Flight Safety Information - October 7, 2021 No. 202 In This Issue : Incident: Canada B789 at Atlanta on Oct 4th 2021, loss of tyre pressure : Incident: ANZ DH8C near Christchurch on Oct 7th 2021, smoke in cockpit : Bell 206B-3 JetRanger III - Loss of power/Hard Landing (Louisiana) : ‘Right Wing, Red Outfit': New Details Emerge in Latest LAX ‘Jet Pack' Sighting : Kuwait plane makes emergency landing in Turkey over bomb alert : Volcanic ash buildup shuts airport on La Palma in Spain's Canary Islands : American Airlines, Spirit AeroSystems to meet Biden Dec. 8 vaccine deadline : Argus Provides ClearView with Global Picture : United Airlines plans over 3,500 domestic flights to tap holiday demand : Air India’s Pilots Want Their Pre-Pandemic Pay Rates Back : Indonesia conducts test flight using jet fuel mixed with palm oil : NASA will shoot rocket at asteroid to test ‘planetary defense’ strategy : FAA proposes issuing operator license to Relativity Space : CAAi wins AvSec ‘Training Organisation of the Year’ award : PhD - Graduate Research Survey Request (1) Incident: Canada B789 at Atlanta on Oct 4th 2021, loss of tyre pressure An Air Canada Boeing 787-9, registration C-FRSO performing positioning flight AC-7263 from Atlanta,GA to Miami,FL (USA) with 2 crew, was climbing out of Atlanta when the crew received a message about a loss of tyre pressure. The crew worked the related checklist and decided to continue to Miami, Atlanta ATC reported no debris was found on the departure runway. On approach to Miami the crew declared PAN PAN and landed safely. The Canadian TSB reported maintenance replaced the #7 and #8 main landing gear wheels and brakes assemblies. http://avherald.com/h?article=4ee4f5ba&opt=0 Incident: ANZ DH8C near Christchurch on Oct 7th 2021, smoke in cockpit An Air New Zealand (Former Air Nelson) de Havilland Dash 8-300, registration ZK-NEH performing flight NZ-8761 from New Plymouth to Christchurch (New Zealand), was descending towards Christchurch estimated to land in about 10 minutes when the crew reported smoke in the cockpit. The crew worked the related checklists and continued for a safe landing on Christchurch's runway 02. Emergency services did not need to intervene, the smoke had dissipated during final approach. The airline reported there was momentary haze observed in the cockpit. All passengers disembarked normally and safely. The aircraft returned to service about 9 hours after landing. http://avherald.com/h?article=4ee56ab2&opt=0 Bell 206B-3 JetRanger III - Loss of power/Hard Landing (Louisiana) Date: 06-OCT-2021 Time: c. 14:22 Type: Bell 206B-3 JetRanger III Owner/operator: Louisiana Department Of Public Safety Registration: N373SP MSN: 2885 Fatalities: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 Other fatalities: 0 Aircraft damage: Substantial Location: near Port of South Louisiana Executive Regional Airport (APS/KAPS), LA - United States of America Phase: Landing Nature: - Departure airport: Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport, LA (BTR/KBTR) Destination airport: Port of South Louisiana Executive Regional Airport (APS/KAPS) Narrative: Bell 206B-3 JetRanger III sustained substantial damage subsequent to the autorotation hard landing following a loss of engine power near the Port of South Louisiana Executive Regional Airport (APS/KAPS), Reserve, Louisiana. The sole pilot onboard the helicopter received minor injuries. https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/268392 ‘Right Wing, Red Outfit': New Details Emerge in Latest LAX ‘Jet Pack' Sighting FAA recordings add new information to the latest of 3 reports of a person flying in a ‘jet pack’ near the approach path to LAX. The NBC4 I-Team has obtained new records that add additional detail to the latest reported “jetpack” sighting near LAX. Eric Leonard reports for the NBC4 News on Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2021. Air traffic control recordings and documents show the latest jetliner pilot to report seeing what looked like a person flying in a jetpack near Los Angeles International Airport offered a description of the flying-person’s clothing, according to records obtained from the FAA by the NBC4 I-Team under the Freedom of Information Act. A Kalitta Air cargo pilot, using the call sign “Connie 363,” made the most recent report July 29 while lining up for final approach to the south runways at LAX, according to an FAA recording made directly from its communications network. “Connie 363, possible jet pack man in sight at position Gate,” the pilot said while descending through 5,000 feet near the 710 and 105 freeways. “Was he off your left or right sir?,” the controller asked. “Uh, right wing, red outfit,” the pilot replied. The controller, working from a remote air traffic control center referred to as “So Cal Approach,” then warned other pilots to be on the lookout for the flying object. “Attention all aircraft use caution for the jetpack. He is just north of the final around 5000 at 'Gate' last reported.” Minutes later, the same controller asked a FedEx cargo pilot to look for the object. “FedEx 326 heavy let me know if you see that, uh, jet man. He was reported just up here right just now,” she said. “I'm looking I have no [inaudible] so far, I’ll let you know, FedEx 326 heavy,” the pilot replied. “Okay, they're all calling them Iron Man,” the controller said. The incident was summarized in an FAA “Mandatory Occurrence Report,” which are used to document a variety of unusual events. The initial report, also obtained by the I-Team, said an LA County Sheriff’s Department helicopter crew was notified about the sighting, as it was reported in airspace above an area patrolled by the sheriff’s department. Minutes later, the same controller, while apparently briefing another air traffic controller, said that no other pilots in the same area at the same time saw anything similar. “Man in the jet pack was reported right here about 15 minutes ago now and no one else reported them so I think he got scared,” the controller said. Multiple law enforcement sources have told the I-Team that, to date, no corroborating witnesses or evidence -- like cell phone video -- have been found for the July, 2021 report. The first two pilot reports in August and October, 2020 have reportedly led to similar dead ends. The I-Team has confirmed that sometime after the second sighting in 2020 an LAPD helicopter crew recorded video of a flying object that resembled a, “scarecrow,” possibly being carried aloft by balloons. The LAPD denied our request for a copy of the video, which has been shared with both the FBI and FAA. The FBI said Wednesday there was no new information to share publicly on the case, characterizing it as an open, ongoing investigation. https://www.nbclosangeles.com/investigations/lax-jet-pack-man-sightings-airport-ufo-air-traffic-control-jetpack-reports-rocket-man/2708392/ Kuwait plane makes emergency landing in Turkey over bomb alert A passenger airplane (Airbus A-320) of Kuwait’s Jazeera Airways made an emergency landing in northern Turkish province of Trabzon on Thursday over a bomb threat. Security forces evacuated the passengers while a search was launched for a potential bomb aboard. Authorities also searched the passengers' luggage after searching each passenger. The destination of the airplane, which took off from Kuwait City, is unclear. The Trabzon Airport is briefly closed to flights as the police continue their search. https://www.dailysabah.com/turkey/kuwait-plane-makes-emergency-landing-in-turkey-over-bomb-alert/news Volcanic ash buildup shuts airport on La Palma in Spain's Canary Islands MADRID, Oct 7 (Reuters) - A buildup of ash and dust from the erupting Cumbre Vieja volcano on the runway forced authorities in Spain's La Palma to close the island's airport on Thursday, air traffic operator AENA (AENA.MC) said. Other airports in the Canary Islands' archipelago off North Africa remained open, however, and an AENA spokesperson said the ash cloud was unlikely to pose any wider risks to air travel for now. It is the second time that La Palma's airport has been shut due to ash buildup since the eruption began on Sept. 19. "The La Palma Airport is inoperative due to ash accumulation. The established protocols are being applied. Safety is the priority," the operator said in a post on Twitter. In 2011, sweeping closures of European airspace due to an ash cloud from the Eyjafjallajokull volcano in Iceland disrupted travel plans for millions of passengers in Europe and elsewhere, and cost airlines over a billion euros in revenues. The volcano on La Palma has been blasting out jets of red-hot lava for more than two weeks, laying waste to hundreds of buildings and farms, and forcing the evacuation of thousands. The airport was closed on Sept. 25 but reopened the following day after workers swept volcanic ash off the runway. https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/airport-shut-spains-la-palma-due-volcano-ash-2021-10-07/ American Airlines, Spirit AeroSystems to meet Biden Dec. 8 vaccine deadline WASHINGTON, Oct 6 (Reuters) - American Airlines and aircraft parts manufacturer Spirit AeroSystems (SPR.N) said on Wednesday they would meet a deadline set by U.S. President Joe Biden to require vaccines for its employees by a Dec. 8 deadline for government contractors. The White House announced the Dec. 8 deadline for employees of federal contractors last month and the requirements are expected to cover millions of employees. American Airlines (AAL.O), the largest U.S. carrier, told its 100,000 U.S.-based employees they "must submit proof of full vaccination as soon as possible — no later than Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2021... To be clear, if you fail to comply with the requirement, the result will be termination from the company." Wichita, Kansas-based Spirit said the mandate would cover its 10,500 U.S. employees. "As a federal contractor, testing is not an option for Spirit employees," the company said. Last month, Raytheon also said it would require all U.S. employees to be vaccinated, while Southwest Airlines (LUV.N), which also has significant federal contracts, said Monday it would require its U.S. employees to be vaccinated by Dec. 8. Some airline officials had asked the White House to push back the requirements, signed by Biden last month, until after the busy holiday travel season. The White House is adding clauses to future government contracts mandating inoculations. Steve Cave, a King & Spalding attorney who specializes in government contracts, told Reuters last month he expects the order will impact tens of millions of U.S. workers or more. "The tentacles are far reaching," Cave said. "The number touched by this will be huge. It’s probably in the upper tens of millions." The Labor Department separately plans to issue an emergency temporary standard requiring employers with more than 100 workers to have them inoculated or tested weekly - a policy expected to cover more than 80 million workers. https://www.reuters.com/business/spirit-aerosystems-mandate-vaccines-employees-by-dec-8-2021-10-06/ (Photo Courtesy: Argus International) Argus Provides ClearView with Global Picture Argus International's new ClearView provides an interactive map that can give a global look or be narrowed down to a specific location. Aviation safety and data research specialist Argus International is bringing to market a service, Argus ClearView, that aggregates big data to enable users to select and benchmark the information that is most helpful to plan their operations and business decisions. ClearView, which draws upon operational information globally, is designed to support a range of aviation businesses, from charter companies and fractional operators to MROs, FBOs, fuel providers, OEMs, international support organizations, and aviation service providers. An interactive data service, ClearView enables specific benchmarking, filtering, dynamic flight mapping, and data-integrity monitoring. Customers can use the information to analyze the market to determine aircraft utilization, market share, and growth opportunities. The service slices information into “digestible chunks," allowing users can drill down to a specific aircraft type, category, global region, time period, operational category, airport, or fleet. As an example, a charter operator can track operations between two locations to assess traffic trends, types of aircraft that might frequent the airports, or even which airport in these locations is drawing which aircraft at which times. An OEM could have a global view to see where its aircraft, or perhaps its competitors’ aircraft, are frequenting. Or an FBO chain could monitor trends regarding arrivals at its other facilities. These are among the many applications for the service. “After evaluating our data capabilities and listening to the marketplace, it became clear that dynamic, global functionality was needed, and we are delighted to support the market with a product that meets those needs,” said Travis Kuhn, v-p of Argus Market Intelligence. Argus (Booth 1127) developed ClearView after surveying its customers, as well as its capabilities, said Mike McCready, senior v-p of Argus International. “We started looking at what’s been changing in the industry, what meets those clients’ needs,” he said. “We surveyed a number of customers to understand what they are looking for to help find greater efficiency, ways to grow their business, and essentially find ways to become more efficient as an operation.” Those surveys yielded a strong response from Argus's customers that helped shape ClearView, which was developed over the past year. “The team really took time to connect with our customers to truly understand their needs,” McCready, said. “Argus ClearView has been designed by the industry for the industry.” Kuhn added that the customer feedback was complementary to its capabilities, particularly since Argus had launched a global data platform in March and has been building it out. “This was a phenomenal next step in terms of how to continue to bring new relevant products to the market, solve problems, and provide these solutions to the operator market,” he said. “We recognized we were in a time crunch because we're still in this Covid environment, creating a need to have this relevant global picture now.” In the past, Argus focused on North America, but now, Kuhn said, “We’ve taken all of our existing features and filtering options that you would have in our North American data and we’ve applied them on a global scale, which is extensive. If you want to see Gulfstream operations in Brazil or operations between Australia and Japan, you can. Previously, there wasn't access or visibility into that.” A key feature is the customer’s ability to benchmark its own operations to a different scale, such as an entire fleet, location, or even globally. McCready noted that companies often struggle with understanding their operations against others, raising questions such as, “How can we just get a nice, clear view of what our market share is—our aircraft utilization against the industry? How do we really compare in a particular region or route structure against our competitors?” ClearView provides the capability for insight into those kinds of questions, he said. “Maybe an MRO has a specialty with a particular type of engine. They can upload all the numbers that surround that particular engine and they can now benchmark that against the industry.” Kuhn noted that the dynamic mapping provides a clear picture of what is happening where but can be narrowed down from a global picture into a single location. “It's set up so you can go from a visual display of the world very quickly down to the underlying departure data in Miami or Palm Beach, for instance, and actually see what was happening in a given time period in any individual market,” he said. It can be further customized to details such as Embraer departures out of the Pacific Northwest in a given quarter. Customers have had access to vast amounts of data, he said, but haven’t been able to sort it into forms that are useful for their own business. “It’s definitely taking a more interactive approach to data,” he said. According to McCready, the service has been in beta testing “and the feedback so far has been overwhelmingly positive.” Duncan Aviation is a launch customer for ClearView, and Kent Kuta, market research supervisor for the MRO, said of the service: "ClearView provides several views into the business aviation market that are unlike any other product we have seen to this point and it provides insight into new sections of the market that we previously thought were unattainable." ClearView rolls out some two years after Argus was acquired by SGS, a testing, inspection, and certification company that has some 93,000 employees worldwide. McCready said SGS is an “amazing company” that has backed its ability to grow and leverage its strengths. With that backing, Argus is developing a series of new products, including others that will showcase next week at NBAA-BACE 2021. That includes SafetyLinQ, a flight-risk assessment tool that will be part of a new line to help the industry prepare for upcoming safety management system mandates. https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2021-10-06/argus-provides-clearview-global-picture United Airlines plans over 3,500 domestic flights to tap holiday demand Oct 7 (Reuters) - United Airlines (UAL.O) said on Thursday it plans to operate more than 3,500 domestic flights in December, its largest domestic schedule since the start of the pandemic, seeking to capitalize on pent-up holiday season demand from travelers who did not see friends and family last year. The U.S carrier said holiday travel flight searches on its website were up 16% compared to 2019. United said it would offer new flights to popular tourist destinations including Las Vegas from the U.S. Midwest, as well as add flights to ski destinations such as Aspen from its hub airports. U.S. Airlines are expected to benefit from both domestic and international travel demand during the holiday season, after the Biden administration reopened the country to fully-vaccinated air travelers from around the world starting November. read more Brokerage Cowen in a note earlier this week said it expects fourth-quarter outlook for U.S. airlines to reflect a strong peak, likely above 2019 levels, as people start planning holiday trips. https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/united-airlines-plans-over-3500-domestic-flights-tap-holiday-demand-2021-10-07/ Air India’s Pilots Want Their Pre-Pandemic Pay Rates Back Eighteen months into the pandemic and with approaching privatization, Air India pilots have written to top management demanding their pre-COVID salaries back. With air travel gaining momentum and the worst seemingly over, the carrier’s pilots feel it’s about time such changes reflect in their monthly compensation as well. Pilots want pre-COVID salaries restored The Indian Commercial Pilots Association (ICPA), one of two main bodies representing Air India pilots, wrote to the carrier’s Operations Director, Capt. RS Sandhu regarding salary issues. Air India recently discontinued its “full board” services (three meals for pilots during layovers), which did not go down well with the crew. The letter asked for the layover allowance to be restored, stating, “We cannot survive with the current payout on international soil with the discontinuation of full board.” Recently, the Indian Pilot Guild (IPG), the carrier’s union for widebody pilots, had also written to top management highlighting the need to restore salaries immediately. For a year and a half now, Air India pilots have received salaries without allowances that form a bulk of their compensation. While the airline claims that allowance reduction has affected 40% of the salary component, the pilots say it’s up to 80%. The letter by IPG stated, “With the advent of the pandemic, our layover sustenance allowance was drastically cut to approximately one-third of its original sum resulting in a 60% – 70% cut. Furthermore, our flying allowance was cut by 40%. This was only in theory. In practice, this cut surmounted to 70% to 80% due to the significant reduction in the number of flying hours allotted to each pilot.” Reminder of service during the height of the pandemic Last year, just a couple of months into the pandemic, Air India began its “Vande Bharat” mission, repatriating Indian citizens from around the world. Air India pilots and cabin crew conducted these special flights even as regular commercial travel was halted entirely. The letter by IPG reminded the authorities to show some concern for Air India pilots who served during critical times, “In the interest of the travelling public, we have ensured that to date not a single flight has been disrupted. A large number of our colleagues contracted Covid-19 abroad as a result of operating these flights. Many serious cases led to hospitalization and long-term medical grounding but most tragically, a few of our colleagues even lost their lives to the disease. Yet the airline continues to operate with negligible concern for employee welfare.” Issues to resolve before privatization The concerns raised by Air India pilots drive home the fact that there are still several issues the carrier needs to iron out for a smooth transition to its privatization. The government, at this point, would not want any legal problems that could hamper the sale that is so close to being finalized. From asking Air India officials to vacate company accommodation, restoring pilot salary, and initiating passenger refunds, the Ministry of Civil Aviation still has plenty to do. However, the government’s intention to sell the carrier appears more solid this time around than previous attempts. Hopefully, the authorities would resolve all such grievances to meet its year-end deadline to sell the airline. https://simpleflying.com/air-india-pre-pandemic-pay/ Indonesia conducts test flight using jet fuel mixed with palm oil JAKARTA, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Indonesia conducted its first test flight using jet fuel partially from palm oil on Wednesday, a senior minister said, as the country plans to commercialise the fuel as it seeks creative ways to use the edible oil domestically. The plane flew more than 100 km (62.14 miles) from the capital Jakarta to neighbouring city, Bandung. "Indonesia, as the largest producer, of course needs to innovate the use of palm oil, including in the development of biodiesel, bio jet fuel and also continuing the D100 program," economic minister Airlangga Hartarto told a virtual conference, referring to diesel made entirely from palm oil developed by state oil company Pertamina. Indonesia currently has a mandatory biodiesel programme with 30% palm oil content known as B30. The government is keen to expand the use of the vegetable oil for energy and slash fuel imports. The bio jet fuel used during the test flight only contained 2.4% palm content, but in a 2015 regulation, Indonesia has a mandated this be increased to 5% by 2025. Although biodiesel promises significantly lower carbon emissions, the land clearance taking place to grow palm oil has raised concerns among environmentalists about deforestation, with the European Union looking into banning biodiesel containing palm. The Energy Ministry on Wednesday said the bio jet fuel market, assuming a daily consumption of 14,000 kilolitres, will have a potential market worth 1.1 trillion rupiah ($77.25 million) annually . "We need 120,000 kilolitres (of palm oil) per year," Dadan Kusdiana, director general of renewables at the energy ministry said, adding more research was needed about commercialisation of the fuel. ($1 = 14,239.0000 rupiah) https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/indonesia-conducts-test-flight-using-jet-fuel-mixed-with-palm-oil-2021-10-06/ NASA will shoot rocket at asteroid to test ‘planetary defense’ strategy NASA will launch a spacecraft next month to hit an asteroid — on purpose — to change its path, testing for the first time a method of “planetary defense,” the agency announced Tuesday. The launch of the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission will occur at 10:20 p.m. Pacific time on Nov. 24, NASA said. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will be launched from the Vandenberg Space Force Base, about 50 miles northwest of Santa Barbara, California. NASA is targeting a pair of asteroids that orbit the sun and occasionally come close to Earth. The asteroids don’t come close enough to pose a threat, NASA says, but their proximity makes them a prime candidate for the test of a technique that could someday prevent a “hazardous asteroid from striking Earth.” “We’re going to make sure that a rock from space doesn’t send us back to the Stone Age,” Thomas Statler, a NASA scientist, said on the agency’s podcast. The larger of the two asteroids, Didymos, is about a half-mile across in size, with a smaller “moonlet,” called Dimorphos, orbiting it. Dimorphos, about 500 feet in size, is “more typical of the size of asteroids that could pose the most likely significant threat to Earth,” according to NASA. Dimorphos is “not necessarily the asteroid that’s going to cause [a] devastating effect on Earth,” Statler said. Rather, the launch is a “test to make sure that we have the capabilities for that asteroid in the future, if there is one.” The DART mission is aiming to hit Dimorphos at a speed of nearly 15,000 miles per hour with the goal of changing its orbit “by a fraction of 1%” — a small but significant enough change that scientists will be able to observe it from telescopes on Earth. If NASA were to detect an asteroid that poses a risk to Earth — Statler said the agency is not aware of such a risk over the next hundred years — it would attempt to hit it and change its course, rather than destroy it altogether. The DART spacecraft will detach from the SpaceX rocket and cruise in space for more than a year before it hits Dimorphos sometime late September next year, a time when the pair of asteroids will be close enough to Earth — 11 million kilometers — that scientists will be able to see them. The interaction will be recorded by a 31-pound Italian satellite launching from the spacecraft. Although the collision isn’t immediately stopping an Earth-shattering asteroid, it is a mission of “historical proportions,” Statler said. It will be “the first time that humanity has actually changed something in space,” he said. “We’ve left footprints and tire tracks and things like that,” Statler added, “but this will be the first time humanity has changed a celestial motion.” https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nasa-will-shoot-rocket-at-asteroid-to-test-planetary-defense-strategy/ FAA proposes issuing operator license to Relativity Space WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said on Wednesday it was proposing to issue a vehicle operator license to venture-backed startup Relativity Space after completing an environmental review. The FAA said Relativity Space must also meet agency safety, risk and financial responsibility requirements before a license can be issued. The company plans to launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida and the environemntal assessment was prepared by the U.S. Air Force with the FAA as a cooperating agency. Relativity Space, which aims to build the world’s first fleet of 3D-printed rockets, said in June it raised $650 million from a raft of new investors including BlackRock, hedge fund Soroban Capital, and the actor Jared Leto. Relativity, which has yet to launch a rocket, in June was valued at $4.2 billion, making it the second-most valuable privately-held space firm behind Elon Musk’s SpaceX. The funding is expected to speed production of Relativity’s new booster, Terran R, set to enter service in 2024 as a rival to SpaceX’s pioneering and dominant medium-lift reusable Falcon 9 workhorse, Relativity’s CEO Tim Ellis said in June. Long Beach, California-based Relativity promises boosters built almost entirely by colossal 3D printers that can crank out a full-scale rocket in just 60 days. Such automation is vital to human ambitions to colonize Mars, Ellis said. Relativity has inked launch contracts with the U.S. Defense Department, NASA, and Iridium Communications Inc for rides to space on its Terran 1. That rocket can blast up to 2,755 pounds (1,250 kg) into orbit for $12 million. The $650 million round brought Relativity’s total funding to $1.3 billion. https://whbl.com/2021/10/06/faa-proposes-issuing-operator-license-to-relativity-space/ CAAi wins AvSec ‘Training Organisation of the Year’ award Dubai, United Arab Emirates. 5th October 2021 – CAA International (CAAi) has won the ‘Training Organisation of the Year Award’ at the Emirates AVSEC Global 2021 Symposium and Awards in Dubai. CAAi was recognised for its outstanding contribution to aviation security training. Notably, CAAi’s training programmes to support ICAO’s Year of Security Culture in 2021 and CAAi’s work to educate and upskill aviation regulators and regulated entities on aviation security regulation, oversight, and compliance. Kevin Sawyer, Senior Manager of Aviation Security at CAAi, accepted the award in front of over 600 international aviation professionals and distinguished guests, including the UK Aviation Minister, Robert Courts MP. Hosted by Emirates Group Security, the awards recognise and honour outstanding individual and organisational achievements and contributions to aviation security. Speaking after the ceremony, Kevin Sawyer said: “We are thrilled that Emirates Group Security has recognised our efforts to enhance aviation security training, and we are delighted to have received this prestigious award. It is a credit to all the hard work from our colleagues in the UK CAA’s Aviation Security Directorate and our training team to deliver first-class aviation security training that is helping to improve aviation security standards across the globe. I also want to thank Emirates Group Security for hosting an outstanding symposium and facilitating some excellent, thought-provoking discussions that will undoubtedly positively influence the future of aviation security. “Looking forward, we remain fully committed supporting ICAO and working with the wider global aviation community to deliver the ICAO Global Aviation Security Plan priorities – increasing international cooperation and support to improve the effectiveness of global aviation security.” The Emirates AVSEC 2021 Global Symposium marked the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks and ICAO’s Year of Security Culture. The three-day symposium featured conversations on the themes to connect minds and secure the industry’s future. Leading speakers from international organisations such as ICAO, Interpol, and the UK Department for Transport delivered keynote sessions on important issues concerning aviation security. One of this year’s keynote speakers came from the Secretary-General of ICAO, Juan Carlos Salazar. ________________________________________ Notes to Editor CAA International (CAAi) is the technical cooperation arm of the UK Civil Aviation Authority. CAAi provides regulatory advice, training, capacity building programmes and examination services to aviation regulators and industry organisations across the globe. Drawing on the expertise from within the UK regulator, CAAi helps organisations design and implement regulatory best practices to comply with international standards. In 2019, CAAi trained over 2,500 aviation professionals and worked in over 60 countries. https://caainternational.com PhD - Graduate Research Survey Request (1) Calling All Pilots (and Non-Pilots) My name is Kurt Reesman and I am an Adult Education Ph.D. candidate teaching in the Department of Aviation at Auburn University. I invite you to participate in my research study entitled Training the Emerging Pilot Workforce: Does Generation and Gender Influence Curriculum Development? With your help, I will learn more about the following three questions: 1. Do non-pilots and pilots have different learning styles or preferences? 2. Do pilots in the Baby Boomer, Generation X, Generation Y (Millennials), and Generation Z generations have learning styles or preferences that differ from each other? 3. Do male pilots and female pilots have different learning styles or preferences? You may participate if you are 18 years or older. I am asking that you take 5-10 minutes of your time to complete an anonymous, on-line survey that asks you to provide basic demographic information and then answer 44 questions that only have 2 possible answers each. These questions are from the Felder and Solomon Index of Learning Styles questionnaire. If you are interested and eligible to participate, click the link below to begin the survey. If you would like to know more information, or have any questions about this study, you can send an email to Kurt Reesman at klr0051@auburn.edu or my advisor, Dr. James Witte at witteje@auburn.edu. Thank you for your consideration, Kurt Reesman, Lt Col, USAF (retired) Ph.D. Candidate / Lecturer Department of Aviation Auburn University Survey Link: https://auburn.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_88HSBAVREFUHLE1 Curt Lewis