Safety Articles

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In The News 

Fear of Flying:  How an anthropologist conquered that phobia, by learning to fly.

Near Miss at LGA - ATC Coverups Continue.  - An official report, by the NTSB, shows that ATC controllers continue to allow the destruction of valuable safety information that could save lives.

The Stupid Rule - How regulation can kill MORE toddlers, not less.  Once again, the FAA is driven by political pressure, not by common sense.  DTW News  and  The Reason Foundation.  Then, a Rational Solution, (if it could be allowed during takeoff and landing).    

FAA's Safety Stance Again in Spotlight: - After the Alaska Air 261 crash, Allegations that agency is too slow to order safety inspections.

Comair pilots ordered to stop falsifying maintenance write-ups.

Judge Bertelsman enjoins ALPA and the Comair pilots from willful misconduct that could have a negative impact on airline safety.  See also Extortion Assumptions.

Worth Reading

More Airline Competition--Yet Another Reason for Airport Privatization - By Robert Poole, Jr., President of the Reason Foundation.

Frontiers: Last, Lost, and Found - Eric Nolte: "Technological innovation is the most powerful force for improving our safety and health, but such creativity withers under government control. It flourishes in the rich soil of freedom."

Shifting Air Traffic Control To A User-Funded Corporation - By Robert Poole, Jr.

Pilot Suicide? - Much in discussion since the 1999 Egypt Air 990 crash and the 1997 Silk Air 185 crash. Two web sites provide much information on this subject:  
Kenneth A. Cubbin   And   Bryan Griffin

Older Jets: Wired for Safety? - From the Christian Science Monitor.

Ending the free rides of infants: A myopic method of saving lives - By Richard B. McKensie and Dwight R. Lee

Reinventing Air Traffic Control - A New Blueprint for a Better System - The Executive Summary of a study conducted by Robert Poole, Jr., on the privatization of the ATC system. Robert Poole is founder and president of the Reason Foundation and a nationally known expert on privatization and transportation policy.

ATC User Fees Vs. Excise Taxes - Robert Poole's testimony before the House Aviation Subcommittee.

Book Reviews - Ken Madden reviews books on TWA Flight 800, as well as Flying Blind, Flying Safe by former Inspector General Mary Schiavo.