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Fatigued in the Back (Expanded Version)

New FAA research probes flight attendants’ anxiety over insufficient sleep and unsafe performance.By Wayne RosenkransAeroSafety World, June 2009(Expanded version of article) Objective data analyses to be available next year may offer the best chance yet for U.S....

Bucking Convention (Expanded Version)

By Wayne RosenkransAeroSafety World, May 2008(Expanded version of article) Twenty U.S. airlines routinely analyze parameters of airplane operation captured by their flight operational quality assurance (FOQA) programs.1 Sixty-one have processes to rectify safety...

Preventive Fusion (Expanded Version)

By Wayne RosenkransAeroSafety World, May 2008(Expanded version of article) Twenty U.S. airlines routinely analyze parameters of airplane operation captured by their flight operational quality assurance (FOQA) programs.1 Sixty-one have processes to rectify safety...

Full-Scale Insights (Expanded Version)

By Wayne RosenkransAeroSafety World, April 2008(Expanded version of article) Airbus shared lessons from its full-scale emergency evacuation demonstration on the A380-800 — many applicable to cabin crews of any airliner — during the International Aircraft Cabin Safety...

Speaking Up (Expanded Version)

By Wayne RosenkransAeroSafety World, February 2008(Expanded version of article) With computer networks ready to pull together diverse safety information, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) during 2008 will keep promoting aviation safety action programs...

Burning Issues (Expanded Version)

By Wayne RosenkransAeroSafety World, January 2008(Expanded version of article) Frustrating fires in which cargo airline pilots narrowly escape from a freighter burning on an airport runway — and intense flames ultimately can rob accident investigators of causal...

Detect, Sense and Avoid (Expanded Version)

By Wayne RosenkransAeroSafety World, July 2008(Expanded version of article) Highly reliable detect, sense and avoid (DSA) technology as early as 2012 could begin to liberate large unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) from most of today’s restrictions on sharing the U.S....

Forecasting A Star (Expanded Version)

By Wayne RosenkransAeroSafety World, June 2007(Expanded version of article) Aviation concern for space weather is not new. Dispatchers and flight crews at airlines carrying the growing volume of passenger and cargo traffic on four north transpolar routes between North...

Perchance to Dream (Expanded Version)

By Wayne RosenkransAeroSafety World, September 2007(Expanded version of article) Despite the difficulty researchers have in scientifically isolating the effects of crew rest facilities on quantity and quality of in-flight sleep from other aspects of alertness...

Beyond Passenger Service (Expanded Version)

By Wayne RosenkransAeroSafety World, October 2007(Expanded version of article) Some operators of corporate, charter and private flights in business jets use flight attendants to perform safety and service duties when this is not required by aviation...

Fatigued in the Back (Expanded Version)

New FAA research probes flight attendants’ anxiety over insufficient sleep a...

Bucking Convention (Expanded Version)

By Wayne RosenkransAeroSafety World, May 2008(Expanded version of article) Twe...

Preventive Fusion (Expanded Version)

By Wayne RosenkransAeroSafety World, May 2008(Expanded version of article) Twe...

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Archived Publications

Human Factors & Aviation Medicine 2005 – 2006

These documents are in Adobe® Portable Document Format (PDF) and require a copy of Adobe Reader® to view them. If you do not have a copy of Adobe Reader, you can download and install a free copy from Adobe. January–February 2006 Accumulated Stress Presents Range of...

Aviation Mechanics Bulletin 2005–2006

These documents are in Adobe® Portable Document Format (PDF) and require a copy of Adobe Reader® to view them. If you do not have a copy of Adobe Reader, you can download and install a free copy from Adobe. January–February 2006 Loose Fasteners Cited in Dash 8...

Helicopter Safety 2005–2006

These documents are in Adobe® Portable Document Format (PDF) and require a copy of Adobe Reader® to view them. If you do not have a copy of Adobe Reader, you can download and install a free copy from Adobe. January–February 2006 Helicopter Strikes Terrain During...

Cabin Crew Safety 2005–2006

These documents are in Adobe® Portable Document Format (PDF) and require a copy of Adobe Reader® to view them. If you do not have a copy of Adobe Reader, you can download and install a free copy from Adobe. January–February 2006 Users of Portable Oxygen Concentrators...

Flight Safety Digest 2005–2006

These publications are in Acrobat® Portable Document Format (PDF) and require a copy of Adobe Reader®. If you do not have a copy of Adobe Reader, you can download and install a free copy from Adobe. January–February 2006 High Stakes in Language...

Airport Operations 2005–2006

These documents are in Adobe® Portable Document Format (PDF) and require a copy of Adobe Reader® to view them. If you do not have a copy of Adobe Reader, you can download and install a free copy from Adobe. January–February 2006 Incident Over London Leads ATC to...

Accident Prevention 2005–2006

These documents are in Adobe® Portable Document Format (PDF) and require a copy of Adobe Reader® to view them. If you do not have a copy of Adobe Reader, you can download and install a free copy from Adobe. February 2006 Investigators Urge Restrictions on Cessna...

Flight Safety Digest 2004

These documents are in Adobe® Portable Document Format (PDF) and require a copy of Adobe Reader® to view them. If you do not have a copy of Adobe Reader, you can download and install a free copy from Adobe. December 2004 Vulnerabilities Warrant Attention as...

Human Factors & Aviation Medicine 2004

These documents are in Adobe® Portable Document Format (PDF) and require a copy of Adobe Reader® to view them. If you do not have a copy of Adobe Reader, you can download and install a free copy from Adobe. November–December 2004 Australian Survey Finds Pilot...

Helicopter Safety 2004

These documents are in Adobe® Portable Document Format (PDF) and require a copy of Adobe Reader® to view them. If you do not have a copy of Adobe Reader, you can download and install a free copy from Adobe. November–December 2004 Use of Night Vision Goggles Increases...

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