What's New

At AirlineSafety.Com:

The Ditching of Pan Am Flight 6:  How the superb skill and judgment of Captain Ogg, saved all on board.

A New Section on the Subject of Airline Unions:  What effect do they have on the safety and the economics of the Airline Industry?

Crew Psychology: Cockpit Vs Cabin Crews.  The need for Integrated CRM training.

Human Error Vs Terrorism.  Guest editorial by Robert Baron

CRM:   - The Instructor's View.  Guest editorial by Robert Baron.

Runway Incursions:   - Where are We?  Guest editorial by Robert Baron.

Other Safety Articles:

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.

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).    

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

Links to Other sites:

AviationCRM.com - An aviation safety consulting firm that specializes in Crew Resource Management and Human Factors training for business, corporate, and charter aviation operators. 

Fear of Flying

ASC has its own Fear of Flying Forum, where Fearful Fliers have discussed with one another, their anxieties and experiences of airline flying.  Just click on the link in this paragraph. There isn't much current activity in that forum anymore, but we have preserved the old pages, which still contain the same kinds of questions and answers, that current Fearful Fliers still want to read today. 

Our forum contains a wealth of information, which has been accumulating for over 7 years.  A wide variety of  Fearful Fliers have shared their anxieties, as well as their solutions, on how to cope with the Fear of Flying.  There are also contributions from several of us who have tried to answer the many technical questions, which have been posed by those seeking help.  We invite Fearful Fliers to browse through the preserved pages from the past; they can be quite helpful to those with significant anxiety about airline travel.

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