University of Birmingham flight safety researchers seek volunteers
Flight safety researchers at the University of Birmingham are looking for low-houred student pilots to participate in simulator-based sessions. As part of a series of experiments “designed to inform future aircraft design and future pilot education and training,” researchers are looking to recruit pilot volunteers aged 18 to 25. Candidates must have also between five and 50 hours of Single Engine Piston (SEP) time. The sessions will...
Upcoming GASCo Safety Evenings announced
The General Aviation Safety Council – GASCo – has announced a series of five Safety Evenings to be held in the opening months of the new year. The events are part of an annual programme, staged at flying clubs and venues across the UK, which aims to address current GA safety concerns. Although the format was forced to move online via a series of ‘webinars’ during the pandemic, it’s hoped the in-person events – to which guest speakers...
Anatomy of an Infringement
On the 5th March, the pilot of a light aircraft pleaded guilty in Bedfordshire Magistrates’ Court to flying in Luton Airport’s controlled airspace without clearance from air traffic control. The pilot infringed Luton’s airspace several times in the same day during two different flights. The pilot’s actions led to four passenger aircraft and a business jet having to be given avoiding instructions by air traffic control....
Teaching Threat and Error Management
Include threat and error management from the beginning of flight training. For an activity peppered with so many potential hazards, aviation has achieved a remarkable safety level since its perilous early days, most especially when thinking about public transport (or ‘Commercial Air Transport’) operation in recent decades. Much of the progress in the safety arena has come not just from technological advances per se, but from an...
EasyJet suspends ‘Snapchat’ pilots
Two EasyJet pilots have been suspended after, ‘Snapchat’ videos appeared on social media. Posted by one of the pilots, the videos show the flight crew interacting with animated Snapchat characters whilst in cruising flight. An EasyJet spokesperson said: “Whilst at no point was the safety of the passengers compromised, this falls short of the high standards EasyJet expects of its pilots.” By Rob...
