Posts tagged airline safety

• Fear of Flying

  Jerry H. Trachtman | April 19, 2012 10:26 AM | 2 CommentsMelbourne, FL Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
  

  Although it has been more than 100 years since the Wright brothers opened the door to heavier than air powered flight, some people still board the most technologically advanced airliners...

• NTSB Recommends Child Restraint Seats for Children Flying This Summer

  Sandy Grinnell | May 28, 2010 12:15 PM | 3 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  As summer vacations approach, the National Safety Transportation Board (NTSB) is stressing the importance of child restraint seats on all airline flights. For most parents, strapping the kids into...

• How Safe is Airline Travel?

  Jerry H. Trachtman | April 05, 2010 5:38 PM | 0 CommentsMelbourne, FL Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
  

  Although it has been more than 100 years since the Wright brothers opened the door to heavier than air powered flight, some people still board the most technologically advanced airliners with a...

• Air Traffic Controller On A Personal Phone Call Just Before the Hudson Crash

  Gabrielle D'Alemberte | September 17, 2009 11:37 AM | 0 CommentsMiami, FL Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
  

  Quoting from the the Daily Record, the Chairman of the NTSB (National Transportation Safety Board) Deborah Hersman, ...told a congressional committee Wednesday that shortly after the single-engine...

• Pilot Fatigue- FAA is taking notice but are they telling passengers the truth

  Gabrielle D'Alemberte | September 17, 2009 9:38 AM | 1 CommentMiami, FL Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
  

  Federal Aviation Administration head Randy Babbitt says It's absolutely unsafe to think that commuter cockpit crews can fly as many hours or stay on duty for as long as pilots who may fly one...

• Airline layoffs and cut backs- is there any relationship to the recent plane crashes?

  Gabrielle D'Alemberte | July 28, 2009 12:25 PM | 1 CommentMiami, FL Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
  

  The economy is in freefall, and once again the airlines are in trouble. Of course, in recent times, with a few exceptions, the airlines and the airline industry are often in trouble. Last year, the...

• FAA Must Pay $3.75 Million For Doomed Flight Instructions

  Eddie Farah | June 04, 2009 11:17 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
  

  The Federal Aviation Administration has agreed to pay $3.75 million after it gave faulty landing instructions during an emergency in December 2005. Pilot Gary Tillman of Rome, Georgia, his...