News from EUROCONTROL’s aviation safety knowledge base SKYbrary. Multiple line-ups is a technique employed at some busy airports to expedite the departure of aircraft from the runway. It concerns departing aircraft being instructed to line-up on the same runway at different positions using different access taxiways and is a significant capacity enabler when implemented in… Continue reading Multiple Line-ups on the Same Runway
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Level Bust Toolkit
The new and updated Level Bust Toolkit includes training and awareness material, including videos and e-learning tools, designed to raise awareness of the level bust issue and to help everyone do their bit to reduce level busts. Check out the toolkit at EUROCONTROL’s one stop safety knowledge base, SKYbrary.
Use of selected altitude by ATC
News from EUROCONTROL’s aviation safety knowledge base SKYbrary. The ability of a controller to see the selected altitude set by the flight crew gives him the ability to intervene when, for whatever reason, the selected altitude does not match the clearance. This greatly reduces the chance of a level bust. Read the full article here.
Level bust in holding patterns
News from EUROCONTROL’s aviation safety knowledge base SKYbrary. Holding patterns pose particular problems in relation to level busts because several aircraft are packed into a small volume of airspace and are constantly manoeuvring and changing their levels. Descent below the cleared level immediately reduces vertical separation from the aircraft below, and is difficult for an… Continue reading Level bust in holding patterns
Shanwick Oceanic 5 minute longitudinal separation trial starts
News from EUROCONTROL’s aviation safety knowledge base SKYbrary. On 25 May 2010, a trial of a 5 minute along track longitudinal separation minimum will commence in the Shanwick OCA. To participate in the Trial and subsequent full implementation, operators will be required to have an ADS-C log-on with Shanwick, possess MNPS approval and utilise CPDLC… Continue reading Shanwick Oceanic 5 minute longitudinal separation trial starts
Safety Behaviours – Guide for Pilots
News from EUROCONTROL‘s aviation safety knowledge base SKYbrary SKYbrary has announced the integration of the Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority’s human factors toolkit “Safety Behaviours – Guide for Pilots”. The toolkit comprises videos and supporting training resources and is focused on the needs of small regional air carriers and charter operations, flying training organisations and… Continue reading Safety Behaviours – Guide for Pilots
FAA Call to action on airline safety and pilot training
News from EUROCONTROL’s aviation safety knowledge base SKYbrary On February 12, 2009, a Colgan Air Bombardier Dash-8 Q400, operating as Continental Connection Flight 3407, crashed while on approach to Buffalo, New York. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) conducted a public hearing on this accident from May 12-14, 2009. During that hearing and subsequent congressional… Continue reading FAA Call to action on airline safety and pilot training
Runway incursion prevention – know your hot spots
News from EUROCONTROL’S aviation safety knowledge base SKYbrary It is well known to pilots and air traffic controllers alike that some parts of the runway/taxiway complex at aerodromes seem to attract incidents. As if they were jinxed in some way, mistakes are made regularly at these singularities of the airport universe. On roads internationally standardized… Continue reading Runway incursion prevention – know your hot spots
TCAS Awareness
News from EUROCONTROL’s aviation safety knowledge base SKYbrary The latest addition to SKYbrary Solutions is “Clear of Conflict”, a series of 10 short videos developed by NATS in association with EUROCONTROL and Flight Safety International, intended as an aid to TCAS training. Check out the videos here.
Bird Strike: Operator’s Checklist
News from EUROCONTROL’s aviation safety knowledge base SKYbrary This is the time of year when birds all over Europe take to the air to start their journey south. Though they are the ultimate examples of Free Flight, migratory birds follow centuries old routes, resting at centuries old landing places, without much regard for their latter… Continue reading Bird Strike: Operator’s Checklist