceptions: The New Unusual Attitude Moderator: Captain Scott Hammond-Central Air Safety Chairman, Delta Air Lines Master Executive Council Captain Mark McCullins-Chief Test Pilot, U.S. Manufacturing Facility, Airbus Mr. Mark I. Nikolic-Senior Human Factors Systems Engineer, Flight Deck Displays, Boeing Commercial Airplanes Mr. Shayne Daku-Assistant Professor, University of North Dakota Dr. Amy Pritchett-Professor and Head of Aerospace Engineering, Pennsylvania State University Back to Top The 14th CHC Safety & Quality Summit is just over four months away, so there is still plenty of time to register for this industry-leading safety event. However, the window for registering at the special early bird rate is quickly closing. The deadline for the discounted early bird registration rate of $1085 is May 31! To take advantage of the early bird rate, visit the Summit website (www.chcsafetyqualitysummit.com) and click "Register" before May 31. We have also extended the deadline to May 30 for students to apply to be considered for one of two grant opportunities to attend the Summit! Each of these grants will provide full entry, transportation and accommodation for the selected winning students. Applicants must be engaged in a course of study related to aviation. Interested students can submit an application here. If you have any additional questions, please contact the Summit organizing team at summit@chcheli.com Thank you, CHC Summit Team Back to Top Back to Top Back to Top Back to Top Back to Top Position Available: Manager of Fleet Planning What does a Manager of Fleet Planning do for Allegiant? Perform various duties in support of the Fleet Planning Department's activities including aircraft financial analysis, contract management, supply chain management, and negotiation of aircraft-related acquisition and sale activities. Assist the Vice President, Fleet Planning & Corporate Finance and Director, Fleet Planning in the performance of their duties, as necessary. What are some of the daily duties of a Manager of Fleet Planning? * Oversee commercial aspects of the company's engine, aircraft heavy maintenance, and aircraft retirement programs * Program management, forecasting and budgeting of Allegiant's heavy maintenance programs * Perform and assemble analysis of new and/or supplemental aircraft types * Coordination with materials, maintenance, and engineering groups regarding work scope management, optimizing for both performance and cost * Assist in the identification, negotiation and purchase of targeted aircraft * Assist in the disposal of aircraft and aircraft-related assets * Perform lease vs. buy, valuation and other aircraft related analysis * Perform post-purchase and post-lease contract management activities (reimbursements, owner/seller notifications, coordination of financial details with accounting, etc.) * Oversight of major consignment agreements for aircraft and engine related parts * Organize and manage all aircraft related documentation (sales/purchase agreements, leases, etc.) * Negotiate and resolve contractual and/or technical issues, as required * Administration of Allegiant's asset management subsidiary, often covering third party leases * Coordinate fleet planning activities with other departments internally * Other duties as assigned What are the minimum requirements to be a Manager of Fleet Planning? * Bachelor's degree required, advanced degree preferred * Must pass a ten (10) year background check and five (5) year pre-employment drug screen What other skills, knowledge, and qualifications are needed to be a Manager of Fleet Planning? * Prefer minimum two (2) years experience in a related activity, preferably in an aircraft/airline environment * Strong intellect and analytical aptitude required, along with ability to manage multiple and varied activities. Good negotiation skills essential in order to appropriately advance the company's agenda in asset acquisitions and sales, as well as to successfully resolve commercial and/or technical disputes. Excellent oral and written communication skills and better than average people skills required to effectively manage large, multi-party, internal and external projects. Strong attention to detail required to manage all aspects of the position. Must embrace hard work and be comfortable with a fast paced, quickly changing work environment. Proficiency required in all MS Office products What are the physical requirements of Manager of Fleet Planning ? 10% of travel required Allegiant is an equal opportunity employer and will not unlawfully discriminate against qualified applicants or Team Members with respect to any terms or conditions of employment based on race, color, national origin, ancestry, gender, sexual orientation, age, religion, creed, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, marital status, military service status, protected veterans, union/non-union activity, citizenship status, or other characteristic protected by state or federal law or local ordinance. APPLY HERE Back to Top FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 25, 2018 CONTACT: Philip Barbour, 205-939-1700, 205-617-9007 Call for Nominations For 2018 Laura Taber Barbour Air Safety Award ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- The Laura Taber Barbour Air Safety Foundation is now accepting nominations for the 2018 Laura Taber Barbour Air Safety Award, honoring a leader in global aviation safety. The award will be presented during the 71st Annual International Air Safety Summit, taking place Nov. 12-15 in Seattle, Wash. Presented since 1956, the Laura Taber Barbour Air Safety Award recognizes notable achievement in the field of civil or military aviation safety in method, design, invention, study or other improvement. The award's recipient is selected for a "significant individual or group effort contributing to improving aviation safety, with emphasis on original contributions," and a "significant individual or group effort performed above and beyond normal responsibilities." Mechanics, engineers and others outside of top administrative or research positions should be especially considered. The contribution need not be recent, especially if the nominee has not received adequate recognition. Nominations that were not selected as past winners of the Award can be submitted one additional time for consideration. Please note that self-nominations will not be considered. The Laura Taber Barbour Air Safety Award's story dates back 70 years. On April 14, 1945, after visiting family in Pittsburgh, Laura Taber Barbour was aboard a Pennsylvania Central Airlines DC-3 when it crashed into the rugged terrain of Cheat Mountain near Morgantown, West Virginia. All passengers and crew were killed. In the years following, her husband, Dr. Clifford E. Barbour and son, Clifford E. Barbour, Jr., established the Laura Taber Barbour Air Safety Award in her honor. The Award Board, composed of leaders in the field of aviation, meets in June of each year to conduct a final review of nominees and selection of the current year's recipient. Please help us honor this year's most deserving recipient. Nominations, including a 1-2-page narrative, can be submitted via the Laura Taber Barbour Foundation website at http://ltbaward.org/the- award/nomination-form/. Nominations will be accepted until June 14, 2018. For more information, including a complete history of Award recipients, see www.ltbaward.org. ABOUT THE LAURA TABER BARBOUR AIR SAFETY AWARD: The Award was established in 1956 through early association with the Flight Safety Foundation and from its founding has enjoyed a rich history of Award Board members, nominees and Award recipients. In 2013, the Laura Taber Barbour Air Safety Foundation was formed from members of the Award Board, the aviation community and the Barbour family. As the foundation plans to broaden the scope of its intent, with great purpose, the Laura Taber Barbour Air Safety Award will continue to spotlight those champions who pioneer breakthroughs in flight safety. Back to Top GRADUATE RESEARCH SURVEY - 1 Dear pilots, My name is Koen Scheers, First Officer and postgraduate student 'Air Transport Management' at City, University of London. Currently, I am working on my research project, which is the final part of my studies at City to gain a Master of Science (MSc) degree. My research project, entitled 'A sustainable model for pilot retention', aims to establish a model of organisational practices to keep pilots in the airline they are working for. To support my research project with data I have created a web survey for pilots, and via this way, I kindly ask your help by participating in the survey. The survey is not affiliated with any airline, training organisation, or any other. Participation in the survey is voluntary and anonymous. The survey will take about 10 minutes of your time to complete and is open for participation until 15 July 2018. Also, I would be very grateful if you could forward this message to other pilots in your contact list or spread the word in the airline you are working for. Please click the link below to enter the survey: SURVEY WEB LINK: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/pilotretention Your participation is highly appreciated, kind regards, Koen Scheers +32 486 85 07 91 Koen.scheers@city.ac.uk Back to Top GRADUATE RESEARCH SURVEY - 2 Dear fellow professional pilots, As part of my Masters Degree in Aviation Management, I am conducting a survey on 'Operator Conversion Courses' (A Course taken by pilots in a new airline when moving from one airline to another but remaining on the same aircraft type) May I ask that commercial pilots amongst you take just 5 minutes to answer this short survey; it is only 10 questions. I would also ask that you pass on the link to as many of your professional pilot colleagues around the world who might also be able to provide valuable data to the survey. The survey is open until the 15th June 2016 and all data is de-identied and shall only be used for the purposes of this paper. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/VJFHRSK If you have any questions, please feel free to email me on guy.farnfield.1@city.ac.uk Thank you Guy Farnfield Curt Lewis