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July 20, 2005
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By The AVweb Editorial Staff
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On Full Disclosure
A total of 46 California pilots, 14 of them active, have been charged with lying to federal authorities to obtain certificates. In most cases, authorities allege, the pilots, seven of whom held
commercial licenses, hid medical conditions that would have disqualified them. "The fraud and falsification allegedly committed by these individuals is extremely serious and adversely affects the
public interest in air safety," the FAA's Nicholas Sabatini, an associate administrator in charge of flight safety programs, told The New York Times. The charges were laid after a two-year
investigation in which Social Security numbers of pilots were cross-referenced with other databases. In some cases, pilots were discovered to be receiving disability benefits for conditions that would
disqualify them from flying. The conditions ranged from heart conditions to serious mental illnesses like paranoid schizophrenia and bipolar disorder and even severe suicidal tendencies. "To get their
certificates, these people had to lie or falsify paperwork," Charles Lee, a department of transportation spokesman, told the Times. Lying to the feds carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison
and a $250,000 fine. One state down, 49 to go?
A British pilot, who works for an American regional airline, is suing the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to find out why they deem him a "threat
to aviation or national security." Robert Gray says the agencies have refused (on security grounds, of course) to tell him why he shouldn't be allowed to fly larger and more complex aircraft than
those he's been flying for Cape Air, a regional airline that flies mostly to
Massachusetts destinations (it also has operations in Florida, the Caribbean and Micronesia). He insists it's all a mistake but says security officials won't tell him what triggered his "threat"
status so he can sort it out. They did, however, give him a copy of his U.S. Customs profile, which describes the Belfast-born Gray as "Hispanic." Last fall, Gray, who's been flying small commercial
planes for Cape Air for eight years, got a job offer to fly bigger stuff for a charter company as long as he passed the security requirements. Since last October, the TSA has been conducting security
reviews of all foreign pilots seeking upgrades to their privileges. When he was rejected, Gray appealed the decision but the TSA rejected the appeal. It also sent letters to his current employer and
his prospective employer notifying them of the security denial. Cape Air spokeswoman Michelle Haynes said Gray "is a very qualified pilot and we're happy to have him in our Cape Air family."
Gray's case is further complicated by his British citizenship. When the TSA first adopted its pilot security review standards, it appointed itself the sole arbiter of who presented a security risk.
The lack of checks and balances outraged aviation groups (and plenty of congressional leaders, too) and the rules were modified to give U.S. citizens the right to a third-part review of any TSA
decision. "The third party review is only available to U.S. citizens," explained AOPA's Chris Dancy. "Mr. Gray does not have the same protection as a U.S. citizen." Dancy said Gray's situation is
exactly the scenario AOPA feared when the TSA standards were unilaterally imposed three years ago. Gray hasn't asked for AOPA's help (maybe he should) but he is getting legal assistance from the
American Civil Liberties Union, which appears to be as incredulous about the situation as Gray is. "If we really care about safety, we're not being made safer by rejecting people without letting them
know what they are accused of," said ACLU lawyer Susan Wunsch. "The government makes mistakes."
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Agency Holds 20 News Conferences
The next stage of contract negotiations between the FAA and the National Air Traffic Controllers Association unfolded Tuesday as the two sides traded proposals in Washington. But the actual
negotiations took a back seat to the massive public-relations and political campaign being waged between them. The FAA held news conferences in 20 cities on Tuesday to explain its general stance on
the negotiations (that the existing deal is too expensive and gives too much control to the, uh, controllers) and to point out just how well-paid controllers are. As part of the organization of the
conferences, FAA Deputy Administrator for Communications Greg Martin issued 12 pages of instructions to those conducting the regional news conferences. NATCA got hold of the instructions and
distributed them to various media outlets. Martin said the speaking notes and suggested answers for anticipated questions are standard in his business. "I absolutely make no apologies for any of the
material," he told AVweb. Martin said the news conferences were aimed at assuring passengers, businesses and local governments throughout the country that the FAA and its controllers would
continue to do their jobs through the negotiation process. "We're going to keep the focus where it needs to be and that's on moving planes safely and efficiently," he said.
The union said the FAA's PR effort is an indication of the agency's misplaced priorities. "This highly coordinated media assault is a disappointing indication of how much time and energy the FAA is
prepared to expend in attacking air traffic controllers ..." NATCA President John Carr said in a release. "America's 14,500 air traffic controllers aren't interested in political fights and we don't
like conducting negotiations in the press." However, last Wednesday, NATCA called a news teleconference with major U.S. mainstream and aviation media to criticize the FAA's bargaining stance. Martin
said NATCA's media machine is well-oiled and the agency must do some PR of its own. Martin noted that NATCA is a "vocal and media-savvy union" and has hired high-profile media consultants, something
not open to the FAA, but that the agency has resources of its own and will use them to get its message out. Carr said the FAA's campaign is aimed at justifying a contract that will lead to fewer
controllers handling increasing traffic. He accuses the FAA of misleading the public by including benefit packages in the wage figures it's using to illustrate its often-repeated message that the
current contract is too rich.
The AFL-CIO got into the scrap late Wednesday with a call for FAA Administrator Marion Blakey to stop what it termed the FAA's "national media assault on workers." Edward Wytkind, president of the
transportation trades department, also called on the Department of Transportation's Office of Inspector General to investigate the costs of the "taxpayer-funded misinformation campaign. At a time when
the FAA is pleading poverty, it is absolutely outrageous ..." he said in a press release. The FAA's Martin said the costs were minimal. Martin said the news conferences were held either at regional
headquarters or airports so there were little in the way of direct costs to organize them. There was some travel involved for FAA communications staff but in some cases the news conferences were
handled by local staff.
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Air Racing On A Figure Eight
Combine elements of the Reno Air Races, the World Aerobatic Championships and the military's William Tell competition into one action-packed afternoon and you have some idea of what Jeff Zaltman had
in mind for Aero GP, which is being described as the aviation equivalent of Formula One auto racing. "They (competitors) do have to be nuts, but
they are calculated nuts," Aero GP creator Zaltman told Reuters. "Aero GP is very dangerous, but it is also safe. These guys are very experienced. We want it to be safe while not looking safe."
Perhaps what can safely be said is that it's possibly one of the most extreme forms of aerial competition devised so far. Aero GP competitions are divided into three parts. There's a head-to-head race
(involving up to 10 planes) through a figure eight course at low level. There are also aerobatic competitions and mock bombing runs. This year, Zaltman and several pilots are staging demonstrations to
promote next year's full competition schedule at stops throughout Europe, Dubai and India. Iron Maiden lead singer and British charter pilot Brian Dickinson will do the color commentary on the TV
broadcasts.
Meanwhile, Aero GP's predecessor, the Red Bull racing series, will hold events throughout Europe this year before ending the season in its
only North American stop Oct. 8 in San Francisco. The precise location of the race hasn't been listed on the Web site but it should be available, along with a course map, in the near future. The Red
Bull series is working its way through six European dates before the final race in San Francisco and, if ticket sales are any indication of popularity, then the public seems to have an appetite for
this kind of thing. Tickets are sold out for the July 24 race at the Rock of Cashel in Ireland. The Red Bull format requires pilots to race through a series of gates and perform mandatory aerobatic
maneuvers between each set of gates. And it all takes place in an area measuring only 1,400 meters by 400 meters.
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Texas and in the Pacific Northwest. There's also a tour of aviation museums in the Dallas area and a visit to the hangar of aviation raconteur Reb Stimson. Shot in incredible high definition video,
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A group called the National Aviation Fuel Consortium (NAFC) says GA pilots deserve the same kind of deals on jet fuel that some relatively
high-volume users get. The NAFC is urging individual pilots to join the consortium and sign a petition to lobby for a break on rapidly
escalating fuel costs. "The [NAFC] is forming an alliance of general aviation fuel buyers," says the NAFC Web site. "NAFC's initiative is to implement cost effective, unbundled general aviation fuel
price methods." The group says it has no issue with paying for other FBO services like waste handling, APU service, ramp fees and the like but GA fuel buyers shouldn't pay more for fuel just because
they buy it individually. The organization wants to get GA pilots the same sort of "cost plus" deal afforded the regional airlines, military, fractionals and resellers.
One of the most dangerous flights you'll ever take could be one aimed at saving your life. The FAA is promising action to curb an extraordinarily high crash rate in air ambulances. More than 10
percent of the U.S. air ambulance helicopter fleet crashed in the past five years. A total of 60 people died in 84 accidents. About two-thirds of the crashes occurred in poor visibility conditions,
according to USA Today. "We take this very seriously," said FAA spokesman Jim Ballough. "The public will see change." But industry groups say the issues are complex and not that easy to address. "Most
of the accidents will say 'pilot error.' It's not so simple, really," said Eileen Frazer, executive director of the Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems, a group that does safety
audits on air ambulance operators. "There are all sorts of extenuating circumstances." By their nature, medevac flights involve more risk, with pilots landing at accidents scenes under less than ideal
conditions, racing to the hospital and then putting down on a roof in the middle of a city. Thousands of lives are saved every year by the service. However, the USA Today report also cited a 2002
study by the Journal of Trauma that found that helicopters were sometimes used for less seriously injured people who could have been taken to the hospital by road.
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If needed upgrades to your local airport go into a holding pattern in coming years you can probably blame Chicago, according to some of those opposed to the current plans to expand O'Hare
International Airport. A group, made up mostly of representatives of neighboring communities that would be affected by the $15 billion proposal, claims that Chicago is looking for 20 percent of the
discretionary portion of the Airport Improvement Program's funds for the next 10 years. That, they say, means 20 percent less for every other airport in the country looking for new runways, lights or
infrastructure improvements. The city of Chicago wants about $300 million from the fund for the first phase of the O'Hare Modernization Project and could be looking for more than $800 million in
total. The AIP has a budget of about $3.5 billion a year but most of that is allocated to ongoing programs. Only about $500 million is available each year for individual projects. Craig Johnson, mayor
of Elk Grove Village, Ill., said Congress needs to look at whether the O'Hare expansion is justified in light of the impact on other airports. The group says there are alternatives to expanding
O'Hare, including using other airports, reconfiguring existing runways and the use of "congestion management techniques." The FAA will make a decision on the grants as early as September.
GA dodged another legislative bullet last week when Congress passed a Homeland Security appropriations bill without an amendment that would have imposed severe penalties for those violating the
Washington flight restricted zone. Under the amendment, pilots violating the zone could have faced big fines, long suspensions and even confiscation of their aircraft. The amendment was pulled, but
the sentiments that got it that far continue to echo through the government buildings, which have been evacuated several times in the past couple of years due to errant pilots. AOPA lobbied hard to
kill the amendment but another one, by Sen. Hilary Clinton (D-N.Y.) to study GA security and the threat posed by GA aircraft, passed unanimously. AOPA President Phil Boyer said he already knows the
outcome of the study. It will show that GA isn't a big security risk, but he's afraid that in going through the motions there will be costs generated. "If these studies lead to regulations, there will
be costs," he said. Clinton told AOPA officials that pilots, airport officials and communities must band together to watch out for potential threats. Boyer said they already are through AOPA's Airport
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In the future, pilots may wear wristbands that will be able to detect signs of fatigue, stress or other dangerous conditions and send a signal to a monitoring center. That's the goal of an Australian project aimed at reducing the number of fatigue- and stress-related
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the alertness, stress level and decision-making ability of pilots and drivers. "This information will allow feedback on a dangerous situation and alert either the operator or the system controller to
make it safer," said project spokesman Sara Lal. The sensors will also measure the pilot's environment, looking for things like temperature and noise. The information will be used to create algorithms
and computations to detect changes in operator performance.
The first Excel Sport-Jet has had its final coat of paint and will be ready for taxi and flight testing by the end of this week,
the company said yesterday. "We expect to start these [tests] shortly," designer Bob Bornhofen said. That would put the four-seat Sport Jet at the front of the pack of new single-engine very light
jets. The prototype is fitted with a T-58 engine, though the production model will fly with a Williams FJ33-4A. The Williams engine is on order but not expected to be available until this fall. So
far, the engine on the prototype has been test-run, and avionics and control systems are installed and have been checked. The jet so far is weighing in at lower than its projected empty weight, the
company said, which is good news for its performance projections. The Sport-Jet is expected to sell for around $1 million. The project has been 95 percent funded by Bornhofen, who also developed the
Maverick Twinjet that has been flying since 2000.
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The body of a missing F/A-18 pilot was found Wednesday in a desert area of southern California. His plane and a two-seat version of the same aircraft collided over China Lake Monday. The other
two pilots ejected and were rescued...
Flight Explorer has introduced a GA version of its Internet-based flight tracking system giving real-time tracking, weather, e-mail alerts and route displays. The Pilot Edition has all the
features of the Personal Edition as well as NEXRAD weather overlay, flight plan display and PDA or cellphone alerts...
The Lancair Company, which makes certified airplanes, has changed its name to Columbia Aircraft Manufacturing. Spokesman Randy Bolinger said there was ongoing confusion between his firm and the
separate company that makes Lancair kit-built products and that should be solved by the change in letterhead.
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Say Again? #52: Changing Culture
Good pilots know better than to make a special request of ATC when flying in busy airspace; if the controller doesn't actually tell you off, then you'll hear the annoyance in his voice. But do you
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Last week, in the wake of
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Not quite one third of you (29%) said I've lost some faith in (and respect for) Lycoming, while
an additional 21% said, I'm more concerned about the reliability of my engine, and 20% more thought this whole chapter is a blemish on the industry.
8% of respondents were optimistic that the final outcome would be positive for the industry, fewer gained respect for Lycoming and, while 16% felt largely unaffected by the episode.
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"Matched Set"
Tom McLaughlin of Battle
Creek, Michigan didn't take
this week's winning photo — Doug Allen of the
Battle Creek
Enquirer did — but Tom sent it in to AVweb, so we're
sending
him the Official AVweb Baseball Cap that marks him as one of
life's winners! (Tom, if you'd like us to send an
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just
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Tom did fly lead
in this Klein Tools Formation Flying Team at the Battle
Creek
Field of Flight Air Show on July 1. The other pilots
(seen in
the photo) are Michael Mancuso and Matt Chapman.
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"Heritage Flight"
This kinetic photo comes to us from
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"Robinson Family Reunion"
Relax — this isn't a disaster in the making,
but a dramatic air show photograph from
Wiley Hodges
of San Mateo, California,
who caught these two members of the
Showcopters helicopter air show team
doing their thing at the Hiller Aviation
Museum Vertical Challenge
in San Carlos on June 18.
Chris Gularte and Bob Bolton are
the daredevil helicopter pilots here.
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"Home Is Where the Hangar Is"
Emily Beaton of
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania
reminds us that all you need for a landing is a flat
patch of ground and a place to store your plane.
She visited the Beverly Soaring Society in Western Australia
in February and brought back this photo of the last hangar
in
their line, nestled among the salmon gum trees of the
Outback.
(For the record, Emily identified the trees — not we!)
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"World's Sole Gloster Gauntlet"
Lassi Tolvanen
of Helsinki, Finland
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this photo — he just happens to live in the
same country as the world's last remaining
WWII-era Gloster Gauntlet, piloted here by
Jyrki Laukkanen.
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"Evening on the Miramichi"
David S. Wilson
of Hopewell, Nova Scotia (Canada)
flies us home this week with a photo taken inside
a TBM3 Avenger on his way back from a flight.
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