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Airlines this summer have had to cut flights and even end service to some destinations as they try to match their schedules to the number of pilots and other professionals on their payrolls.
The reports are analyzed to reduce hazards and focus training. [1] Reporting is encouraged by providing the volunteer reporter protection from certificate action. ASAP forms a safety team between the FAA, the certificate holder (airline/operator), employee, and the operator's employee labor organization. [2]
In the US, Southwest Airlines had the lowest rate of complaints in 2006, with 0.11 complaints per 100,000 passengers, while US Airways and United Airlines had the worst rate of complaints, both with 1.36 complaints per 100,000 passengers. [7] US Airways is also the US airline with the worst on-time performance, which might explain its rate of ...
A new report by federal safety experts found major issues with Boeing's safety culture — including a "disconnect" between senior management and other employees, and a fear of retaliation when ...
The FAA does this by enforcing aviation safety regulations, and certifying 320,000 aircraft and over 700,000 pilots. The FAA provides air traffic control services, handling about 55,000 flights per day, and serving over 700 million passengers a year.
The National Airspace System Safety Review Team report published in November identified bottlenecks at the FAA Academy that prevent the FAA from training enough controllers to meet demand.
As a result of the March 10, 2019 Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crash and the Lion Air Flight 610 crash five months earlier, most airlines and countries began grounding the Boeing 737 MAX 8 (and in many cases all MAX variants) due to safety concerns, but the FAA declined to ground MAX 8 aircraft operating in the U.S. [65] On March 12, the FAA ...
Here are the U.S. airlines that got the most complaints throughout the turbulent month of April, and one had the highest number by far.