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Friday, January 11th, 2008Editor’s note: The following is a summary of the specific Safety Management System (SMS) questions used in an ICAO Universal Safety Oversight Audit Program (USOAP) audit of Jorge Chavez International Airport in Lima, Peru. For details on the airport’s SMS implementation, see pages 43-47 in the December/January issue (.pdf). AM thanks Bill Fullerton, COO of [...]
NTSB ARFF Recommendations
Tuesday, December 18th, 2007NTSB has released the recommendation letter (.pdf) stemming from the investigation into the Feb. 7, 2006 UPS DC-8 accident at PHL. Of special interest to the airport community are these two: Provide guidance to aircraft rescue and firefighting personnel on the best training methods to obtain and maintain proficiency with the high-reach extendable turret with [...]
GAO Releases Runway Safety Report
Wednesday, December 5th, 2007GAO today released “Aviation Runway and Ramp Safety: Sustained Efforts to Address Leadership, Technology, and Other Challenges Needed to Reduce Accidents and Incidents.” Download the 92-page .PDF here. Meantime, FAA has released this fact sheet on runway safety, and another on controller staffing and fatigue.
FAA Chief Lauds Runway Safety ‘Call To Action’ Response
Monday, October 22nd, 2007Industry–and airports specifically–have responded well to FAA’s self-described “Call to Action” to improve runway safety, said FAA Acting Administrator Bobby Sturgell. Final Fiscal Year 2007 runway incursion numbers were encouraging, he explained: The serious incursions — the As and the Bs — were at 24, which is down from 31 the previous year. That’s an [...]
AC Alert
Thursday, October 4th, 2007FAA has released four new/revised 150-series ACs in recent days. They are: AC 150/5370-6C, Construction Progress and Inspection Report—Airport Improvement Program (AIP) AC 150/5370-12A, Quality Control of Construction for Airport Grant Projects AC 150/5370-15, Airside Applications for Artificial Turf AC 150/5370-16, Rapid Construction of Rigid (Portland Cement Concrete) Airfield Pavements Find the series-150 AC library [...]
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