Flight Safety Information - September 21, 2023 No. 183 In This Issue : Incident: Condor A339 at Frankfurt on Sep 20th 2023, unreliable airspeed : Incident: Delta BCS1 at Boston on Sep 18th 2023, lightning strike : Incident: Condor A339 enroute on Sep 18th 2023, unusual odour in cockpit : Air India's chief of flight safety suspended by DGCA over lapses in accident prevention : AOG Technics Ordered To Provide Details Of Engine Parts Transactions : Airport Authority: GPS jamming is forcing planes to land using alternative routes : FAA Proposes $477,000 Penalty Against Virgin Islands Port Authority : With flurry of FAA approvals, many more drones are about to fly over U.S. skies : Hundreds of flying taxis to be made in Ohio, home of the Wright brothers and astronaut legends : Chinese Navy Seeks Graduate Students for Warplane Pilot Roles : NASA's Ingenuity helicopter breaks altitude record on 59th Mars flight : GRADUATE RESEARCH REQUEST Incident: Condor A339 at Frankfurt on Sep 20th 2023, unreliable airspeed A Condor Airbus A330-900, registration D-ANRA performing flight DE-2086 from Frankfurt/Main (Germany) to Los Angeles,CA (USA), was climbing out of Frankfurt's runway 25C when the crew levelled off at FL080 reporting a defective speed sensor. The aircraft returned to Frankfurt for a safe landing on runway 25C about 40 minutes after departure. https://avherald.com/h?article=50ea0731&opt=0 Incident: Delta BCS1 at Boston on Sep 18th 2023, lightning strike A Delta Airlines Bombardier C-Series CS-100, registration N116DU performing flight DL-2346 from Chicago O'Hare,IL to Boston,MA (USA) with 85 people on board, was on approach to Boston when the aircraft was struck by lightning. The aircraft continued for a safe landing on runway 04R. The aircraft taxied to the apron. Maintenance crews were inspecting wings, horizontal stabilizers and fuselage crown. The airline reported the aircraft suffered a lightning strike on landing in Boston and was taken out of service as a precaution. The aircraft is still on the ground in Boston about 35 hours after landing. https://avherald.com/h?article=50e9fc22&opt=0 Incident: Condor A339 enroute on Sep 18th 2023, unusual odour in cockpit A Condor Airbus A330-900, registration D-ANRI performing flight DE-2454 from Frankfurt/Main (Germany) to Vancouver,BC (Canada) with 273 passengers and 12 crew, was enroute at FL360 about 180nm north of Faroe Islands when the crew decided to return to Frankfurt due to an unusual odour in the cockpit. The aircraft climbed to FL370 and landed safely back on Frankfurt's runway 25L about 3.5 hours after turning around. The airline reported the crew decided to return to Frankfurt as a precaution after an unusual odour in the cockpit. A replacement A330-900 registration D-ANRE reached Vancouver with a delay of about 27.5 hours. The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Frankfurt about 45 hours after landing back. https://avherald.com/h?article=50ea046b&opt=0 Air India's chief of flight safety suspended by DGCA over lapses in accident prevention DGCA suspended the chief of flight safety at Air India for a month after finding lapses in accident prevention work. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Thursday suspended Air India's chief of flight safety for a month after finding lapses in accident prevention work carried out by the airline. This comes after the aviation watchdog's team carried out the surveillance of Air India in the areas of internal audit, accident prevention work, and availability of required technical manpower on July 25 and 26. According to the DGCA, the checks were carried out as per the flight safety manual and requirements of civil aviation. "The surveillance found deficiencies in the accident prevention work carried out by the airline and the availability of the requisite technical manpower. Further, it was observed that some of the internal audit/spot checks claimed to be carried out by the airline were done in a perfunctory manner and not as per the regulatory requirements,” the DGCA said in a statement. It added, “DGCA after reviewing the action taken report submitted by the airline, issued show cause notices to the concerned post holders.” The aviation regulator has directed the Tata Group-owned airline not to assign any audits, surveillance, or spot checks pertaining to compliance of DGCA to the particular auditor, whose inspections indicate a lack of diligence, it said. Air India has been facing the heat from the aviation regulator for the past few months. Recently, the DGCA suspended simulator training activities for A320 pilots at the airline's facility in Hyderabad owing to certain lapses observed during an inspection, reported PTI citing sources. A senior Air India official had told PTI that “whatever advice has been given by the regulator in its observations, we are looking into it and taking corrective measures.” The Tata-owned airline has an exclusive Boeing simulator training facility in its Central Training Establishment (CTE) in Hyderabad and Mumbai. While the Mumbai facility is for imparting simulator training to pilots of its wide-body fleet - Boeing 777 and B787 aircraft, the Hyderabad facility is for similar training for pilots of the narrow-body fleet - A320 planes. https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/air-indias-chief-of-flight-safety-suspended-by-dgca-over-lapses-in-accident-prevention-101695278452826.html AOG Technics Ordered To Provide Details Of Engine Parts Transactions AOG Technics, the UK-based broker accused of selling thousands of engine parts with falsified paperwork, has been ordered to turn over records of its GE Aerospace-related transactions, a London court ordered. The London High Court ruling, issued during a Sept. 20 hearing gives the company 14 days to hand over details on any CFM56 and CF6 parts it acquired and sold, along with relevant supporting documentation. The ruling came in response to a lawsuit filed Sept. 7 by CFM and its co-owners, GE Aerospace and Safran against AOG Technics and founder Jose Zamora Yrala. A summary of the manufacturer’s argument before the court confirms that falsified airworthiness approval tags and other relevant records have been linked to thousands of parts sold by AOG Technics. The probe has turned up 86 examples of forged documents, some covering many parts. In one case, the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) turned over one of its AAC-038 approval tags, later confirmed as fake, that came with 32 overhauled CFM56 high pressure compressor (HPC) stage 1 vanes. Two fake FAA 8130-3s covering hundreds of GE CF6 parts were found, the summary said. More than 80 EASA Form 1s representing thousands of CFM56 parts, including turbine blades and seals, have been flagged and confirmed as forgeries. In all cases, the fake documentation was made to look like it came from CFM or one of its owners. So far, no life-limited parts have been flagged in the probe. AOG Technics parts have been found on 96 engines so far—a figure that is likely to grow given the number of parts confirmed to have fake records. Gaining insight on AOG Technics’ transactions will help the industry quantify the scope and risk of its scheme. Knowing who it sold parts to will aid CFM, operators, maintenance providers and regulators in their effort to confirm whether they are airworthy and isolate any questionable parts. Learning where AOG Technics got the material is just as critical, as it will help quantify the hazard level the parts present. “We applaud the court’s ruling compelling AOG Technics to release documentation that will aid the industry in more rapidly identifying parts sold with fraudulent documentation so they can be promptly addressed,” CFM said in a statement. “Safety is our first priority, and we are taking aggressive legal action against AOG Technics for selling unapproved aircraft engine parts with falsified airworthiness documentation. We remain united with the aviation community in working to keep unapproved parts out of the global supply chain.” Several airlines have confirmed having AOG Technics parts on their engines, including Southwest Airlines, United Airlines and Virgin Australia. Bloomberg was first to report the airlines involved. CFM and its co-owners, GE Aerospace and Safran, have been working with industry since June to flag parts sold by AOG Technics with falsified records, the court briefing revealed. TAP Maintenance and Engineering flagged EASA Form 1s linked to “certain” CFM56 parts and allegedly generated by CFM. The engine manufacturer confirmed the records were false, highlighting fake purchase-order numbers and an unknown signature. TAP then turned over 24 more Form 1s shipped with CFM56 parts bought by AOG Technics and allegedly generated by the manufacturer. These were forged as well, CFM concluded. The findings prompted CFM to alert industry and regulators, kicking off a global records review to find parts sold by AOG Technics and either pull them from service or remove them from spare parts supplies if related documentation was determined to be fake. An early August European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) bulletin urged operators and repair stations to review their records, flag any parts in their possession that passed through AOG Technics, and verify whether airworthiness approval tags were generated by the companies listed on them. Parts with falsified records should be quarantined, EASA said. EASA later confirmed the discovery of many forged documents. The UK Civil Aviation Administration (CAA) issued a similar bulletin, noting that “some” AOG Technics parts were installed on UK-registered aircraft. The FAA confirmed it is working with its European counterparts on the issue. “The FAA is investigating the issue and is coordinating closely with the European Aviation Safety Agency and the UK Civil Aviation Authority,” the agency said. “The FAA takes suspected unapproved parts cases very seriously and takes action as necessary for safety.” https://aviationweek.com/mro/aircraft-propulsion/aog-technics-ordered-provide-details-engine-parts-transactions Airport Authority: GPS jamming is forcing planes to land using alternative routes After noise complaints from West Bank settlements, authority cryptically says disruptions likely caused by forces outside the country; Russia was blamed for interference in past Incessant GPS interference by unknown forces has recently forced planes landing at Ben Gurion Airport to use alternate routes over West Bank settlements in recent months, the Israel Airports Authority said Wednesday. The cryptic IAA statement came in response to complaints by the Binyamin Regional Council in the West Bank on behalf of its residents — particularly from those living in the settlement of Hashmonaim — over intolerable noise from planes constantly passing above. “In recent months, the State of of Israel has experienced non-stop GPS jamming from unknown sources, likely from outside the country,” Iris Raz, head of the environmental and engineering division of the IAA wrote, adding that planes are often unable to land using the usual approach. Because of the disruptions, planes are forced to use a method that carries them over Modi’in Illit, Hashmonaim, Lapid and Kfar HaOranim. Airport activities have not been harmed by the issue. According to the network, authorities are investigating if Russia’s cyberwarfare units based in neighboring Syria — where its troops are propping up President Bashar Assad’s regime — and across the region are responsible for the interference. Russia has denied allegations by Israel in the past that it was responsible for GPS jamming of flights around Ben Gurion Airport. Moscow has in the past been accused of using a form of electronic warfare known as “spoofing” as a defensive measure despite the disruptions it causes to nearby aircraft and ships. According to the Israeli Airline Pilots Association, spoofing sees GPS receive incorrect location data from a transmitter, making it appear to the pilot as though the aircraft is in a different location, sometimes miles away. As the GPS receiver continues to show location information, it does not immediately appear as a malfunction. Binyamin Regional Council chair Yisrael Gantz said in a statement he was in regular contact with the IAA in order to solve the issue. “We understand that there are constraints at the security and technological level, but we will continue the ongoing conversation with IAA officials to find alternatives and solutions to the issue,” he said. https://www.timesofisrael.com/airport-authority-gps-jamming-forcing-planes-to-land-using-alternative-routes/ FAA Proposes $477,000 Penalty Against Virgin Islands Port Authority WASHINGTON – The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is proposing a $477,000 civil penalty against the Virgin Islands Port Authority for improper airfield maintenance at Cyril E. King International Airport (STT). The agency alleges that during airport inspections in 2021 and 2022, the FAA found numerous violations including but not limited to cracked runway and taxiway pavement; an improperly graded and drained runway safety area; obstructions in the runway safety area; faded, missing or incorrect runway and taxiway markings; inaccurate signs; damaged or missing runway edge lights; and failure to properly store, dispense and handle fuel. In addition, the Virgin Islands Port Authority failed to issue a Notice to Air Missions (NOTAM) informing air carriers of a runway issue at the airport, the FAA alleges. The Virgin Islands Port Authority has 30 days to respond to the FAA after receiving the agency’s enforcement letter. https://www.faa.gov/newsroom/faa-proposes-477000-penalty-against-virgin-islands-port-authority With flurry of FAA approvals, many more drones are about to fly over U.S. skies KEY POINTS • Zipline, a five-time CNBC Disruptor 50 company, was granted Federal Aviation Administration approval this week to fly drones beyond the visual line of sight, the “holy grail” in regulatory clearance for the drone industry. • Several other drone operators also received approvals from the FAA in August and September, including UPS subsidiary Flight Forward, uAvionix, and Phoenix Air Unmanned. • It’s a major milestone for U.S. drone flights and paves the way for other companies to receive streamlined approvals in the future, and for retailers to accelerate efforts to get products to consumers using unmanned aircrafts. • In March, Zipline released its drone Platform 2, or P2 Zip, which can carry up to eight pounds within a ten-mile radius, handling weights that it says cover most package deliveries in the U.S. With new FAA approval for longer drone flights, the company says it can now also reach millions of Americans. • In March, Zipline released its drone Platform 2, or P2 Zip, which can carry up to eight pounds within a ten-mile radius, handling weights that it says cover most package deliveries in the U.S. With new FAA approval for longer drone flights, the company says it can now also reach millions of Americans. Zipline This week, drone delivery company Zipline was granted Federal Aviation Administration approval to fly drones beyond the visual line of sight. That’s a major milestone in efforts to extend the range of the domestic drone industry over U.S. airspace, and Zipline isn’t the only drone operator to recently receive FAA approval. In a series of moves in August and earlier in September, the FAA gave the same clearance to UPS subsidiary Flight Forward (which delivers packages by drone), avionics provider uAvionix, and drone inspection provider Phoenix Air Unmanned. It’s a regulatory aim that the drone companies have been working towards for a decade and will pave the way for other companies to receive streamlined approval for their own drone flights beyond the visual line of sight. It will also potentially push more consumer companies to accelerate efforts to deliver goods by unmanned aircraft, including giants such as Walmart and Amazon, the latter of which has been viewed as falling behind in its decade-long drone delivery effort. The FAA told aviation publication Flying that the approvals will serve as the basis for “summary grants” in the future as it continues to work towards formal rulemaking and to help fast track business models similar to the ones to receive the first approvals, meaning package delivery, drone inspections, medical supplies and drone aviation system development, such as uAvionix. Prior to “beyond the visual line of sight” approval, human observers were required to be stationed along the entire route a drone was flying to ensure that there was no interference with air traffic. The new regulations allow for drones to be flown without observers, which the companies say will increase accessibility and scalability of what’s still a nascent business in the U.S. “For the last few years, we’ve been operating in the U.S. with training wheels,” said Zipline CEO Keller Cliffton. “We were able to make deliveries to homes but we always needed to stay within a mile-and-a-half of our distribution centers, which made it easy to serve tens of thousands of people, but impossible to serve hundreds of thousands of people.” Now he says Zipline will be able to serve “hundreds of millions of people” in the U.S. “It unlocks the scale of the technology so that everybody can benefit. And, at scale, this technology will save people a lot of money, and it will also save lives in the U.S.,” said Cliffton, whose company began in 2014 as a drone solution for emergency medical deliveries in hard-to-reach geographies but has expanding into multiple sectors and has deals with retailers including Walmart. In March, Zipline released its drone Platform 2, or P2 Zip, which can carry up to eight pounds within a ten-mile radius, finish flights in about ten minutes, and land a package on a space as small as a table or doorstep. “The reason that number is important is that when you look at e-commerce in the U.S., a vast majority of packages weigh five pounds or less,” Cliffton said in a conversation with CNBC about the new drones in March. As far back as 2020, the company was part of drone tests with Walmart in Arkansas. Early this year, Walmart announced that with partners including Zipline, DroneUp and Flytrex, it had grown to 36 drone delivery hubs across Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, North Carolina, Texas, Utah and Virginia. The FAA approvals mean the regulator is satisfied that the drones can safely operate with autonomous technology to monitor airspace and avoid aircraft that they may encounter. Zipline’s drone programming enacts 500 preflight safety checks and has an acoustic avoidance system, though was still unable to fly beyond the line of sight until it received FAA approval. The list of products that Zipline — a five-time CNBC Disruptor 50 company that ranked No. 25 on this year’s list — is flying since it started as a medical care supplier in Rwanda has grown to include food deliveries, prescriptions, agriculture products, retail items, and medical supplies for both humans and animals. “Approval of an onboard perception system that enables beyond visual line of sight flight has been the holy grail for drone delivery for the last 10 years,” Cliffton said. And he says there are global implications of the long-awaited U.S. decision. “Both the FAA and Congress know that it is really strategically important for the U.S. to stay in the lead when it comes to this fundamental technological transformation that’s happening, where it’s suddenly now possible to build the first logistics systems that are fully zero emission and automated,” he said. “I think some people have seen how much other countries were growing on this front and thought maybe the U.S. was going to fall behind, and I think this is an exciting demonstration that the U.S. may be a fast follower of a few other countries, but that in general, the U.S. is going to be a global leader when it comes to this industry.” https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/20/in-flurry-of-faa-approvals-drones-are-about-to-fly-far-over-us-skies.html Hundreds of flying taxis to be made in Ohio, home of the Wright brothers and astronaut legends COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The same Ohio river valley where the Wright brothers pioneered human flight will soon be manufacturing cutting-edge electric planes that take off and land vertically, under an agreement announced Monday between the state and Joby Aviation Inc. “When you’re talking about air taxis, that’s the future,” Republican Gov. Mike DeWine told The Associated Press. “We find this very, very exciting — not only for the direct jobs and indirect jobs it’s going to create, but like Intel, it’s a signal to people that Ohio is looking to the future. This is a big deal for us.” Around the world, electric vertical takeoff and landing, or eVTOL aircraft are entering the mainstream, though questions remain about noise levels and charging demands. Still, developers say the planes are nearing the day when they will provide a wide-scale alternative to shuttle individual people or small groups from rooftops and parking garages to their destinations, while avoiding the congested thoroughfares below. Joby’s decision to locate its first scaled manufacturing facility at a 140-acre (57-hectare) site at Dayton International Airport delivers on two decades of groundwork laid by the state’s leaders, Republican Lt. Gov. Jon Husted said. Importantly, the site is near Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and the headquarters of the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratories. Honda joins Ford, GM and others in adopting Tesla’s EV charging technology “For a hundred years, the Dayton area has been a leader in aviation innovation,” Husted said. “But capturing a large-scale manufacturer of aircraft has always eluded the local economy there. With this announcement, that aspiration has been realized.” The Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur, lived and worked in Dayton. In 1910, they opened the first U.S. airplane factory there. To connect the historical dots, Joby’s formal announcement Monday took place at Orville Wright’s home, Hawthorn Hill, and concluded with a ceremonial flypast of a replica of the Wright Model B Flyer. Joby’s production aircraft is designed to transport a pilot and four passengers at speeds of up to 200 miles (321.87 kilometers) per hour, with a maximum range of 100 miles (160.93 kilometers). Its quiet noise profile is barely audible against the backdrop of most cities, the company said. The plan is to place them in aerial ridesharing networks beginning in 2025. The efforts of the Santa Cruz, California-based company are supported by partnerships with Toyota, Delta Air Lines, Intel and Uber. Joby is a 14-year-old company that went public in 2021 and became the first eVTOL firm to receive U.S. Air Force airworthiness certification. The $500 million project is supported by up to $325 million in incentives from the state of Ohio, its JobsOhio economic development office and local government. With the funds, Joby plans to build an Ohio facility capable of delivering up to 500 aircraft a year and creating 2,000 jobs. The U.S. Department of Energy has invited Joby to apply for a loan to support development of the facility as a clean energy project. Joby CEO JoeBen Bevirt told the AP that the company chose Ohio after an extensive and competitive search. Its financial package wasn’t the largest, but the chance to bring the operation to the birthplace of aviation — with a workforce experienced in the field — sealed the deal, he said. “Ohio is the No. 1 state when it comes to supplying parts for Boeing and Airbus,” Bevirt said. “Ohio is No. 3 in the nation on manufacturing jobs — and that depth of manufacturing prowess, that workforce, is critical to us as we look to build this manufacturing facility. JobsOhio President and CEO J.P. Nauseef noted that its dedication to aviation has carried the Dayton area through serious economic challenges. That included the loss of tens of thousands of auto and auto parts manufacturing jobs in the early 2000s and the loss of ATM maker NCR Corp.'s headquarters to an Atlanta suburb in 2009. “This marries that heritage and legacy of innovation in aviation with our nuts and bolts of manufacturing,” Nauseef said. “It really marries those two together, and that’s never been married together before — not in this town. For a community the size of Dayton and Springfield, (whose people) take great pride, (and) have had rough, rough decades, it’s a wonderful project.” Bevirt said operations and hiring will begin immediately from existing buildings near the development site, contingent upon clearing the standard legal and regulatory hurdles. The site is large enough to eventually accommodate 2 million square feet (18.58 hectares) of manufacturing space. Construction on the manufacturing facility is expected to begin in 2024, with production to begin in 2025. Toyota, a long-term investor, worked with Joby in 2019 to design and to successfully launch its pilot production line in Marina, California. The automaker will continue to advise Joby as it prepares for scaled production of its commercial passenger air taxi, the company said. The announcement comes as a bipartisan group of Ohio’s congressional representatives has recently stepped up efforts to lure the U.S. Air Force’s new U.S. Space Command headquarters or Space Force units to Ohio. There, too, state leaders cite the aerospace legacy of the Wrights, as well as Ohio-born astronauts John Glenn and Neil Armstrong. https://apnews.com/article/joby-taxis-ohio-aircraft-manufacturing-wright-brothers-12d38aaff14ebfbbf16cd2533d931ca9 Chinese Navy Seeks Graduate Students for Warplane Pilot Roles BEIJING (Reuters) - The Chinese navy wants to hire highly educated graduate students to fly shipborne aircraft, and is raising the age limit to expand its search, as it seeks to improve the qualifications of its air personnel and build a "strong army". Besides upgrading its hardware from warships to warplanes, China is also trying to improve the calibre of its recruits, as the military is a career path traditionally favoured by the less educated. In an advertisement on social media platform WeChat, the People's Liberation Army Navy said it was seeking graduate students who hold science and engineering master degrees and who are below 26 years old to pilot aircraft from ships, including China's growing fleet of aircraft carriers. Just last year, it allowed undergraduates aged 24 or below to apply for the first time. It limited candidates to high school graduates aged below 20 before that. "The need for high-quality military talent becomes more imperative day by day," the People's Liberation Army Navy said in the advert, published on Wednesday. "The mission and tasks of the navy continue to expand. The speed of the strategic shift of the navy is being accelerated." Candidates must be male with a clean "political history" and have no legal or disciplinary history, according to the advertisement. Training will include three to four years of aviation theory studies and practical flight training. Successfully candidates will have free medical care for themselves and their immediate family, as well as government-provided housing. China is in the final stages of preparing its third, but first domestically made, aircraft carrier - the Fujian - for sea trials, a key step before the warship goes into operational service. China is aiming to modernise its military forces by 2035. https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2023-09-21/chinese-navy-seeks-graduate-students-for-warplane-pilot-roles NASA's Ingenuity helicopter breaks altitude record on 59th Mars flight The little chopper rose 66 feet (20 meters) above the red dirt during its Sept. 16 sortie. NASA's Ingenuity helicopter keeps pushing the boundaries of off-Earth flight. The 4-pound (1.8 kilograms) Ingenuity aced its 59th Mars sortie on Saturday (Sept. 16), soaring higher than ever before in the process. "Ingenuity has set a new record! The #MarsHelicopter successfully completed Flight 59, flying its highest altitude yet — 20 meters [66 feet]. The rotorcraft was in the air for 142.59 seconds," officials with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, which manages the helicopter's mission, posted on X (formerly Twitter) on Tuesday (Sept. 19). Flight 59 was a full hover; Ingenuity covered no horizontal distance during the hop, according to the mission's flight log. Ingenuity landed with NASA's Perseverance rover in February 2021 on the floor of the 28-mile-wide (45 kilometers) Jezero Crater, which harbored a big lake and a river delta long ago. Perseverance is searching for signs of ancient Mars life inside Jezero and collecting samples that'll be returned to Earth in the future. Ingenuity is serving as a scout for the rover team, helping find good routes for Perseverance's travels and identifying promising science targets to investigate. The rotorcraft is doing this work on an extended mission. Its primary mission aimed to show that aerial exploration is possible on Mars despite the planet's thin atmosphere. Ingenuity completed that proof-of-concept assignment over the course of five flights a few months after touching down on the Red Planet, and then it just kept on flying. Over the course of its 59 flights, Ingenuity has traveled a total of 43,652 feet (13,304 m) and stayed aloft for 106.5 minutes, according to the flight log. Before Flight 59, the helicopter's altitude mark stood at 59 feet (18 m). Its single-flight distance and duration records are 2,310 feet (704 m) and 169.5 seconds, set in April 2022 and August 2021, respectively. https://www.space.com/mars-helicopter-ingenuity-flight-59-altitude-record GRADUATE RESEARCH REQUEST I started my academic career with a BSc. in Aviation Management at Florida Institute of Technology and graduated in 2005. After relocating to Europe and completing the ATPL training, I started flying the B737NG for a scheduled low-cost carrier for four years. Afterwards, relocating to Dubai to fly for a major long-haul airline on the B777 for 8.5 years. In 2020 relocated to the UK to fly for a British long-haul airline. During Covid while there wasn't any flying, I started the MSc. in Aviation Safety, Risk Management and Regulation studies with Cranfield University and I am currently working on my thesis to complete the master's program. My thesis looks at Fatigue Risk Management System (FRMS) and the overall effectiveness that FRMS has achieved so far. It intends to focus on organisational factors within the operators and regulators to identify those factors that contribute to implementing an effective FRMS. The survey is targeted for pilots that are actively flying (either long or short-haul) and would like to share their experiences with the FRMS within their organisation. It is a short survey and should take no longer than two to three minutes of your time. I will hugely appreciate everyone's feedback. Survey Link: https://cranfielduniversity.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4UdHcIxHD4Wweb4 Kind regards, Erdem Serifoglu Curt Lewis