Flight Safety Information - August 8, 2022 No.152 In This Issue : Incident: Easyjet A320 at Manchester on Aug 7th 2022, bird strike : Incident: Transavia B738 near Paris on Jul 28th 2022, electrical problem : Incident: World Atlantic MD83 near Miami on Aug 5th 2022, loss of cabin pressure : Incident: Frontier A321 at Orlando on Aug 3rd 2022, bird strike : Incident: Vistara A320N at Varanasi on Aug 5th 2022, bird strike : JetBlue plane clips wingtip of Southwest jet at LaGuardia airport: FAA : Airlines struggling with shortages want to recruit more diverse pilots. This HBCU could be a solution. : In court, a fight over whether those killed on Boeing jets are ‘crime victims’ : GRADUATE RESEARCH SURVEY - 1 : GRADUATE RESEARCH SURVEY - 2 : GRADUATE RESEARCH SURVEY - 3 : GRADUATE RESEARCH SURVEY - 4 Incident: Easyjet A320 at Manchester on Aug 7th 2022, bird strike An Easyjet Airbus A320-200, registration G-EZOP performing flight U2-1877 from Manchester,EN (UK) to Bilbao,SP (Spain), was climbing out of Manchester's runway 23R when the aircraft received a bird strike prompting the crew to level off at 5000 feet and return to Manchester for a safe landing on runway 23R about 25 minutes after departure. The airline reported the aircraft returned to Manchester due to a bird strike. A replacement aircraft is being dispatched. https://www.avherald.com/h?article=4fc9e982&opt=0 Incident: Transavia B738 near Paris on Jul 28th 2022, electrical problem A Transavia Boeing 737-800, registration F-HUYI performing flight TO-7606 from Paris Orly (France) to Porto (Portugal), was enroute at FL370 over the Bay of Biscay about 370nm southwest of Paris when the crew decided to return to Orly due to a fault on AC BUS #2. The aircraft descended to FL360 for the way back and landed safely back on Orly's runway 06 about 110 minutes after departure. The aircraft had joined Transavia's fleet on Jul 12th 2022 and was on its first revenue flight for Transavia. The aircraft remained on the ground in Paris for about 70 hours then entered service on Jul 31st 2022. On Aug 4th 2022 the aircraft suffered the same problem again while returning from Perpignan (France) to Orly as flight TO-7039 and is on the ground in Orly since (for about 68 hours). https://www.avherald.com/h?article=4fc9d4bf&opt=0 Incident: World Atlantic MD83 near Miami on Aug 5th 2022, loss of cabin pressure A World Atlantic Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-83, registration N808WA performing flight ZQ-1110 from Miami,FL (USA) to Santa Clara (Cuba), was climbing through about FL260 out of Miami when the crew initiated an emergency descent, passenger oxygen masks were released, due to the loss of the cabin pressure. The aircraft returned to Miami for a safe landing about one hour after departure. A replacement MD-83 registration N802WA reached Santa Clara with a delay of about 4.5 hours. https://www.avherald.com/h?article=4fc9485c&opt=0 Incident: Frontier A321 at Orlando on Aug 3rd 2022, bird strike A Frontier Airlines Airbus A321-200, registration N709FR performing flight F9-1334 from Orlando,FL to New York La Guardia,NY (USA), was climbing out of Orlando's runway 17R when the crew reported a bird strike resulting in engine (CFM56) vibrations. ATC, expecting the aircraft to land back on runway 17R, pulled off two flights from their approaches to 17R and re-assigned runway 17L, then the Frontier flight was assigned runway 17L and ATC re-assigned the other two approaches now to runway 18L. Ultimately the A321 landed on Orlando's runway 18R about 20 minutes after departure. The flight was cancelled. The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Orlando about 47 hours after landing back. https://www.avherald.com/h?article=4fc89b23&opt=0 Incident: Vistara A320N at Varanasi on Aug 5th 2022, bird strike A Vistara Airbus A320-200N, registration VT-TNC performing flight UK-622 from Varanasi to Mumbai (India), was climbing out of Varansi's runway 09 when the aircraft received a bird strike prompting the crew to stop the climb at FL090 and return to Varansi for a safe landing on runway 09 about 30 minutes after departure. India's DGCA reported the nose cone of the aircraft was damaged. The airline reported a replacement aircraft was dispatched to Varanasi following the return due to a bird strike. https://www.avherald.com/h?article=4fc88c9d&opt=0 JetBlue plane clips wingtip of Southwest jet at LaGuardia airport: FAA NEW YORK, NY -- A jet sustained damage to a wingtip after another plane bumped into it at LaGuardia Airport Sunday morning, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. Officials say a JetBlue plane clipped the right wingtip of a Southwest jet while pushing back from a gate around 9:40 a.m. There were only passengers on the JetBlue flight and no injuries, the agency said. Southwest said that its aircraft that was involved is now out of service to "make necessary repairs." JetBlue did not immediately respond to request for comment. https://abc11.com/laguardia-airport-jetblue-southwest-airlines-planes-clip/12107890/ Airlines struggling with shortages want to recruit more diverse pilots. This HBCU could be a solution. “We want to be a pipeline for Black pilots,” said William McCormick, chairman of Florida Memorial University’s Board of Trustees. At Florida Memorial University, a small historically Black university in Miami Gardens, Tremaine Johnson is training to become one of the country’s few Black pilots. Less than 2% of commercial airline pilots are Black, according to one report, making Johnson’s decision to become a pilot — rather than an air traffic controller, as he’d originally intended — notable. His choice also comes at a particularly crucial time, as airlines around the country experience a pilot shortage due to cutbacks during the pandemic. At 20-years-old Johnson still remembers the exact moment that inspired his career change: It was when he flew in a plane for the first time last year. “I could feel us going up and up,” Johnson recalled about his flight to Ohio. “I felt an adrenaline rush.” As Johnson watched the aircraft separate itself farther and farther from the ground, after a few minutes he heard the captain announce that they were cruising at 30,000 feet. “I look at my dad and he’s laughing,” Johnson said. “At first, I was thinking, ‘I gotta get off this thing.’ But the pilot hit the thrust and we just started climbing up in the air. I saw the whole Miami below me. I saw the houses get smaller and smaller. I saw the ocean. It was another world up there. And that’s when my curiosity became strong.” Suddenly, the small plane at Florida Memorial University he’d walked by for years as a student took on new meaning. Florida Memorial is one of a few HBCUs with an aviation program. William McCormick, chairman of Florida Memorial University’s board of trustees and a FMU graduate, proudly shared that a Florida Memorial alum, Capt. Barrington Irving, once held the record as the youngest person, at 23, to fly the 24,600-mile trip around the world. McCormick is confident there are other Irvings on campus. “But the biggest problem is that flight school is expensive,” McCormick said. Florida Memorial owns a small plane, but purchasing flight time can be prohibitive. A flight school program for an experienced student costs $71,000. With no previous experience, the cost can be as high as $91,995, according to ATP Flight School. McCormick noted that even for an experienced student awarded a $10,000 scholarship to the Red Tail Flight Academy, a school named after the Tuskegee Airmen who fought in World War II, that’s still a hefty price to pay. “A lot of kids who don’t look like me can come to the program because they can afford to pay for flight time,” McCormick said. “We have to fix that so our students from an HBCU can join the program with ease, too. We want to be a pipeline for Black pilots just like we did with teachers and principals. But we need partnerships with people who care.”How the local community is stepping up to make it happen Community support is one of the reasons why Florida Memorial University students will have a fighting chance in aviation. Local inventor Freddie Figgers said he believed in the university’s plan and teamed up with Black car dealership magnate Vince Young to donate $50,000 to the aviation program. “When I learned about how outstanding the aviation program is at Florida Memorial, we at the [Figgers] Foundation felt the need to help,” said Figgers, the owner of Figgers Communication, the nation’s only Black-owned telecommunications company. “I understand the road to becoming a pilot is long and hard and carries a large price tag, and we as a community have to do our part to change the numbers and give our kids a chance to be great.” As a former pilot, Young believes that a career in aviation is more than flying a plane. “Having something to hang on to like aviation really allows you to discover that there are no ceilings and that you can keep growing,” he said. The urgency of safely flying a plane instills diligence and drive, he added. “It just makes you so much better, more focused and more skilled at everything you do.” Retired pilot Bernard Hairston, 58, can attest to Young’s sentiment. After graduating from Norfolk State University, the Houston native served as a pilot for 19 years: 12 in the Navy and seven in the Air Force. After leaving the service, Young flew as a commercial pilot for 15 years before taking early retirement from Southwest Airlines. “I had a great career that I loved,” Hairston said. “But I’m glad a program like what we’re seeing at HBCUs exists because it’s a great profession that can be lucrative — and we are nowhere to be found.” A closer look at the diversity gap in aviation Hairston recounted walking into pilot lounges at airports and not seeing another person of color. “Just middle-aged white guys. Fox News is blaring on the TV. And everybody’s looking at me like, ‘What are you doing here?’ “It’s been their industry the whole time. The first Black commercial pilot didn’t fly until 1963 — and it took a change in law to get that done,” he added, referring to Marlon Green, who became the first Black pilot hired by a commercial airline after the Supreme Court ruled in his favor. A year later, David Harris became the first Black pilot to fly a commercial plane. Unfortunately, the needle has not moved much since then — although there seems to be some interest from major airlines to recruit Black pilots. In May, Delta hired Eric Hendrick, a retired Navy pilot who attended Norfolk State, though not at the same time as Hairston. He became Delta’s first director of pilot outreach — a pivotal role that Hendrick said will provide more opportunities for Black pilots. Hendrick said he will hire more diverse pilots for the airline; he will oversee Propel, its pathways program, which creates opportunities for potential young Black pilots; and he will supervise Delta’s diversity equity and inclusion program, which includes community and corporate outreach. Hendrick said he was content in retirement, but the importance of the job roused him back to work. “If you’re going to make a difference, you have to be at the table,” he said. “This position gives me the opportunity to not only do good work for the company by hiring pilots in general, but I also get to write the narrative of how women and minorities get invited into the industry,” he added. Like Delta, other airlines are starting to think of ways to address the lack of diversity in aviation. American Airlines has its own flight school, Cadet Academy, where it promotes an “inclusive community” to build diversity among its pilots. American plans to hire 4,000 pilots by the end of 2023. Southwest has Destination 225° Cadet Pathway, which provides support for those with aspirations in aviation. Meanwhile, United has Aviate, a program that focuses on launching pilot careers. But, Hendrick notes, the lack of diversity is “a very complex issue” to solve because airlines aren’t always focused on investing in programs that specifically target the issue. “So the airlines are in a pickle,” he added. “We need pilots. We want diversity. They eventually are going to start putting money into initiatives that attract and support Black pilots. ” Why outreach, educational programs and financial support are needed Outside of the airlines, there are other efforts to promote diversity, including Sisters of the Skies, which specifically targets young Black women to help create a new pipeline for aspiring Black pilots. And there is the Organization of Black Aerospace Professionals (OBAP), an influential group that works to create pathways for Black pilots into the exclusionary industry. But Hendrick still feels there is a looming question: “How do we get Black people interested in aviation?” “It’s just not one of those career fields that we have been exposed to and quite frankly, we don’t see ourselves being able to do,” he said. “So, there’s that hurdle that we have to clear, but we’re willing to do the outreach to make an impact.” McCormick says this is where Florida Memorial can make a difference. “We have young people who are very interested in this field,” he said. “The hope is that the airlines will partner with us and increase the chances of our students getting in and through flight school.” For students like Johnson, that support can’t come soon enough. “I hope there are people, companies that will support us,” he said. “I really want this. I’m determined to not let the resources be a problem. But they are.” On a trip to Orlando for his birthday in June, Johnson used his last $250 to take his introductory flight, commandeering a Cessna Skyhawk. He executed 360-degree turns and rapid climbs in altitude. The experience was “incredible,” he said. “Amazing. I didn’t know Florida was full of swamps until I flew over them. It confirmed what I wanted to do.” Johnson has been accepted into the Red Tails Academy in New York, where in September he will focus on private planes and instrument training, among other technical aspects of flying. “I’m excited because it’s really happening. I know we will have to find resources in the future. But I believe the resources will come. I have to.” https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/airlines-struggling-shortages-want-recruit-diverse-pilots-hbcu-solutio-rcna40990 In court, a fight over whether those killed on Boeing jets are ‘crime victims’ The Justice Department has argued that the 346 people killed when their flawed Boeing 737s crashed are not crime victims under federal law, even though federal prosecutors charged the company with conspiring to defraud federal regulators and the company admitted to that conspiracy. On Friday, after months of opposition from the Justice Department and Boeing, the families of some of those killed aboard Max jets more than three years ago sought to counter that contention in a federal court in Texas. Their objective is about more than symbolism and history: If their loved ones are deemed “crime victims” under the Crime Victims Rights Act, that would be a key step in their effort to undo a deferred prosecution agreement between Boeing and the Justice Department that the families say lets the company evade accountability. In Fort Worth on Friday, U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor heard testimony and accepted an expert witness report from Christopher Keyes, a former senior safety official with the Federal Aviation Administration who has said foreign regulators and airlines rely heavily on FAA documentation to shape their own safety practices and that Boeing’s actions at home had deadly results abroad in this case. The Justice Department had argued in earlier legal filings that it could not prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Boeing’s fraud conspiracy resulted in “the crashes of two flights in foreign countries, run by foreign airlines, overseen by foreign regulators, and flown by foreign pilots.” The immediate legal issue before O’Connor on Friday was whether those killed on Max jets were “directly and proximately harmed as a result of the commission of a federal offense,” the definition of crime victim under the act. Under that act, crime victims have a “reasonable right to confer with the attorney for the government in the case.” Relatives of 18 of those who were killed said that right was violated and that they want Boeing executives to face prosecution. Lawyers for the Justice Department and Boeing cross-examined Keyes on Friday, and they objected to efforts to admit into evidence official investigative reports from Max crashes in Indonesia in 2018 and Ethiopia in 2019 and the findings of a congressional investigation into breakdowns that led to the tragedies, according to Paul Cassell, a University of Utah law professor and former federal judge who is representing the families. The reports were admitted over those objections, he said. Justice says those killed in 737 Max crashes are not crime victims “The judge has asked us to build a record to show that Boeing’s crimes harmed the victims’ families, and today we provided the judge with hundreds of pages of records and significant expert testimony proving that point,” Cassell said, adding that the testimony and expert report from Keyes show that “Boeing’s lies caused the crashes.” The Justice Department and Boeing declined to comment. A second evidentiary hearing is scheduled for Aug. 26 to hear testimony from two other witnesses, an airline pilot and a risk expert. It is not clear when O’Connor will make a decision. The Justice Department has apologized to the families for not conferring with them, though it said there was no legal obligation to do so. It said officials also revised internal policies to guarantee consultation would occur in such cases in the future. As part of the deferred prosecution agreement with the federal government signed in the final days of the Trump administration, Boeing admitted its employees “intentionally withheld and concealed” critical information about an automated flight control system, known as the Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS), from an aircraft evaluation group at the FAA. Under the agreement, the Justice Department will drop its prosecution if Boeing meets certain conditions over more than three years. Keyes, relying on a review of FAA documents and outside investigative reports and more than two decades working on safety oversight at the agency, said in his report that Boeing’s deception on MCAS led, in two distinct steps, to tragedy. First, “Boeing’s fraudulent omission of the critical information” concerning MCAS led the Flight Standardization Board at the FAA to wrongly decide that pilots did not need extensive new training to fly Max jets, he said. The FAA board called for moderate “Level B” training, which could be done on a computer rather than more extensive and costly “Level D” training using a flight simulator. The board decision goes to an aircraft evaluation group manager for approval, he said. Foreign airlines are not bound by the FAA decision, Keyes noted, but in practice all domestic and foreign operators of the Max jets “depend on the FAA for appropriate and accurate information.” Second, because of that “erroneous determination” within the FAA, the pilots on Lion Air Flight 610 in Indonesia and Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 “were not appropriately prepared to deal with the emergency presented to them and were unable to prevent the aircraft from crashing with catastrophic results,” according to his expert witness report. “An inadequately trained pilot makes for an unsafe pilot,” his report said, adding the two crashes were caused by both a faulty MCAS and the lack of knowledge or training “on how to properly deal with” emergencies stemming from the system. In both crashes, the system repeatedly forced the noses of the planes down, overwhelming pilots who could not to keep the planes in the air, according to U.S. and foreign safety investigators. Keyes said in his report that such emergencies need immediate action by pilots and “crew members must be so familiar with these actions that they can perform them correctly and reliably from memory.” The lack of appropriate training “put every crew member and passenger” on every Max plane “at an unwarranted risk for a catastrophic event every time they took off,” he argued. Investigators say 737 Max crashes amount to ‘horrific culmination’ Keyes said the incentives driving Boeing’s actions, and their impacts, were clear. Boeing “intentionally disregarded” and “violated” aviation safety regulations “in their quest to keep the sale price of the 737 Max low and increase marketability,” Keyes said in his report. Due to the company’s “deception,” training recommendations were flawed “because Boeing chose profit over safety.” Congressional investigators, in the report accepted into evidence Friday by O’Connor, found that Boeing wanted to avoid a mandate for simulator training because it was expensive and would undercut its efforts to compete with rival Airbus. Boeing’s automated MCAS on the Max was designed to rely on a single external sensor, and faulty data from that sensor caused it to misfire, crash investigators said. The feature had been made increasingly powerful over the course of the plane’s development, and in Indonesia, the MCAS automatically pushed the plane downward “more than 20 times” in a period of just six minutes before the 737 plunged into the Java Sea, according to the National Transportation Safety Board. According to a joint statement of facts from the Justice Department and Boeing in January 2021, the company in 2015 told the FAA aircraft evaluation group that the system could only activate in certain high-speed situations. The company later greatly expanded when the system would kick in, including flying at low speeds such as during takeoff. “Boeing disclosed this expansion to FAA personnel, but only to those personnel who were responsible for determining whether the 737 Max met U.S. federal airworthiness standards,” according to the statement of facts. Boeing did not disclose the MCAS expansion to the FAA aircraft evaluation group, which is responsible for determinations on training, according to the statement. The investigation led by House Transportation Committee Chairman Peter A. DeFazio (D-Ore.) found that, in addition to faulty technical assumptions by Boeing engineers and misjudgments by company management, the crashes highlighted “numerous oversight lapses and accountability gaps by the FAA that played a significant role in the 737 Max crashes.” The FAA said it does not comment on outside litigation. Mark Forkner, then chief technical pilot for the Max, in 2016 told an FAA official by email that he was “doing a bunch of travelling through the next few months” and that he would be “jedi-mind tricking regulators into accepting the training that I got accepted by the FAA.” Boeing chief executive David Calhoun blamed Forkner and another former employee in a statement on the deferred prosecution agreement in January 2021, saying the company regretted the conduct it described but that “it is not reflective of our employees as a whole or the culture or character of our company.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/transportation/2022/08/06/boeing-737-max-victims/ JetBlue plane clips wingtip of Southwest jet at LaGuardia airport: FAA NEW YORK, NY -- A jet sustained damage to a wingtip after another plane bumped into it at LaGuardia Airport Sunday morning, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. Officials say a JetBlue plane clipped the right wingtip of a Southwest jet while pushing back from a gate around 9:40 a.m. There were only passengers on the JetBlue flight and no injuries, the agency said. Southwest said that its aircraft that was involved is now out of service to "make necessary repairs." JetBlue did not immediately respond to request for comment. https://abc11.com/laguardia-airport-jetblue-southwest-airlines-planes-clip/12107890/ Angelo State University joins Southwest Airlines' pilot recruitment program Angelo State University and Southwest Airlines have announced ASU as a university partner in the airline's Destination 225 pilot recruitment program, which will provide ASU commercial aviation students a defined pathway to become competitively qualified for career opportunities with Southwest Airlines. On a compass, 225 is the southwest directional heading, and the Destination 225 program was developed to lead aspiring pilots to Southwest Airlines. ASU is just the sixth university partner to join the program since its inception in 2019. ASU President Ronnie Hawkins Jr. and the Vice President of Flight Operations for Southwest Airlines, Lee Kinnebrew, announced the partnership agreement Wednesday, Aug. 3, on the ASU campus. "We are honored for Angelo State to partner with Southwest Airlines' Destination 225 Program," Hawkins said. "As a Hispanic Serving Institution, we recognize the opportunity a partnership like this presents for all our students to become pilots and aviation professionals, but especially minorities and women who are underrepresented in both the commercial and military aviation industry. This is another great step in achieving both our vision and mission at Angelo State of being an innovative leader in initiatives that provide graduates who are competitive on a global stage." "We're thrilled to welcome Angelo State University as a partner in Southwest's Destination 225 Program," Kinnebrew said. "We continue our work of opening career pathways for the next generation of professional pilots, and we look forward to supporting students as they train, gain flight experience and develop into competitively qualified Southwest first officer candidates in the years ahead." As early as their sophomore year, ASU students in the Bachelor of Commercial Aviation (B.C.A.) - Flight Operations degree program will be able to apply for Destination 225. If they are accepted and fulfill all the requirements, upon graduating from ASU they will enter a career pathway toward Southwest Airlines that includes: • Acting as ASU flight instructors for the year following their graduation • Upon completing the flight instruction time, eligibility to be hired at one of Southwest Airlines' partner carriers • After building flight experience at the partner carrier, consideration for pilot positions at Southwest Airlines The candidate students will also receive ongoing mentorship from a Southwest Airlines pilot during their time at ASU and with the partner carrier. "Southwest Airlines is honored that Angelo State University is the newest academic partner in our Destination 225 program," said Juan Suarez, Vice President of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Southwest Airlines. "We are hopeful this partnership will provide aspiring commercial pilots at this notably Hispanic Serving Institution a defined career path in aviation, along with the confidence of knowing that they are welcome in our Southwest Airlines' Family." ASU launched its Bachelor of Commercial Aviation program in the fall 2021 semester. There are currently 25 students in the first Flight Operations class, with 50 new students expected to join the program this fall. Pilot training is led by certified flight instructors using a fleet of 12 aircraft and three state-of-the-art simulators provided by Skyline Aviation, which is owned by ASU alumni. More details about Destination 225 and its training and flying partners are available at careers.southwestair.com/D225. For more details about ASU's commercial aviation program, go to angelo.edu/commercial-aviation. https://www.gosanangelo.com/story/news/2022/08/03/angelo-state-university-southwest-airlines-pilot-recruitment-program/65391491007/ GRADUATE RESEARCH SURVEY - 1 Hello! As part of an MIT survey, we are looking for experienced pilots to help evaluate past aviation convective weather interactions. Participants will be asked to evaluate flight segments which may (or may not) have deviated due to the tactical weather situation. Participation is entirely remote via email, and will take about 15-30 minutes, depending on the number of cases you wish to label. If you are interested in participating, please use the link at the bottom to read more about the study and let us know that you are interested! Link: https://forms.gle/kzQLLUi26JkR2sap9 Rachel Price MIT - Aeronautics and Astronautics GRADUATE RESEARCH SURVEY - 2 Greetings, My name is Nurettin Dinler, Research Scholar and PhD student at Department of Aviation Science, Saint Louis University working with Nithil Bollock Kumar, PhD Candidate, Gajapriya Tamilselvan, PhD, and Stephen Belt, PhD. We are working on a research project titled “Low-Cost Airline Pilots on Exercising Fuel-Loading Policies during Flight: A Phenomenological Exploration Study.” I am writing this e-mail to invite you to participate in a research study that we are conducting at Saint Louis University. Your participation in this study will involve taking a semi-structured interview that lasts for about 30 minutes. During the interview, you will be questioned about your experiences with Low-Cost Airlines’ fuel-loading policies developed to minimize pilot discretionary (extra) fuel. There is no compensation provided for your participation in the study. However, your participation will be a valuable addition to our research and your findings could lead to greater understanding of risk management for pilots and the sources of stressors in commercial aviation. Participation is completely voluntary, and your participation will remain confidential throughout the process of research. If you are interested in participating in this research, please take a moment to complete the survey at the following link: https://slu.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0l9Awl5UkXDiKRo If you have any questions, please contact me at 321-245-8628 or nurettin.dinler@slu.edu. Thank you for your time and consideration. Regards, Nurettin Dinler, M.S. Research Scholar Oliver L. Parks Department of Aviation Science School of Science and Engineering McDonnell Douglas Hall, Lab 1046 3450 Lindell Blvd., St Louis, MO 63103 nurettin.dinler@slu.edu (321) 245-8628 GRADUATE RESEARCH SURVEY - 3 Dear all, My name is Michail Karyotakis and I am research student at Cranfield University, School of Aerospace, Transport and Manufacturing. Currently, I am working on my research project and trying to obtain valuable information. My research project, entitled ‘A Flexible and Dynamic Safety Management Framework for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Operations', aims to determining how UAS flights can become safe enough, so manned and unmanned air operations could be conducted simultaneously without compromising the safe performance of the entire aviation industry. The main focus areas of my research are: Urban Air Mobility, Transferring of Goods and Search & Rescue operations. To support my project research with data I have created a web survey for aviation stakeholders, and via this way, I kindly ask your help by participating in this survey. The survey is not affiliated with any airline, training organisation, or any other. Participation in the survey is voluntary and anonymous (if desired by the participant). The survey will take about 10 minutes of your time to complete. Also, I would be very grateful if you could forward this message to other pilots in your contact list or spread the word in the airline or air force you are working for. Please click the link below to enter the survey: Cranfield online: https://cranfielduniversity.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3wmR7hnC5mE3QyO Thank you in advance for your time and patience. Your participation is highly appreciated. GRADUATE RESEARCH SURVEY - 4 I am an air traffic controller by profession, currently studying an MSc in Safety and Human Factors in Aviation at Cranfield University. As part of my MSc, I am conducting research for my thesis. My objective is to capture stakeholder views on UTM regulation. Specifically on its implementation, development, and operations, partly based on ICAO common core framework and principles for global harmonisation and interoperability of UTM. I tried to develop a multi-item survey to collect responses. I will perform a statical analysis of the collected data and critically evaluate the results. I kindly ask for your time to answer the questionnaire and your help in sharing it with your UAS-UTM network would be highly appreciated. Please find the link below: https://cranfielduniversity.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_00oihP8zXsynTO6 Curt Lewis