Doug Parker’s Post

Public charter carriers are a threat to the security architecture of U.S. aviation. In his op-ed, John Pistole correctly diagnoses the troubling situation facing passengers who book tickets on these entities as they might not be aware of the danger they face. #FAA #Aviation #Safety #Security #TSA #DepartmentofTransportation

#S4F #ATCOs #AVIATION Drunk and Asleep on the Job: Air Traffic Controllers Pushed to the Brink (The New York Times) “ Staffing shortages and working conditions have stretched air traffic controllers to the limit — physically and mentally. Controllers are being pushed to the brink. Overworked and understaffed.” Although the American situation should not be analyzed only through journalistic sources, the topics covered deserve #attention and are perhaps not entirely unrelated to other service providers. In any case, we should not find ourselves in a position to have to talk about #mental #tiredness and #shortage of #personnel in a complex professional system with allowed risk. https://lnkd.in/d9_W4VZs

Airplane Security: When Can We Actually Legally Leave an Aircraft? There is no question that safety on airlines has taken astronomical leaps and bounds from pre 9/11 days but kidnapping does have its limitations. With all the safety precautions in mind let's also be cognizant of the customers needs. How long are you prepared to stay on the tarmac without basic necessities and/or palpable news from the flight crew? Here, we have a passenger who, from early accounts, decided to take a stand against an airline that kept folks on the runway for four hours. What are the guidelines for keeping passengers boarded? What legal recourse do customers have for being held beyond a reasonable timeframe? Should this person face repercussions? #police #policeofficer #policetraining #policeofficers #policedepartment #policejobs #policechief #policecommemorationday #lawenforcement #emergencymanagement #emergencypreparedness #emergencyresponse #emergencyservices #emergency #emergencyplanning #emt #emts #firesafety #firefighter #firesafety #firefighters #firefightertraining #publicsafety #airlinenews #airlines #airlines #airsafety #tsa https://lnkd.in/etfX2rPp

#airplanenearmisses Apparently, it is getting a little too close for comfort in the friendly skies! On the afternoon of July 2, a Southwest Airlines pilot had to abort a landing at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport. A Delta Air Lines 737 was preparing to take off on the same runway. The sudden maneuver avoided a possible collision by seconds. Nine days later, at SFO, an American Airlines jet was accelerating down the runway at more than 160 miles per hour when it narrowly missed a Frontier Airlines plane whose nose had almost jutted into its path. Moments later, the same thing happened as a German airliner was taking off. In both cases, the planes came so close to hitting the Frontier aircraft that the #FAA, in internal records reviewed by the NYT described the encounters as “skin to skin.” And two and a half weeks after that, an American flight to Dallas was traveling at more than 500 m.p.h. when a collision warning blared in the cockpit. An air traffic controller had mistakenly directed a United Airlines plane to fly dangerously close. The American pilot had to abruptly yank the Airbus A321 up 700 feet. The incidents — highlighted in preliminary FAA. safety reports but not publicly disclosed — were among a flurry of at least 46 close calls involving commercial airlines last month alone. They were part of an alarming pattern of safety lapses and near misses in the skies and on the runways of the US. While there have been no major US plane crashes in more than a decade, potentially dangerous incidents are occurring far more frequently than almost anyone realizes — a sign of what many insiders describe as a safety net under mounting stress. So far this year, close calls involving commercial airlines have been happening, on average, multiple times a week, according to a Times analysis of internal FAA records, as well as thousands of pages of federal safety reports and interviews with more than 50 current & former pilots, air traffic controllers and federal officials. Yikes! #emergencyresponders #emergencymanagement #riskmanagement #crisismanagement #crisiscommunications #socialmedia #businesscontinuity #disasterrecovery #informationsecurity #cyber #publichealth #reputationbrand #crisis #BRMA

The The Airforwarders Association and Air Line Pilots Association were on opposite sides of this Transportation Security Administration (TSA) rule change, but it's a good example of government trying to be more business friendly . . . https://lnkd.in/geSZqMa6 #aviation #airfreight #aircargo #logistics #supplychain #freightforwarders #freightforwarding #aviationsecurity

𝗨𝗦 𝗔𝗶𝗿 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘀 There was an interesting article in the New York Times yesterday: "A nationwide shortage of controllers has resulted in an exhausted and demoralized work force that is increasingly prone to making dangerous mistakes." https://lnkd.in/gyjQ6NdQ #FAA #aviationsafety #icao #airtrafficcontrol #airtrafficmanagement