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Aircraft Grounded for Wiring Inspections

Are FAA wiring installation standards adequate?

The massive grounding of American Airlines MD-80 aircraft is over a one-inch variation in the intervals at which wiring lacing cord must be tied. However, there may be other wiring issues of greater importance.

The FAA’s Failure to Protect the Skies

An insider’s analysis

By Gabriel Bruno

My name is Gabriel Bruno and I am a former Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) manager and whistleblower who retired from the agency in 2006.

I attended the 3 April 2008 U.S. House of Representatives Transportation & Infrastructure Committee hearing, on “Critical Lapses in FAA Safety Oversight of Airlines.” Sadly, what I witnessed during the proceedings indicates that things remain unchanged, and that until FAA Associate Administrator for Aviation Safety Nicholas Sabatini is removed from office, nothing will change in the agency.

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Committee Vows to Legislate Changes to Strengthen Oversight of Airlines

Putting the flying public at risk, the relationship between airlines and regulators is too collegial – quite cozy in fact – to the detriment of safety, according to disclosures at a Congressional hearing.

Firefighting When Airplanes Are Loaded With Hydrogen Fuel

Liquid hydrogen (LH2) may be a viable alternative to kerosene as an aviation fuel, but the new fuel poses challenges to Airport Rescue and Fire Fighting (ARFF) assets, argues Joseph Murrell, the senior fire commander for Australia’s Launceston Airport.

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