Calling the Malaysian Government’s management of the MH 370 investigation inept would, by all accounts, appear to be an understatement. Under International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Annex 13 http://www.mckennalong.com/assets/attachments/AircraftAccident_IncidentInvestigation.pdf , Malaysia, as the “state of registry”, runs the investigation. So stop criticizing the United States for not stepping up and doing more. The FBI, the … Continue Reading
It was just reported that a lawsuit has been filed in Cook County Illinois against Boeing and Malaysia Airlines. It was also reported that additional lawsuits may be filed in the same court, assuming the law firm gets more clients, against the same defendants. I don’t know how to say it, other than “Shame!” A … Continue Reading
Let there be no mistake, even with the pronouncement by the Malaysian Prime Minister that further analysis has led to the conclusion that the aircraft went down in the Indian Ocean, the inability to find and determine what happened to MH Flight 370 is as mysterious and troubling an event as we have had in … Continue Reading
Every member of the aviation industry, whether they intend to be in the Unmanned Aircraft Systems business or not, is monitoring what the FAA is doing in the area. The day is not all that far away when we’ll look up and see unmanned aircraft in commercial operations flying around us. On February 25, the … Continue Reading
On March 5, an NTSB law judge reversed the FAA’s imposition of a $10,000 penalty against an individual for illegally operating an Unmanned Aircraft System for compensation. The basis of the decision was that an FAA Policy Notice/Statement prohibiting such operations is non-binding and does not provide a jurisdictional basis for the FAA to exercise … Continue Reading
As the aviation/airline world knows by now, on February 25, 2014, Asiana Airlines was hit with a $500,000 civil penalty for multiple violations of federal law following the crash of Asiana Flight 214 on July 6, 2013, at SFO. While the Consent Order sets forth Asiana’s position in mitigation, it is evident that the DOT … Continue Reading
Welcome to Plane-ly Spoken. This blog will provide up-to-date news and analysis of developments in regulation and litigation that impact the day to day operations of all types of aviation service providers – including, but not limited to, airline personnel, fixed base operators, repair and maintenance stations, charter operators, corporations who lease, own or operate … Continue Reading
