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Aeronautics

Airline Survey Update

By Keith Cowing
NASA Watch
November 2, 2007

Two Months Before Release of NASA Pilot Survey Data, Aviation Week

“It started out as a program to identify emerging aviation safety problems. But six years and $11.3 million later, it has mushroomed into a public relations headache for NASA Administrator Michael Griffin that’s hurting his credibility with Congress. Now Griffin is working to mollify incensed lawmakers and calm a media frenzy without violating the confidentiality of the 24,000 commercial airline and 5,000 general aviation pilots that participated in the study.”

Report: Pilots slept on overnight flight, AP

“Two commercial pilots allegedly fell asleep on a flight between Baltimore and Denver, with one pilot waking up to “frantic” calls from air traffic controllers warning them they were approaching the airport at twice the speed allowed. The March 2004 event, which was discussed during a Congressional hearing Wednesday, was reported by the captain on the flight on NASA’s Aviation Safety Reporting System, which allows crew members to anonymously document incidents. Details of the “red eye,” or late night/early morning flight, including the airline, flight number, or number of passengers aboard are not included in the reporting system. It did note the type of airplane, an Airbus A319, which are flown by Frontier Airlines and United Airlines.”

NASA’s winking apology – Releasing flying-safety survey by discrediting it?, Opinion, Daytona Beach News-Journal

“It’s good to note that the current presidential administration’s apparent ban on admitting to mistakes, apologizing and reversing course doesn’t apply to all federal government agencies.”

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