Aerotime

JUNE 7, 2024

NTSB releases abstract of final report on 2023 JFK airport runway near-collision: [link] pic.twitter.com/zQnFYLSxBw — NTSB Newsroom (@NTSB_Newsroom) June 4, 2024 According to the report, air traffic controllers cleared a Delta Air Lines B-737, with 159 passengers and crew, for takeoff on Runway 4L at JFK in the evening of January 13, 2023.

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Air Traffic Control Runway Clearance Airplanes 284

One Mile at a Time

JULY 20, 2024

Instead, they only increased altitude again after an air traffic controller warned them about a low altitude alert. ATC: “Southwest 425, roger, cancel approach clearance, go around runway 10. First and foremost, the air traffic controller here deserves massive kudos. Tampa’s altimeter is 30.14.”

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Ask Captain Lim

AUGUST 18, 2024

The main wreckage, including the flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder, remains missing. In contrast, the Malaysian Air Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) recently solved one significant mystery. The cause was a miscommunication between the crew and air traffic control.

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Flying Magazine

MAY 15, 2024

Other important measures included agreeing to hire and train up to 3,000 new air traffic controllers; increasing the length of cockpit voice recordings to 25 hours (from two hours); and extending the time frame for airline passengers to redeem travel credits to at least five years.

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Flight Training Central

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The two most useful benefits have been ADS-B datalink weather and a real-time traffic display in the cockpit, delivered by the network of ADS-B ground stations in the U.S. Call the controller or a flight service specialist. File one of these routes and you’re almost guaranteed a “cleared as filed” from clearance delivery.

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Clearance Weather Approach Runway 52

Jetwhine

JULY 1, 2024

If the co-pilot was lucky, the captain might let them work the radios and help with a few navigational duties, but the phrase “Gear up and Shut up” was considered a normal cockpit environment. This finding highlighted the role of communication, decision-making, and leadership in cockpit behavior and the resulting accidents.

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Professional Pilot

APRIL 10, 2024

In reality, FAA has broken its own “sterile cockpit” rule, and unless the mature and experienced voices in the room stand up for reason and the cold, hard rules of aviating, navigating, and communicating, the system will continue its “graveyard spiral” to the inevitable consequences. It’s not a social science laboratory. Andrew Maroney ATP.

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