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• Review of Cockpit Confidential, the latest book from Partrick Smith

  18 mai, par tcurtis@airsafe.com (Dr. Todd Curtis) — myths, perception, passenger, safety, career, smith, cockpit, confidential, airline, industry, patrick, questions, business
  Cockpit Confidential, the latest book from Patrick Smith, is very much an insider's guide to the airline business in general and the life of an airline pilot in particular. This book is about the airline business and about airline careers, but perhaps more importantly it is a story about a love (...)
  

• FAA report raises questions about the oversight of maintenance repair stations

  12 mai, par tcurtis@airsafe.com (Dr. Todd Curtis) — repair, ig, assessment, risk, accident, ntsb, safety, general, inspector, faa
  On 1 May 2013, the FAA Office of Inspector General office released a report (AV-2013-073) that detailed ongoing difficulties that the FAA has in overseeing the repair stations that provide airline maintenance services in the US and overseas. Like the airlines, organizations that provide (...)
  

• Crash of a National Airlines 747-400 at Bagram Air Base

  2 mai, par tcurtis@airsafe.com (Dr. Todd Curtis) — cargo, bagram, plane, crash, base, 747, air, stall, fire
  29 April 2013; National Airlines; 747-400; N949CA; Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan: The aircraft had just departed on a cargo flight to Dubai, UAE when the aircraft entered a stall and crashed near the end of the runway. At one point, the aircraft had rolled to the right in excess of 45 degrees. (...)
  

• 787 Dreamliners return to service

  27 avril, par tcurtis@airsafe.com (Dr. Todd Curtis) — 787, dreamliner, battery, boeing, ntsb, boston, jtsb, japan, fire, evacuation
  More than three months after being grounded by the FAA and by other aviation authorities around the world due to a pair of battery fire incidents, the 787 is flying once again. While US and Japanese investigations into the causes of the fires continue, the FAA has allowed the 787 to return to (...)
  

• Lion Air 737 lands in water short of runway

  15 avril, par tcurtis@airsafe.com (Dr. Todd Curtis) — ditching, landing, bali, runway, indonesia, 737, crash, air, lion
  13 April 2013; Lion Air; 737-800; PK-LKS; flight 904; Bali, Indonesia: The aircraft was on a scheduled domestic flight from Bandung, Indonesia to Bali, arriving during a rain storm. The aircraft landed in shallow water short of the runway during final approach. Although the aircraft had a break (...)
  

• Rescheduled webinar on sex toys and the TSA in two days

  26 mars, par tcurtis@airsafe.com (Dr. Todd Curtis) — rules, sex, restricted, carry-on, screening, baggage, toy, security, tsa, prohibited, checked
  On Thursday March 28, AirSafe.com will host a live webinar on how TSA rules affect passengers who fly with one or more sex toys. While the TSA for the most part does an outstanding job of protecting the flying public, sometimes they compromise a passenger's privacy and dignity while doing so. (...)
  

• Webinar on how to fly with knives, guns, and other weapons

  18 mars, par tcurtis@airsafe.com (Dr. Todd Curtis) — rifle, travel, airline, gun, ammunition, knife, tsa, knives
  The recent TSA announcement about changing rules for carrying small knives and other potentially dangerous items in the passenger cabin will allow passengers to keep these items in their carry-on bags for the first time in years. However, it has not changed the rules on how passengers my travel (...)
  

• Montford Point Marine Calvin T. Curtis Sr. passes away

  6 mars, par tcurtis@airsafe.com (Dr. Todd Curtis) — calvin, montford, point, marine, curtis
  Calvin Turner Curtis Sr., World War II veteran and recent recipient of a Congressional Gold Medal, passed away on Wednesday, February 27, 2013 in San Antonio at the age of 87 following a short illness. He was born May 17, 1925, in Charlotte, Texas, and was preceded in death by his wife of 55 (...)
  

• Webinar: How to Fly with a Sex Toy under TSA Rules

  28 février, par tcurtis@airsafe.com (Dr. Todd Curtis) — rules, sex, restricted, carry-on, screening, baggage, toy, security, tsa, prohibited, checked
  On Thursday March 28, AirSafe.com will host a live webinar on how TSA rules affect passengers who fly with one or more sex toys. While the TSA for the most part does an outstanding job of protecting the flying public, sometimes they compromise a passenger's privacy and dignity while doing so. (...)
  

• JetBlue passenger dies during flight

  28 février, par tcurtis@airsafe.com (Dr. Todd Curtis) — sex, causes, webinar, death, toy, passenger, jetblue, natural
  26 February 2013; JetBlue A320; Flight 462, en route Ft. Myers, FL to Boston, MA: Shortly after takeoff from Ft. Myers, Fl, an older male passenger experienced a medical emergency. In spite of efforts by the flight attendants and at least one medical professional, the passenger died of (...)
  

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