EU and the reporting of flight incidents

wayforward

"Mr. Goudou gave an example of the challenges stemming from spotty and unreliable reporting. Before the high-profile crash of an Air France Airbus A330 last summer in the Atlantic Ocean, regulators received very few pilot reports about malfunctions of external speed sensors. But after investigators determined that ice buildup on those sensors likely contributed to the crash, there was a flurry of pilot reports about similar problems with the sensors on other aircraft. More recently, the flow of reports about such problems has dried up."

We really need real-time automated reporting direct from aircraft to EASA, with a legal waiver to pilots, so that the stupid, Anglo-Saxon adversarial legal process is not allowed to creep in, to mess things up. Reducing the need to spend €50 million to find a "black box" at the bottom of the Atlantic to prevent an accident taking place again. Making aviation safer for everyone.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703627704575298863314101310.html?KEYWORDS=pilot

http://www.easa.eu

BrianD

Unless the cost of doing this can be reduced there is benefit to the flying public of transmitting redundent data around the world. €50m is nothing compared with the cost of a real time system. Plus it's a rarity that this type of money would have to be spent. There's enough data from the AF to identify the probable cause and take the necessary action. We are just as safe as without it. At this stage of the game, aviation is made safer by R&D.

Not sure about the waiver system for pilots is and what the impact it would make. Would this be like a whistleblower scheme?

pclancy

Lol. It didnt take Wayforward long to be banned.

Probably "probing" too much.