Flight Safety Information July 8, 2020 - No. 137 In This Issue Incident: United B789 at Rome on Jul 7th 2020, high speed return landing Incident: Azul E195 at Sao Paulo on Jul 7th 2020, engine shut down in flight Incident: United B753 at Chicago on Jul 6th 2020, hydraulic failure Incident: Wisconsin CRJ2 at Chicago on Jul 6th 2020, unsafe gear Aérospatiale AS 350B2 Ecureuil - Fatal Accident (Spain) Boeing settles nearly all Lion Air 737 MAX crash claims Pakistan Fires 28 Pilots for Holding 'Dubious' Licenses Deadly Crash and Fake Pilots Expose Pakistan's Broken Airline Federal agencies issue joint safety guidance for air travel in the era of COVID-19 14 Hawaiian Airlines flight attendants test positive for COVID-19 EU states asked to bar Pak pilots from work Kenya Airways Pilots Offer Going on Unpaid Leave in Jobs Tussle Aircraft lessor Avolon cancels 27 Boeing 737 MAX jets Join RTCA for a free two-part webinar on Wednesday, July 15 at 1pm ET...featuring NTSB and GAMA Online Unmanned Aircraft Systems from SCSI AVIATION SAFETY SURVEY GRADUATE RESEARCH SURVEY Incident: United B789 at Rome on Jul 7th 2020, high speed return landing A United Boeing 787-9, registration N27958 performing flight UA-2860 from Rome Fiumicino (Italy) to Newark,NJ (USA), was climbing out of Rome's runway 25 when the crew stopped the climb at FL150 and slowed the aircraft to 300 knots over ground. The aircraft entered a hold, then returned to Fiumicino Airport for a safe landing on runway 16R at a higher than normal speed (191 knots over ground) about one hour after departure. The aircraft had suffered three occurrences in Tokyo (Japan) last week. http://avherald.com/h?article=4d9aa79c&opt=0 Back to Top Incident: Azul E195 at Sao Paulo on Jul 7th 2020, engine shut down in flight An Azul Linhas Aereas Embraer ERJ-195, registration PR-AUQ performing flight AD-4050 from Belo Horizonte,MG to Sao Paulo Congonhas,SP (Brazil), was descending through FL200 towards Congonhas Airport when the crew declared emergency reporting they had needed to shut an engine down due to a suspected oil leak. The aircraft diverted to Sao Paulo's Guarulhos Airport for a safe landing on runway 09R about 25 minutes later. Emergency services were in their stand by positions but did not need to intervene. http://avherald.com/h?article=4d9a879e&opt=0 Back to Top Incident: United B753 at Chicago on Jul 6th 2020, hydraulic failure A United Boeing 757-300, registration N57857 performing flight UA-571 from Chicago O'Hare,IL to Denver,CO (USA), was climbing out of O'Hare's runway 09R when the crew stopped the climb at 5000 feet reporting a hydraulic problem. While working the checklists the crew requested runway 10L for landing, approach advised they were unable, runway 10L was closed, the crew thus accepted runway 10C and advised they would not be able to vacate the runway and needed to be towed off due to lack of nose gear steering, they'd land at a higher than normal speed due to associated minimum flaps, they'd also have no thrust reversers. Other arriving traffic was redirected to runway 09R. The B753 landed safely on runway 10C at a higher than normal speed (170 knots over ground) and stopped at the end of the runway. The aircraft was towed to the apron. The flight is now estimated to depart with a delay of 12 hours. http://avherald.com/h?article=4d9a6aed&opt=0 Back to Top Incident: Wisconsin CRJ2 at Chicago on Jul 6th 2020, unsafe gear An Air Wisconsin Canadair CRJ-200 on behalf of United, registration N464AW performing flight UA-3749 from Huntsville,AL to Chicago O'Hare,IL (USA), was on approach to Chicago's runway 10C when the crew initiated a go around due to an unsafe gear indication, the right main gear did not extend and they were restricted to 200 KIAS or less. The aircraft climbed back to 5000 feet and entered a hold while the crew was working the checklists. The aircraft subsequently landed safely on runway 10C about 20 minutes after the go around. The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Chicago 11 hours after landing. https://flightaware.com/live/flight/AWI3749/history/20200706/2155Z/KHSV/KORD http://avherald.com/h?article=4d9a68a2&opt=0 Back to Top Aérospatiale AS 350B2 Ecureuil - Fatal Accident (Spain) Date: 06-JUL-2020 Time: 12:00 LT Type: Aérospatiale AS 350B2 Ecureuil Owner/operator: Helitrans Pyrinees Registration: EC-MVV C/n / msn: 2456 Fatalities: Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 Other fatalities: 0 Aircraft damage: Written off (damaged beyond repair) Category: Accident Location: La Vansa i Fórnols, near Sant Marc - Spain Phase: Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) Nature: Calibration/Inspection Departure airport: Seo De Urgel-Aeroport De La Seu (LEU/LESU) Destination airport: Seo De Urgel-Aeroport De La Seu (LEU/LESU) Investigating agency: CIAIAC Narrative: The helicopter crashed while the two occupants were inspecting electric wires. Both occupants died in the crash. https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/237690 Back to Top Boeing settles nearly all Lion Air 737 MAX crash claims - filing SEATTLE, July 7 (Reuters) - Boeing Co has reached settlement agreements in more than 90% of the wrongful death claims filed in federal court after the 2018 crash of a Lion Air 737 MAX in Indonesia that killed all 189 people on board, a court filing on Tuesday said. The fatal crash, followed within five months by another 737 MAX jetliner in Ethiopia, led to the worldwide grounding of the best-selling model and a corporate crisis that has included hundreds of lawsuits alleging the jet was unsafe and separate probes by the Justice Department and U.S. lawmakers. Boeing has been racing to clear a number of remaining hurdles to win U.S. Federal Aviation Administration approval to fly the MAX again commercially, potentially later this year. In a filing in federal court in Chicago, Boeing said claims relating to 171 of the 189 people on board the crashed jet have been fully or partially settled. That includes 140 of the 150 claims filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. The company did not disclose how much it paid victims' families or estates. In 2019, Reuters reported that some Lion Air cases had been settled for at least $1.2 million per claim. A Boeing spokesman said the company remains committed to resolving the remaining cases. "We extend our deepest condolences to the families and loved ones of all those onboard Lion Air Flight 610," the spokesman, Gordon Johndroe, said by email. "We are pleased to have made significant progress in recent months in resolving cases brought by the victims' families on terms that we believe fairly compensate them." https://www.yahoo.com/news/boeing-settles-nearly-lion-air-232309750.html Back to Top Pakistan Fires 28 Pilots for Holding 'Dubious' Licenses ISLAMABAD - Pakistan said Tuesday an ongoing investigation into "dubious" commercial pilot licenses has led to the dismissal of 28 pilots working for the national airline. The move followed government revelations nearly two weeks ago that 262 out of 860 active pilots in the country working with state-run Pakistan Internal Airlines (PIA) and domestic, as well as foreign, commercial companies had improperly gotten their licenses. "Twenty-eight pilots, whose licenses were found suspect and against whom disciplinary proceedings were completed, have been dismissed from service," Information Minister Shibli Faraz told a news conference in Islamabad. He said that "disciplinary" and "criminal" proceedings are continuing against the remaining pilots. "Those whose licenses were found suspect in the inquiry have all been grounded. All others are cleared," the minister noted. Faraz was speaking after attending a cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Imran Khan. Faraz did not share more details, but PIA officials announced shortly after the scandal came to light that they were immediately grounding about 150 out of 426 pilots, pending further investigations against them. A spokesman for the state operator explained at the time that the 262 pilots in question were associated with PIA and other domestic and foreign companies. Industrywide problem "PIA acknowledges that fake licenses (are) not just a PIA issue but spread across the entire Pakistani airline industry," the spokesman said. Faraz said Tuesday that legal action had also been initiated against officials at PIA and the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), who were responsible for issuing fake licenses. He stressed that international and domestic stakeholders have been informed of Pakistan's actions resulting from the investigations. Global safety and transport bodies were quick to express concern about the "dubious" Pakistani pilot licenses. Barred from European Union Last week, the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) announced that it was barring PIA from flying into most of Europe for the next six months. It cited concerns about "the validity of the Pakistani pilot licenses and that Pakistan, as the state of operator, is currently not capable to certify and oversee its operators and aircraft in accordance with applicable international standards." Countries such as Malaysia and Vietnam, where airlines had employed Pakistani pilots, have also grounded the pilots over the fake license concerns. The scandal came to light during investigations into the May 22 Airbus A320 plane crash at Pakistan's southern port of Karachi in which 97 people were killed. Further inquiries eventually led investigators to find that the CAA had given out licenses to pilots who had cheated on their exams. Actions praised Critics, however, have praised Khan's government for publicizing details of the inquiry, saying the unprecedented move has paved the way for carrying out long-overdue reforms to end years of corruption, nepotism and political interferences plaguing CAA and PIA, inflicting massive losses on the national airline. Faraz said that all "the suspect licenses" were issued between 2010 and 2018 when the country's two main political forces - the Pakistan Peoples Party and the Pakistan Muslim League-N - were in power respectively. "It is evident that they corrupted the system to do so," Faraz said. Both of the parties, which currently form a major chunk of the opposition in Parliament, have rejected the allegations and instead criticized the government for mishandling the issue and undermining the already crisis-ridden PIA. Khan defended his actions, saying even his cabinet members had pressured him not to make the details public to save both the airline and Pakistan from major international embarrassment. "If I know there are pilots (in PIA) with fake licenses and I don't take action, and so many people get killed in a plane crash, obviously their blood will be on my hands because I am the prime minister," Khan lamented. https://www.voanews.com/south-central-asia/pakistan-fires-28-pilots-holding-dubious-licenses Back to Top Deadly Crash and Fake Pilots Expose Pakistan's Broken Airline • Concern about pilots' experience follows coronavirus slump • Latest problems could drain government's resources further For decades Pakistan International Airlines Corp. stood for a resurgent post-colonial nation, flying the flag from New York to Tokyo. Now the airline is struggling to recover from a fatal crash, years of losses, a collapse in global air travel and the stunning revelation that almost a third of the nation's pilots obtained fake licenses. That latest admission, from Aviation Minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan, tipped the airline from crisis to full-blown catastrophe. Khan didn't say whether the pilots of the crashed Airbus SE jet, who were discussing the coronavirus when they retracted the landing gear just before touching down in Karachi, were among those who held dubious licenses. But his announcement came on the same evening that investigators held the cockpit crew responsible for the accident. Investigations into at least three major crashes in Pakistan in the past decade found the pilots were either at fault or didn't follow guidelines. Khan said that 262 of over 850 pilots in Pakistan had fake qualifications and many didn't even sit the exams themselves. "I'm not shocked by this," said Nasrullah Khan Afridi, President of Pakistan Airlines Cabin Crew Association. "In our culture, unfortunately, there is so much wrongdoing among politicians and others that everyone is looking for a short cut. Everyone with dubious records, including the regulator which issues pilot licenses, should be punished." The shock is reverberating beyond Pakistan, which is not the only country in Asia to have reported problems in the past over the certification of pilots as a slew of new budget carriers competed to sign up cockpit crews. In the past few years, India and some nations in Southeast Asia have also come under scrutiny for cases of exaggerated flight hours or simulator time. "This is not just a PIA or Pakistan only issue, it is widespread in India, Indonesia and also the Philippines," said Mohan Ranganathan, an aviation safety consultant and former pilot based in the southern Indian city of Chennai. In 2011-12, several hundred pilots working for airlines in India were found to have fake certificates, he said. "A similar charade takes place from flying schools in Indonesia, Philippines etc. They collect the full fees from trainees but actual flying is done only on paper." Arun Kumar, head of India's Directorate General of Civil Aviation, said the country has no cases of pilots with fake documents, even for those who qualified overseas. "All documents are duly checked and verified," he said. "We have a robust system in place." Adita Irawati, a spokeswoman for Indonesia's Transportation Ministry, said the country has never uncovered any abuse of documentation similar to what was found in Pakistan, and Indonesia has a mechanism in place to prevent such practices. Representatives for the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines did not immediately respond to requests for comment. As of Dec. 13, almost half of the flying schools in Philippines were inactive, with about a dozen of them either facing stop orders or having their licenses revoked or denied, data from the regulator showed. The deluge of disasters at PIA has galvanized the government to speed up reform of the industry in Pakistan. Prime Minister Imran Khan has ordered the nation's Civil Aviation Authority to fast track further actions for the nation's airlines, and the authority itself, including cutting jobs. "It takes a lot of courage to come out and say our industry is broken," said Faaiz Amir, a former Air Vice Marshal who investigated a 2012 crash of a Bhoja Air flight near Islamabad. "The system needs to be revamped. Civil aviation needs to be restructured and reorganized." They have their work cut out. PIA is the most likely airline in the world to fail in the absence of a bailout as Covid-19 cuts demand for air travel, according to a Bloomberg News analysis. The carrier has one of the highest staff-to-planes ratios, after successive governments shied away from major payroll cuts on concern they would spark labor unrest. The fake pilots disclosure prompted the European Union Aviation Safety Agency to ban airlines from Pakistan flying to its member states. The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said it was "assessing the situation." Even without the latest round of catastrophes, the airline was struggling from high costs and increased competition from rivals such as Emirates, a carrier it ironically helped establish in 1985. PIA hasn't made a profit in 15 years and liabilities amounted to $3.8 billion at the end of last year. It has some 14,000 employees for a fleet of only about 30 planes. After years of propping up the carrier with cash bailouts -- the latest was 3.2 billion rupees ($19 million) last month for PIA to pay interest payments -- the government has promised to carry out measures including job cuts and the sale of non-core assets. "It's a belated, welcome and decisive realization," said A.A.H. Soomro, managing director at Khadim Ali Shah Bukhari Securities. "The conoravirus-induced travel decline coupled with plunging tax revenues have motivated the government to fix bleeding public sector entities." PIA traces its roots to 1946 when Orient Airways flew in the then-undivided India. After partition it was one of the first in Asia to begin a regular service to London and in the heady days of expansion in the 1960's and 70's was considered a model for new national airlines in other parts of the region. With prestige and growth came mismanagement and losses as the airline became a source of foreign revenue and a conduit for jobs and contracts at home. PIA is managed by either generalist bureaucrats, or military officers, or both, fostering a bureaucratic and unaccountable system, according to Mosharraf Zaidi, a senior fellow at Islamabad-based think tank, Tabadlab. The state of the nation's aviation industry began to be reflected in its accident record. In 2010, an Airblue flight slammed into a rain-soaked hillside near Islamabad, killing 152, an incident also blamed on pilot error. Two years later, the nation suffered another major disaster when a Bhoja Air Boeing 737-200 carrying 118 passengers and 9 crew members crashed on approach at the capital. In both cases, the official reports identified pilot errors. The recent PIA disaster was the first fatal plane crash for the airline since 47 people were killed in an ATR-42 in 2016. Amid calls for reform and a change of government, the airline has had six chief executive officers in five years. The current administration says current CEO Arshad Mahmood Malik, a Vice Chief of Air Staff in the nation's air force who was appointed in October 2018, is trying to restore the airline. "The tragic recent crashes are a lingering legacy of past mismanagement and corruption that is in the process of being cleared up,"said Shireen Mazari, the minister for human rights in Khan's cabinet and a close aide to the Prime Minister. Malik is taking steps such as "ferreting out pilots, engineers and others with fake licenses and qualifications, implementing a modern cost-efficient reservation system, and returning to service costly planes that had been cannibalized for parts," she said. Other actions include selling or monetizing non-core assets, built up over the years when the company was a conduit for national prestige. Its prime asset, the Roosevelt Hotel in New York, which was previously valued at $1 billion, may be turned primarily into an office tower with retail space on the ground floor. But with no flights to Europe and possibly to other countries as aviation authorities weigh the concern about the training of its staff, the core airline itself may need substantial government support to survive. Ali Wahab, Head of Debt Capital Markets at Sharjah Islamic Bank, said the minister's revelation has put its future in jeopardy. "When an airline will not fly and has no revenue, how will it repay its debts?" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-07/fake-pilots-fatal-crash-virus-expose-pakistan-s-broken-airline Back to Top Federal agencies issue joint safety guidance for air travel in the era of COVID-19 Last week, the U.S. Departments of Homeland Security (DHS), Transportation (DOT) and Health and Human Services (HHS) issued joint guidance for the air travel industry, meant to provide a framework for airlines and airports operating amidst a global pandemic. COVID-19 has spawned more than 11.4 million cases worldwide and, with the United States still leading the world in case counts, resulted in the barring or mandatory quarantine of U.S. travelers to many countries. The federal guidance, Runway to Recovery, also laid out a foundation for executing public health measures that could minimize the risks of transmission therein. "As we reopen the economy under President Trump's Opening Up America Again guidelines, we are taking aggressive measures to protect the American people from COVID-19 as they reengage their travel plans," Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf. said. "Air travel is critical to our economic recovery, and DHS has been working closely with our partners in the aviation industry throughout every step of our response to this pandemic to ensure that we are facilitating travel in a safe and secure manner." If their recommendations were followed to the letter, the guidelines would lead to the implementation of barriers to disease transmission, an increase of social distancing measures, minimizing points of contact between people and surfaces, increased cleanliness to all areas with potential for human contact, contact mechanisms for international passengers exposed to COVID-19 and specialized training for aviation workers, among others. These measures would affect no one part of the aviation industry, but rather push aggressive action at all stages of flight. The Transportation Security Administration has already implemented some of these guidelines. https://homelandprepnews.com/stories/51872-federal-agencies-issue-joint-safety-guidance-for-air-travel-in-the-era-of-covid-19/ Back to Top 14 Hawaiian Airlines flight attendants test positive for COVID-19 Fourteen flight attendants tested positive for COVID-19 after attending a recent training at Hawaiian Airlines' Honolulu headquarters and are now in quarantine, according to the airline, which has canceled its flight attendant training due to the circumstances. "We are supporting our team members in their recovery, and other employees involved in the training have been self-monitoring their health, in accordance with CDC and state Department of Health guidance provided to us," Alex Da Silva, a Hawaiian Airlines spokesperson, told USA TODAY. "We have also reinforced our office protocols to keep our employees safe and have temporarily canceled our flight attendant training in order to deep clean our facilities." Guests are required to wear face masks on Hawaiian Airlines flights, and flight attendants wear them while serving guests on board, according to the airline's website. Mask requirements are now a given when flying in North America. Hawaiian Airlines will begin offering a reduced schedule between the state and certain mainland U.S. cities starting on Aug. 1. Hawaii has seen low coronavirus rates in comparison to the rest of the country. As of July 6, at least 1,030 people were reported to have COVID-19 in the state and 19 have reportedly died. For comparison, Arizona has more than 100,000 cases. There are nearly 3 million coronavirus cases in the U.S. Starting on Aug. 1, Hawaii will require proof of a negative coronavirus test for visitors to avoid a 14-day quarantine. Hawaii Gov. David Ige announced the requirement on June 24. Visitors to the state will also be required to undergo a temperature check. Anyone with a temperature of 100.4 degrees F. will undergo a secondary screening at the airport. Travelers will also be asked to fill out a questionnaire. "The health of our community remains our primary focus. This multi-layered pre-travel testing and screening process allows travelers an alternative to the 14-day travel quarantine," Ige said in a statement. https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/airline-news/2020/07/07/covid-19-hawaiian-airlines-flight-attendants-positive-coronavirus/5392105002/ Back to Top EU states asked to bar Pak pilots from work ISLAMABAD: The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) on Tuesday ordered the member states to bar Pakistani pilots from working. The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has asked its member countries for details of Pakistani captains, said media reports. The letter sent to the member states by the EASA stated that the CAA has revealed irregularities in the issuance of 40 percent of licences. Moreover, in the notification, EASA recommends the member states 'not to schedule such pilots for operations performed under their TCO consideration'. The letter stated that this is a matter of concern in the aviation industry. It further stated that complaints have been received about fake licences and against international rules and regulations. https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/683756-eu-states-asked-to-bar-pak-pilots-from-work Back to Top Kenya Airways Pilots Offer Going on Unpaid Leave in Jobs Tussle • Aviators can take unpaid leave on condition jobs are secure • Government has moved to take full-ownership of flag carrier Kenya Airways pilots warned the carrier against cutting jobs and offered to go on unpaid leave to help mitigate the impact of the Covid-19 outbreak on the East African airline. The aviators will consider voluntary breaks only if it serves "to secure jobs" and cushion the airline "from further effects of the pandemic," the Kenya Airlines Pilots Association said in a letter to Kenya Airways seen by Bloomberg News. The document was verified by the association's Chief Executive Officer Murithi Nyagah. Airlines globally have been hit by the coronavirus, and the International Air Transport Association has warned of mass bankruptcies. Governments have pledged support, with some increasing their stakes in the carriers. KALPA, as Kenya's pilots association is known, is concerned that Kenya Airways might use the downtime caused by the virus to cut jobs as the government moves to fully take over the national carrier, according to the letter. A Kenya Airways spokesperson didn't immediately respond to calls for comment on Tuesday. Pilots and other employees of sub-Saharan Africa's third-largest airline already took pay cuts of as much as 75% after governments restricted flying to curb the spread of the virus. Kenya Airways has lost at least $100 million in sales so far this year, and that could increase fourfold by December, according to Chief Executive Officer Allan Kilavuka. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-07/kenya-airways-pilots-offer-going-on-unpaid-leave-in-jobs-tussle Back to Top Aircraft lessor Avolon cancels 27 Boeing 737 MAX jets DUBLIN (Reuters) - Aircraft lessor Avolon on Tuesday announced the cancellation of an additional 27 Boeing 737 MAX planes after cancelling 75 of the jets in April as it grapples with the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic. It also canceled one Airbus A330neo widebody jet, the fifth it has canceled since the start of the COVID-19 crisis, and deferred the delivery of three A320neo aircraft until 2022. The Dublin-based lessor said it has reduced its near-term commitments by over 140 aircraft since the start of the year. The 737 MAX has been grounded since March 2019 after two fatal crashes in five months. However, Boeing and the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration last week completed certification test flights, a key milestone toward the plane's return to service. Avolon, which had been due to purchase nine of the 27 MAX jets via sale-and-leaseback deals with airlines, still has 37 MAX jets on order. Boeing said it had come to an agreement with Avolon to further restructure its order book as part of an ongoing effort to help airlines and leasing companies "balance supply and demand with market realities" in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. "We appreciate Avolon's ongoing commitment to the 737 family through their outstanding orders," the spokesman said. Rival lessor BOC Aviation last week said it had canceled an order for 30 MAX jets while Norwegian Air canceled orders for 92. While such cancellations can help clear production slots to deal with a large backlog of MAX deliveries, they also underscore uncertainty over underlying demand for the MAX, analysts have said. The cancellation of five A330neo from one of the plane's launch customers is also embarrassing for Airbus. Avolon, in a financial update at the end of the second quarter, said it still has in excess of $5 billion in liquidity. It said it had reduced by one-third its capital commitments to the end of 2021 and since the start of the year had cut by more than half its 2020-23 capital commitments. https://www.yahoo.com/news/leasing-firm-avolon-cancels-another-114500612.html Back to Top Join RTCA for a free two-part webinar on Wednesday, July 15 at 1pm ET featuring NTSB and GAMA. The Honorable Robert L. Sumwalt, Chairman of the NTSB presents: "Lessons from the Ashes: Improving Transportation Safety Through Accident Investigation" followed by a conversation with RTCA's Terry McVenes and an audience Q&A session. Pete Bunce, President and CEO of GAMA presents: "The Future of Advanced Air Mobility". Details: https://bit.ly/3in09Lj Back to Top Back to Top Back to Top TO ALL PROFESSIONAL PILOTS, AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS, members of their Management, Regulators and related organizations (airplane, helicopter, civil or military) WE REQUEST YOUR SUPPORT FOR A JOINT AVIATION SAFETY SURVEY (JASS) ON: "AERONAUTICAL DECISION-MAKING, INCL. MONITORING & INTERVENTION IN PRACTICE" Dear aviation colleague, you are invited to participate in a research project conducted by the department of Psychology at City, University of London, which aims to elicit your views and thoughts on Aeronautical Decision-Making, including Monitoring and Intervention in normal operation,by which we mean routine line flights without any incidents or technical malfunctions. The questions deal with teamwork and decision-making issues in various Pilot-roles, e.g. the role of the Pilot Monitoring (PM), Pilot Flying (PF), Pilot in Command (PIC) and Co-Pilot, and respectively in the Air Traffic Controller (ATCO)-roles of the coordinating and radioing/radar ATCO as well as pilot's and controller's training and occupational picture. This survey is completely anonymous - no identifying information will be requested or collected - and all responses will be treated as strictly confidential. The survey is approved by City's research and ethics committee (Approval Code: ETH 1920-1414). The introductory section of the survey will provide you with further information and the informed consent. Please click here to access the survey or copy the survey-link below into your browser. https://cityunilondon.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6n7cxeunMyfy0fz By completing the questionnaire, you can - in addition to supporting aviation safety research - even do more good as we will donate a minimum of €2 for the first 1000 fully completed responses to the UNICEF COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund which helps to care for vulnerable children and communities all over the world. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us via email: aviationsafety@city.ac.uk or tom.becker.1@city.ac.uk or via phone: +49 172 7178780. We thank you very much in advance. Your support is truly appreciated. Best regards, Capt. Tom Becker Prof. Peter Ayton Back to Top GRADUATE RESEARCH SURVEY Dear Participants, You are being asked to participate in a research study of your opinions and attitudes about stress and mental health. This research started almost two years ago. The purpose of this study is to examine mental health issues in aviation, specifically Part 121 airline pilots. During this study, you will be asked to complete a brief online survey about your opinions on various life circumstances, stress, and mental health topics. This study is expected to take approximately 15 minutes of your time. In order to participate, you must possess an FAA issued Airline Transport Certificate (ATP) and you must also be currently working as a pilot for a Part 121 air carrier that is headquartered within the United States. Participation in this study is voluntary and data will be collected anonymously, stored confidentially, and you may choose to opt out of the study at any time. We sincerely appreciate your consideration and time to complete our study, as it is another small but important step towards increasing safety in aviation. Please click on the link below to complete the survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/7ZG6M6L For more information, please contact: Tanya Gatlin - Student Researcher Gatlint1@my.erau.edu 281-924-1336 Dr. Scott Winter - Faculty Advisor winte25e@erau.edu 386-226-6491 Curt Lewis