July 16, 2001

July 16, 2001

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COVER STORY

‘Pilot-Making’ On a High-Speed Run

By FRANCES FIORINO

COVER STORY

Global Teamwork Called Key To Improving Aviation Safety

By EDWARD H. PHILLIPS

COVER STORY

Researchers Perfect New Ways To Monitor Pilot Performance

By JOHN CROFT

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COVER STORY

‘Pilot-Making’ On a High-Speed Run

NEW YORK Early 20th century. Flight training for aspiring aviators at the Wright Company School of Aviation near Dayton, Ohio, consisted of a series of 5-15-min. flights in “a machine equipped with duplicate control levers,” a method of instruction that “provides almost perfect results.”

By FRANCES FIORINO

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Global Teamwork Called Key To Improving Aviation Safety

DALLAS Lowering the accident rate for commercial airlines in this decade will require the uninhibited sharing of protected safety data between all carriers and the elimination of recurring “killer” events that can lead to fatal accidents.

By EDWARD H. PHILLIPS

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Researchers Perfect New Ways To Monitor Pilot Performance

WASHINGTON When Continental Airlines asked Bruce Tesmer in 1995 to find out how well the carrier's crew resource management (CRM) program was working in the cockpit, he knew the typical line check wouldn't do the job. Tesmer, a Continental pilot and manager of human factors at the time, was sure pilots would be tight-lipped and unnaturally attentive under the magnifying glass of a company check airman.

By JOHN CROFT

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Pilots of All Stripes Benefit From Conducive Career Climate

WASHINGTON Fueled by a strong economy and continued buildup of the U.S. commercial and executive aircraft fleet, pilot hiring in the U.S. is running at full throttle. Airline jobs are particularly hot, with carriers hiring 17,000 new pilots last year, setting a record high for the fifth year running. It’s the best of times for aviators in search of a career hauling passengers and cargo or teaching other pilots to fly.

By JOHN CROFT

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Virtual Reality Pending As Simulators Diversify

WASHINGTON Crew resource management is the most important skill pilots have to master as they climb the ladder from a commercial rating to a job in the right seat of a regional airline, and simulators are at the heart of that training, according to FlightSafety International.

By BRUCE D. NORDWALL

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WORLD NEWS & ANALYSIS

KSC Security Breach Shows Vulnerabilities

By CRAIG COVAULT

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Wake-up Call For Fatigued Pilots

By FRANCES FIORINO

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WORLD NEWS & ANALYSIS

House Panel Details ISS Bailout Conditions

WASHINGTON NASA may get extra funds to cover part of its shortfall in the International Space Station program, but only if it can convince the Republican-led House Appropriations Committee that it won’t be throwing good money after bad and the White House demonstrates it will shoulder some responsibility for fixing the funding problem.

By FRANK MORRING

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French Advance Flight Data Monitoring

PARIS The DCAG French civil aviation authorities so heartily endorse flight data monitoring as a safety tool to identify decision errors and operational deviations that they plan to implement it further in France and, with strong support from Airbus, will soon recommend that their international counterparts adopt it as well.

By PIERRE SPARACO

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WORLD NEWS & ANALYSIS

Block II Engine Propels Atlantis to Station

By CRAIG COVAULT

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