Flight Safety Information July 23, 2020 - No. 148 In This Issue Accident: Ethiopian B772 at Shanghai on Jul 22nd 2020, aircraft burned down on apron Incident: Inuit DH8C at Montreal on Jul 16th 2020, loss of cabin pressure 4 injured in lightning strike at DHL hub at CVG airport Atlas crash probe increases pressure on FAA to get tough on pilot records US says it will adopt global climate standards for aviation Boeing 737 Likely to Remain Grounded by FAA Until October American Airlines posts $2.1 billion net loss in second quarter Emirates offers pilots, cabin crew four months unpaid leave Last Qantas 747 jet says goodbye with 'flying kangaroo' in sky China launches ambitious attempt to land rover on Mars The USC Aviation Safety & Security Program Will Offer Online and In-Person Classes This Fall presage specializing in error prevention through proven scientific psychosocial analytics Urban Air Mobility and Single-Pilot/Autonomous Airline Operations Research Project AVIATION SAFETY SURVEY GRADUATE RESEARCH SURVEY Accident: Ethiopian B772 at Shanghai on Jul 22nd 2020, aircraft burned down on apron An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 777-200 freighter, registration ET-ARH performing flight ET-3739 from Shanghai Pudong (China) to Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), was preparing for departure at the apron, when at about 15:57L (07:57Z) smoke was observed from the aft crown of the aircraft, emergency services responded and extinguished the fire by about 17:01L (09:01Z). No injuries are being reported. The aircraft sustained substantial damage. The aircraft had safely arrived as flight ET-3738 (dep Jul 21st) from Brussels (Belgium) to Shanghai Pudong (China) and had taxied to the apron at about 11:53L (03:53Z). China's Civil Aviation Authority have opened an investigation. Ethiopian Airlines confirmed the aircraft caught fire in Shanghai. It was scheduled to fly from Shanghai to Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) and further on to Sao Paulo,SP (Brazil) and San Diego,CA (USA). http://avherald.com/h?article=4da46e92&opt=0 Back to Top Incident: Inuit DH8C at Montreal on Jul 16th 2020, loss of cabin pressure An Air Inuit de Havilland Dash 8-300, registration C-GIAB performing flight 3H-802 from Montreal,QC to Kuujjuarapik,QC (Canada) with 9 passengers and 3 crew, was enroute at FL250 about 160nm north of Montreal when the crew received a cabin pressure warning light with the cabin altitude above 10,000 feet and initiated an emergency descent to 14000 feet. At 14000 feet the cabin altitude stabilized at 7000 feet. The crew decided to return to Montreal where the aircraft landed safely about 2 hours after departure. https://flightaware.com/live/flight/AIE802/history/20200716/1230Z/CYUL/CYGW http://avherald.com/h?article=4da484e0&opt=0 Back to Top 4 injured in lightning strike at DHL hub at CVG airport HEBRON, Ky. -Four people were injured Wednesday when lightning struck at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport. It happened around 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at the DHL hub, airport officials said. Four people were injured and taken to an area hospital. All of the victims are expected to survive. All four were on the ramp of a plane, grouped together when the lightning struck, a DHL media spokesperson said. Officials said nothing has been shut down and operations are continuing as normal. At least one airplane was affected. https://www.wlwt.com/article/4-injured-in-lightning-strike-at-dhl-hub-at-cvg-airport/33396216 Back to Top Atlas crash probe increases pressure on FAA to get tough on pilot records Potential new rules covering the performance records of pilots may be tougher than necessary, it was claimed this week. The proposed changes follow the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) report this month on the fatal crash of an Atlas Air B767 freighter on its approach to Houston on 23 February last year. Identifying pilot error as the chief cause of the incident, it also laid blame on the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) . It expressly faulted the FAA for a failure to provide an updated database of pilot records, as mandated by legislation in 2010. According to the NTSB, the FAA has dragged its feet on the issue and has to bear some of the blame for the tragedy, in which all three pilots on the flight died. The co-pilot inadvertently added full power during the descent, became disoriented and pushed the 767-300 freighter into a steep dive. The investigators found the co-pilot had shown erratic behaviour before. In previous employments he had repeatedly panicked during training exercises and displayed other deficiencies, but these issues had not been addressed, nor were they recorded in the official pilot records. And he had not disclosed them to Atlas Air in the hiring process. The FAA tabled proposals for a new database in late March and expects to finalise its new system by the coming January. The proposed rules on what information the database should contain are a lot tougher than the existing regime. "It seems the FAA now has gone to the other extreme," said Stan Bernstein, president of the Regional Air Cargo Carriers Association. He believes some training notes should not go on the record, suggesting they may be coloured by disagreements between instructor and pilot and give a distorted picture. Likewise, if a mental health check was suggested for a trainee pilot and revealed no problems, the pilot would still have a mental health check recommendation on his record, he said. While Mr Bernstein agrees the existing database is inadequate, he believes only relatively minor changes are necessary. What the FAA has proposed is excessive and would place an additional administrative burden on operators, he added. "The FAA should convene an aviation rule-making committee (ARC). It should sit down with people, including trainers, and discuss what's important to know and what's not," he said. It is doubtful if the FAA will adopt such a course. It has been claimed that the FAA had failed to include many of the recommendations made by the original ARC set up for this years ago. Moreover, the FAA is under the gun for its "lax oversight" of Boeing's B737 MAX certification programme, which has drawn heavy criticism from US lawmakers. With a point to prove about its independence of industry interest groups, the agency may not be in the mood to be seen to cede ground on questions of aviation safety. "The political environment is a bit on the tricky side these days," said Mr Bernstein. https://theloadstar.com/atlas-crash-probe-increases-pressure-on-faa-to-get-tough-on-pilot-records/ Back to Top US says it will adopt global climate standards for aviation The Trump administration said Wednesday that it plans to adopt aircraft emissions standards modeled on international ones, a move it says will not further reduce climate-damaging emissions from planes. Andrew Wheeler, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, said the change "strikes the right regulatory balance" and would ensure that U.S.-made airliners and large business jets meet the demands of the global market. Environmental groups, which had threatened to sue EPA over delays in setting greenhouse gas limits for aviation, said the agency's proposal does not go far enough. The Center for Biological Diversity called it "toothless." The rules "are too weak to address the severity of the climate crisis," said Clare Lockwood, the group's climate legal director. Another environmental group, the International Council on Clean Transportation, said the standard is already out of date and won't speed investment in more fuel-efficient engines and planes. The average new plane delivered last year was already 6% more fuel efficient than EPA's rules would require in 2028, said Sola Zheng, lead author of an upcoming study by the group. The U.S. needed to adopt a rule at least as tough as the one being put in place by the International Civil Aviation Organization to sell and operate planes overseas. Boeing and Airlines for America, a trade group for the biggest U.S. airlines, praised the EPA's decision. The new standard for planes is "a major step forward for protecting the environment and supporting sustainable growth of commercial aviation and the United States economy," said Boeing spokesperson Bryan Watt. Aircraft fuel efficiency has improved 50% since 1990, and the EPA proposal will help aircraft manufacturers continue making technological innovations for more fuel efficiency, he said. President Donald Trump's administration largely has resisted calls from scientists and others for swift, large-scale action to cut the burning of oil, natural gas and coal to stave off the worst of climate change. The administration pulled the U.S. out of the Paris climate accord and weakened Obama-era initiatives to reduce emissions from vehicles and power plants. Wheeler told reporters that the administration is working to curb fossil fuel emissions but is "doing it in a thoughtful manner that protects our manufacturing base." The new U.S. proposal is modeled on a change adopted by the International Civil Aviation Organization, a United Nations agency, to limit climate-damaging carbon dioxide and nitrogen oxides. Since airline makers globally are expected to follow the new international standards anyway, "the EPA is not projecting emission reductions associated with today's proposed GHG regulations," or greenhouse gas rules, the EPA description of the change notes. Before the COVID-19 outbreak hit demand for air travel, the international agency predicted emissions from planes will grow at least 3% a year globally because of rising traffic, even with cleaner planes. The Obama administration concluded that aviation contributes to climate change, endangering public health. That set Wednesday's proposed rule in motion. The EPA says U.S. aviation accounts for 3% of the country's overall climate-changing emissions. https://nbcmontana.com/news/nation-world/us-says-it-will-adopt-global-climate-standards-for-aviation Back to Top Boeing 737 Likely to Remain Grounded by FAA Until October The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said on Tuesday it plans to issue a proposed airworthiness directive for the Boeing 737 MAX in the "near future" to address changes made since the plane was grounded in March 2019 after two fatal crashes killed 346 people. An official briefed on the matter told Reuters that the FAA is unlikely to unground the 737 MAX before sometime in October. Boeing Co has said it expects to resume deliveries before Sept. 30 following regulatory approval. Boeing spokesman Gordon Johndroe said the schedule for the jet's return to service will be determined by regulators. "Boeing is working closely with the FAA and other international regulators to meet their expectations as we work to safely return the 737 MAX to service," Johndroe said. The crisis over the grounding of the once top-selling 737 MAX has cost the U.S. planemaker more than $18 billion, slashed production and hobbled its supply chain, with criminal and congressional investigations still ongoing. The FAA said the public will have 45 days to comment on "proposed design changes and crew procedures to mitigate the safety issues identified during the investigations that followed the Lion Air and Ethiopian Airlines accidents." The FAA noted there are still some key steps before the plane can resume commercial service. On July 1, the FAA said it had completed three days of certification test flights on the 737 MAX's automated flight control system. Final planning is under way for the FAA's Flight Standardization Board (FSB) and the Joint Operations Evaluation Board (JOEB) review of proposed training for flight crews, based on design changes and crew procedures. The JOEB will include regulators from Canada, Europe and Brazil and will evaluate minimum pilot training requirements. The FSB will issue a draft report for public comment addressing JOEB findings. The FAA will review Boeing's final design documentation to evaluate compliance with regulations and the multi-agency Technical Advisory Board will review the final Boeing submission and issue a report prior to a final FAA determination of compliance. Boeing agreed to add significant safeguards to a key safety system tied to both crashes, make other software updates and move wiring bundles. https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2020/07/22/576459.htm Back to Top American Airlines posts $2.1 billion net loss in second quarter • American Airlines swings to a quarterly loss as the coronavirus depressed demand, but it slashed its cash burn. • "We remain confident we will emerge from this crisis more agile and more efficient than ever before," CEO Doug Parker said. American Airlines on Thursday posted a net loss of $2.1 billion in the second quarter, the latest carrier to outline the financial damage to travel demand from the coronavirus pandemic. Revenue dropped more than 86% in the quarter to $1.6 billion from close to $12 billion a year earlier. The stock rose 0.5% in premarket trading. American has restored more capacity than some of its large competitors like Delta or United as it aimed to capitalize on an uptick in air travel demand that bottomed in April. The Fort Worth, Texas-based airline did slash its daily cash burn rate from $100 million a day in April to $30 million a day in June after it cut flights and idled planes and thousands of employees took voluntary time off. "We have moved swiftly to improve our liquidity, conserve cash and ensure customers are safe when they travel," CEO Doug Parker said. "There is much uncertainty ahead, but we remain confident we will emerge from this crisis more agile and more efficient than ever before." American and other airline executives are warning that demand has softened due to a spike in coronavirus cases and travel restrictions abroad and quarantine orders. American said it expects its capacity in the third quarter to be down 60% from last year. The pandemic has been particularly painful for airlines because a resurgence in cases comes during what is normally the most lucrative time of year, the peak summer travel season. "The current environment is more unpredictable and more volatile than anything we ever could have imagined," Parker and the airline's president Robert Isom, said in an employee note. On an adjusted per-share basis, American posted a loss of $7.82, slightly more than analysts were expecting. American Airlines' executives will hold an analyst call at 8:30 a.m. EDT. Also Thursday, Southwest Airlines said it lost $915 million in the second quarter compared with $741 million in net income a year earlier. It also warned that travel demand will likely remain depressed until there's a vaccine or treatment for the coronavirus. https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/23/american-airlines-aal-posts-2point1-billion-loss-in-second-quarter-warns-on-coronavirus.html Back to Top Emirates offers pilots, cabin crew four months unpaid leave DUBAI (Reuters) - Emirates airline is offering some pilots and cabin crew up to four months of unpaid leave, as it strives to manage the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, an internal email said. The Dubai state-owned carrier, facing a cash crunch caused by the pandemic, has already cut salaries and thousands of jobs, including pilots and cabin crew. Eligible pilots and cabin crew can take up to four months off between August and November during which they would still receive benefits, such as company-provided accommodation, an internal email seen by Reuters said. "As a result of recent and unexpected travel restrictions imposed by some countries, an opportunity has arisen to offer our pilots and cabin crew unpaid leave. We have elected to offer this option as a short-term measure to reduce our resources," the email said. An Emirates spokeswoman confirmed the unpaid leave had been offered. Emirates is operating a limited number of flights due to border restrictions around the world. It plans to fly to 62 destinations in August compared with 157 destinations prior to the pandemic. Emirates on Thursday announced it would cover medical costs of up to 150,000 euros ($173,850.00) and quarantine costs of up to 100 euro a day for 14 days for any passengers tested positive for the novel coronavirus during their travel. The coverage is free of charge, it said. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-emirates-airline/emirates-offers-pilots-cabin-crew-four-months-unpaid-leave-idUSKCN24O1D4 Back to Top Last Qantas 747 jet says goodbye with 'flying kangaroo' in sky Australian airline Qantas has bid farewell to its last Boeing 747 aeroplane with one final flourish - drawing its logo, the flying kangaroo, in the sky. Dozens gathered at Sydney Airport on Wednesday to wave goodbye to QF7474, writing messages on the plane's body and reading tributes. The impact of the virus on travel means the 747 and others were retired by Qantas six months earlier than planned. It will sit in the US Mojave Desert. "It's hard to overstate the impact that the 747 had on aviation and a country as far away as Australia," said CEO Alan Joyce. "This aircraft was well ahead of its time and extremely capable. [It] put international travel within reach of the average Australian and people jumped at the opportunity." Last month Qantas said it would axe 6,000 jobs as part of its plans to survive the coronavirus pandemic. Around 150 people gathered to say goodbye to the plane, which was also given a water cannon salute. Originally, thousands were expected for a farewell planned for the end of the year. The Qantas 747 fleet has carried more than 250 million people in almost half a century of service, including Queen Elizabeth II and every Australian Olympic team since 1984, said a Reuters report. Qantas has grounded most of its international flights until at least July 2021 due to the lack of international travel demand. Last week, British Airways announced that it would also retire all of its Boeing 747s, adding that it would operate more flights on more fuel-efficient planes such as the new Airbus A350s and Boeing 787 Dreamliners. What was the 'Queen of the skies'? BA retires entire 747 fleet after travel downturn BA is the world's largest operator of the jumbo jets - nicknamed the 'Queen of the Skies' - with 31 in its fleet. The retired planes will joined hundreds of others parked in the Mojave Desert. The climate conditions in such places - dry heat, low humidity and little rain - mean aircraft take a lot longer to rust and degrade. https://news.yahoo.com/last-qantas-747-jet-says-031951047.html Back to Top China launches ambitious attempt to land rover on Mars BEIJING (AP) - China launched its most ambitious Mars mission yet on Thursday in a bold attempt to join the United States in successfully landing a spacecraft on the red planet. Engines blazing orange, a Long March-5 carrier rocket took off under clear skies around 12:40 p.m. from Hainan Island, south of China's mainland. Hundreds of space enthusiasts cried out excitedly on a beach across the bay from the launch site. "This is a kind of hope, a kind of strength," said Li Dapeng, co-founder of the China branch of the Mars Society, an international enthusiast group. He wore a Mars Society T shirt, and was there with his wife, 11-year-old son and 2,000 others on the beach to watch the launch. Launch commander Zhang Xueyu announced to cheers in the control room that the rocket was flying normally about 45 minutes later. "The Mars rover has accurately entered the scheduled orbit," he said in brief remarks shown live on state broadcaster CCTV. China's space agency said that the rocket carried the probe for 36 minutes before successfully placing it on the looping path that will take it beyond Earth's orbit and eventually into Mars' more distant orbit around the sun. Liu Tongjie, spokesman for the mission, said in a press briefing that the launch was a "key step of China marching towards farther deep space." He said that China's aim wasn't to compete with other countries, but to peacefully explore the universe. It marked the second flight to Mars this week, after a United Arab Emirates orbiter blasted off on a rocket from Japan on Monday. And the U.S. is aiming to launch Perseverance, its most sophisticated Mars rover ever, from Cape Canaveral, Florida, next week. "It's amazing that another nation has launched the case for Mars," said Dr. Katarina Miljkovic, a planetary scientist at Curtin University in Australia, adding that the world was no longer in a space race. "It's more like this marathon of space that we all want to be running." China's tandem spacecraft - with both an orbiter and a rover - will take seven months to reach Mars, like the others. If all goes well, Tianwen-1, or "quest for heavenly truth," will look for underground water, if it's present, as well as evidence of possible ancient life. This isn't China's first attempt at Mars. In 2011, a Chinese orbiter accompanying a Russian mission was lost when the spacecraft failed to get out of Earth's orbit after launching from Kazakhstan, eventually burning up in the atmosphere. This time, China is going at it alone. It also is fast-tracking, launching an orbiter and rover on the same mission instead of stringing them out. China's secretive space program has developed rapidly in recent decades. Yang Liwei became the first Chinese astronaut in 2003, and last year, Chang'e-4 became the first spacecraft from any country to land on the far side of the moon. Conquering Mars would put China in an elite club. "There is a whole lot of prestige riding on this," said Dean Cheng, an expert on Chinese aerospace programs at the Heritage Foundation in Washington. The launch was "gutsy," said Dr. Jonathan McDowell, an astronomer at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. The next challenge is for the probe to be "still working when it gets to Mars and survives entry and landing." Landing on Mars is notoriously difficult. Only the U.S. has successfully landed a spacecraft on Martian soil, doing it eight times since 1976. NASA's InSight and Curiosity rovers still operate today. Six other spacecraft are exploring Mars from orbit: three American, two European and one from India. Unlike the two other Mars missions launching this month, China has tightly controlled information about the program - even withholding any name for its rover. National security concerns led the U.S. to curb cooperation between NASA and China's space program. In an article published earlier this month in Nature Astronomy, mission chief engineer Wan Weixing said Tianwen-1 would slip into orbit around Mars in February and look for a landing site on Utopia Planitia - a plain where NASA has detected possible evidence of underground ice. Wan died in May from cancer. The landing would then be attempted in April or May, according to the article. If all goes well, the 240-kilogram (530-pound) golf cart-sized, solar-powered rover is expected to operate for about three months, and the orbiter for two years. There is uncertainty even after the rover lands on Mars, said Liu Tongjie. "For instance, if there is a sand storm, it needs to modify its mode of work to prevent sands falling on solar panel, which will affect its ability to get energy," he said. Though small compared to America's hulking, car-sized 1,025-kilogram (2,260-pound) Perseverance, it's almost twice as big as the two rovers China has sent to the moon in 2013 and 2019. Perseverance is expected to operate for at least two years. This Mars-launching season - which occurs every 26 months when Earth and Mars are at their closest - is especially busy. The UAE spacecraft Amal, or Hope, which will orbit Mars but not land, is the Arab world's first interplanetary mission. NASA's Perseverance rover is up next. "At no other time in our history have we seen anything like what is unfolding with these three unique missions to Mars. Each of them is a science and engineering marvel," the Space Foundation's chief executive officer Thomas Zelibor said in an online panel discussion earlier this week. China's road to Mars hit a few bumps: A Long March-5 rocket, nicknamed "Fat 5" because of its bulky shape, failed to launch earlier this year. The coronavirus pandemic forced scientists to work from home. In March, when instruments needed to be transported from Beijing to Shanghai, three team members drove 12 hours to deliver them. While China is joining the U.S., Russia and Europe in creating a satellite-based global navigation system, experts say it isn't trying to overtake the U.S. lead in space exploration. Instead, Cheng of the Heritage Foundation said China is in a "slow race" with Japan and India to establish itself as Asia's space power. https://www.yahoo.com/news/china-launches-bold-attempt-land-044726360.html Back to Top TheUSC Aviation Safety & Security ProgramWill Offer Online and In-Person Classes This Fall The following upcoming courses, including NEW Safety Performance Indicators course, will take place in Los Angeles and in our virtual Webex classrooms. Software Safety Philosophies and methods of developing software, analyzing software, and managing a software safety program. Online Course August 17-20, 2020 4 Days Tuition: $2250 SeMS Aviation Security Management Systems Managing and implementing aviation security measures at medium to small size aircraft operators, all airports, and Indirect Air Carriers, with emphasis on risk assessment and cyber security. Online and In-Person Course August 17-21, 2020 4.5 Days Tuition: $2650 Accident/Incident Response Preparedness This course is designed for individuals who are involved in either preparing emergency response plans or responding to incidents and accidents as a representative of their organization. This updated course has been extended to four full days to integrate communications in the digital age. Online and In-Person Course August 24-27, 2020 4 Days Tuition: $2250 Human Factors in Aviation Safety This course presents human factors in a manner that can be readily understood and applied by aviation practitioners in all phases of aviation operations. Emphasis is placed on identifying the causes of human error, predicting how human error can affect performance, and applying countermeasures to reduce or eliminate its effects. Online and In-Person Course August 24-28, 2020 4.5 Days Tuition: $2650 Aviation Law & Aviation Dispute Resolution This course provides information on the legal risks inherent in aviation operations and an overview of the legal system as it relates to aviation safety. The course also provides an understanding of the various legal processes relating to aviation and discusses ways to engage aviation authorities in a responsible and successful manner. The judicial process, current litigation trends, legal definitions, and procedures are also covered. Online Course August 31-September 3, 2020 4 Days Tuition: $2250 Safety Management for Aviation Maintenance This course provides supervisors with aviation safety principles and practices needed to manage the problems associated with aircraft maintenance operations. In addition, it prepares attendees to assume safety responsibilities in their areas of operation. Online and In-Person Course August 31-September 4, 2020 4.5 Days Tuition: $2650 Threat and Error Managment This course provides students with sufficient knowledge to develop a TEM program and a LOSA program within their organizations. Online and In-Person Course September 9-11, 2020 2.5 Days Tuition: $1375 Digital Photography for Aircraft Accident Investigation This specialized course in accident investigation is designed to assist the investigator to improve photographic documentation of an accident site. Course participants will take photographs of components and critique them as a class. This course assumes that the investigator is not a professional photographer. In-Person Course September 10-11, 2020 2 Days Tuition: $1200 Aviation Safety Management Systems Providing the skills and practical methods to plan, manage, and maintain an effective Aviation Safety Management System. Special emphasis for safety managers, training, flight department and maintenance managers and supervisors, pilots, air traffic controllers, dispatchers, and schedulers. Online and In-Person Course September 14-25, 2020 9.5 Days Tuition: $3750 Hazard Effects and Control Strategies This course focuses on underlying physical, chemical, and biological characteristics and effects, and hazard control strategies. The following hazards are specifically addressed: electrical hazards, electrostatic discharge, toxicity, kinetic hazards, ionizing and non-ionizing radiation, thermal hazards, noise, fire and explosion, high pressure, etc. Online and In-Person Course September 14-15, 2020 2 Days Tuition: $1200 Damage Assessment for System Safety Sophisticated mathematical models and methods have been developed to estimate the level of impact of a hazardous condition. This course provides an overall understanding of these methods to help managers and system safety analysis reviewers understand the analysis conducted and results obtained by the experts in the field. Specifically, methods for modeling the impact of fire and explosion, debris distribution from an explosion, and toxic gas dispersion are discussed. Online and In-Person Course September 16-18, 2020 3 Days Tuition: $1625 Safety Management Systems for Ground Operation Safety This course provides airport, air carrier and ground service company supervisors and managers with practices that will reduce ground operation mishaps to personnel and equipment. It provides an understanding of how ground operations safety management is an essential part or an airport's or air carrier's SMS. Online and In-Person Course September 21-23, 2020 2.5 Days Tuition: $1375 Safety Performance Indicators This course teaches how SPI's are developed, monitored, analyzed and modified in order for an organization to correctly know its safety performance. The course utilizes guidance provided in ICAO Annex 19 and the ICAO Safety Management Manual Doc. 9859. Online and In-Person Course September 24-25, 2020 2 Days Tuition: $1200 Earn Credit for FlightSafety International Master Technician-Management Program Students taking the following USC courses will earn elective credits towards FlightSafety International's Master Technician-Management Program • Human Factors in Aviation Safety • Gas Turbine Accident Investigation • Helicopter Accident Investigation • Safety Management for Aviation Maintenance • Safety Management for Ground Operations Safety • Accident/Incident Response Preparedness Earn Credit for National Business Aviation Association Certified Aviation Manager Exam Students taking the following USC courses will earn two points toward completing the application for the National Business Aviation Association Certified Aviation Manager Exam. • Aviation Safety Management Systems • Accident/Incident Response Preparedness • Human Factors in Aviation Safety • Aircraft Accident Investigation • SeMS Aviation Security Management Systems For further details, please visit our website or use the contact information below. Email: aviation@usc.edu Telephone: +1 (310) 342-1345 Photo Credit: PFC Brendan King, USMC As part of our Swinburne Bachelor of Aviation undergraduate research project, we have constructed a survey for members of the aviation industry and those who have not worked in aviation to provide feedback on their attitudes and opinions about Urban Air Mobility and single-pilot and/or autonomous airline operations. If you are an active participant in the aviation industry as a passenger or through employment, we invite you to take part in this survey to help give the industry a better understanding of the general sentiment towards these emerging technologies and operational concepts. To participate please follow the link below to our online survey: https://swinuw.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9zRhPPbCfnsHH3T It should take approximately 20 minutes to complete. Participants who complete the survey will be eligible to enter the draw to WIN AN iPad. Thank you very much for your time. This research project is being supervised by Peter Renshaw at the Department of Aviation, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia. If you have any questions, please contact Peter at prenshaw@swin.edu.au 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