FROM LIBRARY: AIRMANSHIP 1, SITUATIONAL AWARENESS – FINAL APPROACH

This is the first of a series of articles covering airmanship. Some recent incidents have highlighted that perhaps, with an over-reliance on automation, some basic airmanship skills may have deteriorated with a resultant risk to the safety of commercial aviation. I should stress that what I am focusing on in this […]

FROM LIBRARY: FUTURE OF AUTOMATION IN AVIATION SAFETY INVESTIGATIONS

Introduction When we talk about the advancement in systems automation, whether it is a smart phone, computer system or an aircraft system, the rate of change is so quick that any failure or problem in these sophisticated systems can take a long time to resolve.. During an aviation occurrence, Investigators are […]