In the Eclipse 500, the safety pilot, Jeff French, and I quickly climbed to 40, 000 feet, higher than commercial airliners usually fly.
Because of that, and the fact that the county is popular with bikers, the force brought in a mobile safety camera pilot in June 2011.
Hired as vice president of flight operations in February, Kupferschmied had led a team of consultants from an Air Lufthansa subsidiary that spent three years overhauling CAL's flight safety and pilot training programs.
This advanced avionics system, which rivals that on any airliner, uses multiple large iPad-like displays that provide graphic images of the terrain below, complete navigation information, charts, systems status and a wide range of other details that enhance pilot safety and situational awareness.
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Investigations proved that a major factor in the safety equation was the pilot, not the airplane.
Washington (CNN) -- James Freudenberg had a reputation as a safety-conscious helicopter pilot.
Lion Air's pilot training and safety procedures are likely to be closely scrutinized.
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He said he and several others then picked up the pilot and carried him to safety.
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It said safety had not been compromised as the pilot was not alone at the cockpit's flight deck at the time.
Another airline expert, Philip Butterworth-Hayes, said the safety of the Boeing 737 along with the five runways of Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam and its advanced safety systems would have helped as the pilot tried to land the plane.
The pilot also failed to conduct a safety briefing or mention that life vests were available on board, the report said.
The Abhijit Air Safety Foundation - formed in honour of fighter pilot Abhijit Gadgil who was killed in a crash three years ago - has been lobbying against the use of MiGs.
"This is an extremely serious situation, " Kevin Hiatt, a former pilot and vice president with the Flight Safety Foundation, told CNN.
The pilot and a British passenger jumped to safety when the fire erupted, which affected the balance of the balloon, sending more heat into its "envelope" and causing it to climb rapidly, he said.
The NTSB has been urging the FAA to develop and enforce tougher safety standards for on-demand operators, especially in pilot training, maintenance practices and where air-tour operators can fly.
Steady advances in automation and robotics are now invisibly encapsulated in navigation, weather avoidance, traffic management, flight controls, safety and communications aids that materially benefit the two-pilot front cabin.
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An aircraft pilot has said he is "seriously concerned" for the safety of low-flying aircraft if a wind farm is built near Bristol.
"You're better off treating this information the way you would the pilot coming over the loudspeakers and saying 'Please fasten your safety belt, "' Mr. Stovall says.
"A lot of training goes into becoming a pilot, " said Don Koranda, vice president of the Training Aviation Safety Foundation.
He said the Shepway Community Safety Unit, which included police and Kent and Shepway councils, had developed a pilot scheme for tackling school parking issues and four schools were taking part in it.
Rhyl High School was chosen for the pilot after the council carried out research at various schools, taking into account safety issues such as the speed cars were travelling outside and the number of accidents.
In a Transportation Safety Board of Canada accident report, investigators said the intoxicated passenger most likely "kicked the pilot's seatback forward and held it there" until the plane hit the water.
On Sunday, the National Transportation Safety Board said the plane's cockpit voice recorder captured sounds of loud thumps seconds after the pilot and first officer commented on a nearby flock of birds.
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By enabling the pilot to keep his eyes focused outside the aircraft, a HUD provides pilots with an incredible safety advantage.
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"From what we've been told, the pilot was having some malfunctions in flight, " said Chief Investigator Terry Duprie of the National Transportation Safety Board.
In fact, thanks to Al, business aircraft flown by two-pilot, simulator-trained flight crews have achieved a standard equal to or better than the impeccable safety record set by scheduled air carriers.
Although the regionals often fly routes in agreements with larger carriers and are governed by the same safety rules, in practice, Mr. McGee says, the regionals often employ lesser standards for crew training, pilot training, and operations and maintenance.
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