The following are definitions related to Fall Protection and Safety Exposure to dangerous heights while performing Maintenance and Inspection of aircraft is a common occurrence and technicians will benefit from being familiar with the terminology related to fall protection and safety. Falls from heights are potential hazards associated with aircraft maintenance, inspection, and servicing operations. [...]
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Posted in Aviation Safety Terms | Tagged Fall Protection, OSHA, Safety
Any point on an aircraft at which single mal-assembly could lead to catastrophe, i.e. result in loss of aircraft and/or in fatalities. Certain parts in an aircraft’s structure or system (including controls and control systems) which are vital to the safety of the aircraft, are not only designed to achieve the appropriate high integrity but [...]
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Posted in Aviation Maintenance Terms, Aviation Safety Terms, ICAO Terms | Tagged Airworthiness, ICAO, Inspection, Maintenance
The Air Transportation Oversight System (ATOS) is the Federal Aviation Administration’s primary tool for overseeing the nation’s airlines. The fundamental principle of ATOS is that air carriers must have properly designed systems to eliminate or lessen risks before they result in accidents or incidents.
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Posted in Airline Terms, Aviation Safety Terms, FAA Terms | Tagged Air Transportation, Air Transportation Oversight System, ATOS, Aviation Oversight System, Aviation Safety, FAA
CMR Definition – What is a CMR? – A CMR is a required periodic task, established during the design certification of the airplane as an operating limitation of the type certificate.
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Aviation Definitions related to to the “Runway Overrun Event” on landing by American Airlines Flight 331 A/C N977AN, a Boeing 737-800 aircraft at Kingston, Jamaica’s Norman Manley International Airport – KIN. Included is a discusion about the possible casues and Human Factors that may be related to the incident.
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Dirty Dozen: The twelve most common Aviation Maintenance-related, Human Factors causes of errors.
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Standard Operating Procedure – SOPs are universally recognized as basic to safe aviation operations. Effective crew coordination and crew performance, two central concepts of crew resource management
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Posted in Abbreviations and Acronyms, Aviation Safety Terms, FAA Terms, ICAO Terms
Luftfahrt-Bundesamt (LBA) is the German equivalent to the Federal Aviation Administration. Additional German Aviation links are listed here
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Posted in Abbreviations and Acronyms, Aviation Safety Terms | Tagged EASA, FAA, International
Fail-passive automatic landing system are designed so that in the event of a failure there is no significant deviation of aircraft trim, flight path or
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Posted in Aviation Safety Terms | Tagged ATC, Avionics, Landing, Navigation, Safety
A General Visual (Surveillance) Inspection (GVI) is a type of visual examination of an interior or exterior area, installation or assembly to detect obvious damage, failure or irregularity of an Aircraft or component
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Posted in Airline Terms, Aviation Maintenance Terms, Aviation Safety Terms | Tagged Airline, Inspection, Maintenance
