TAKE OUR POLL! February 26, 2020 | Kendall Creighton Should incoming international flights be screened for the Coronavirus? Should those flights be banned? Take The Survey!… Read More
FLYERS RIGHTS v. FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION February 19, 2020 | Kendall Creighton We are moving forward! The court just issued a new scheduling order and rejected the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) proposal to “process” (but not necessarily release) the relevant 86 documents of 10,000 at 500 pages per month. Boeing and the FAA by 3/20/20 will now have to identify any documents it claims are exempt from… Read More
DOT Refusal To Regulate International Change Fees Upheld By Appeal Court February 15, 2020 | Kendall Creighton The DOT’s refusal to regulate international change fees is upheld by Appeal Court. The law mandates that fees be “reasonable”, but can now exceed $1000. The court deferred to “Agency Discretion”. This will require legislation to overturn, and may be cited to allow DOT and other agencies discretion to not enforcing many other laws.… Read More
A New Way of Seeing – (relevant to the Kobe crash) February 8, 2020 | Kendall Creighton Medical Imaging, User, Interfaces, Artificial Intelligence, and Normal Failure (Use arrows to scroll down slides)… Read More
Another Day, Another MAX Software Problem February 6, 2020 | Kendall Creighton Cue another “pushback” of MAX certification- to: “How About Never”? … Read More
Our Helicopter Safety Recommendations February 4, 2020 | Kendall Creighton FlyersRights’ helicopter safety briefing to the Senate Commerce Committee and House Transportation Committee –… Read More
Kobe Bryant did not have to die February 1, 2020 | Kendall Creighton Kobe Bryant and his group traveled on a helicopter that did not have a warning device installed. This warning device most likely could have saved 7 lives in this helicopter crash in Southern California. Similarly, six tourists died on the Island of Kauai a few weeks ago. Several deadly helicopter crashes had made headlines… Read More
Boeing’s problem was not engineering. It was a loss of corporate empathy January 31, 2020 | Kendall Creighton By Gregory Travis – a software architect, aircraft owner and writer. His first article identifying the issues with the 737 Max appeared in the May 2019 issue of IEEE Spectrum magazine. Boeing’s most recent attempt to demonstrate a fix for its troubled MCAS system is another demonstration of just how deep the problem is. Most… Read More
FlyersRights’ Appearance on Cheddar TV to Discuss Helicopter Safety January 30, 2020 | Andrew Appelbaum Staff Attorney Andrew Appelbaum appears on Cheddar TV to discuss helicopter safety and FAA loopholes that enable only 15% of helicopters to comply with 1994 safety standards. … Read More
Helicopter Safety Features Avoided By FAA Loopholes – Kobe Bryant Tragedy January 26, 2020 | Kendall Creighton Re-post following the Kobe Bryant tragedy. In 2018 we called on the FAA to step up and regulate helicopters after delaying for two years to study the issue. Safety features are avoided by loopholes in regulations, including structural elements, impact-resistant seating, and systems to prevent fuel from igniting on impact. Bryant’s helicopter was a Sikorsky… Read More